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2. Casket (decorative box) - Wikipedia

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   An Italian jewelry casket, 1857, carved walnut, lined with red velvet. A casket [1] is a decorative box or container that is usually smaller than a chest and is typically decorated. In recent centuries they are often used as boxes for jewelry, but in earlier periods they were also used for keeping important documents and many other purposes. [2]

3. Jewellery - Wikipedia

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   These inkwells were not only practical but also artistic in design. [9] [10] Jewellery can symbolise group membership (as in the case, of the Christian crucifix or the Jewish Star of David) or status (as in the case of chains of office, or the Western practice of married people wearing wedding rings).

4. Ring (jewellery) - Wikipedia

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   The term "ring" by itself denotes jewellery worn on the finger; when worn as an ornament elsewhere, the body part is specified within the term, e.g., earrings, neck rings, arm rings, and toe rings. Rings fit snugly around or in the part of the body they ornament, so bands worn loosely, like a bracelet, are not rings.

5. Posie ring - Wikipedia

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   The rings were also given to show regard or as a gift. [2] The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, England, has an outstanding collection. The Victoria and Albert Museum in London also has a good collection bequeathed by Joan Evans. She compiled a list of more than 3000 posies for her book English Posies and Posy Rings. A gold posie ring found in Yorkshire

6. Acrostic ring - Wikipedia

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   A dearest ring in which the T is represented by tourmaline instead of topaz. An acrostic ring is a ring on which the initials of the precious stones on the band spell out a word in an acrostic style. In some cases, paste gems were used instead of precious stones. [1] [2]

7. Poison ring - Wikipedia

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   Poison ring. A poison ring or pillbox ring is a type of ring with a container under the bezel or inside the bezel itself which could be used to hold poison or another substance; [1] they became popular in Western Europe during the Middle Ages. [2] The poison ring was used to slip poison into an enemy's food or drink.