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Royal portrait ring

A portrait ring decorated with a portrait of a British Sovereign. In addition to several of Elizabeth I, such rings were made with portraits of Charles I, Charles II, William III, Mary II, George III, and George IV.

From: An Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry, autor: Harold Newman, publishers: Thames and Hudson