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Appearances can be deceptive

Appearances can be deceptive





Gold Victorian ring set with garnet and with hidden space that can be closedSilver gilded bohemian garnets bangle with hidden placeGold Victorian belt ring with hidden space


Take these pieces of antique jewelry, nothing special you would say. And we would be the first to agree. But they do have something special, they are so called poison rings and bangle. Jewelry like this (mostly rings) have been used throughout history to carry perfume, locks of hair, devotional relics, messages and other keepsakes and even in a very rare occasion, poison.

It is thought that this type of jewelry originated in ancient days of the Far East and India where it replaced the practice of wearing keepsakes, talismans and other items in pouches around the neck. The wearing of these poison rings was so practical that it spread to other parts of Asia, the Middle East and the Mediterranean before reaching Western Europe in the Middle Ages. By then the rings were also part of the “holy relic trade.”





Gold Victorian ring set with garnet and with hidden space that can be closedSilver gilded bohemian garnets bangle with hidden placeGold Victorian belt ring with hidden space





Antiqualy yours,
The Adin team

www.adin.be







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