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| Catalogue of a collection of ancient rings. Creator: Seymour de Ricci (1881-1942) |
There are some websites which you can see a collection of ancient jewellery and rings and buy them. Some of them consist only one material, and some of them have really good craftmanship with clean surface and transfixed stones/gems (which are really expensive in that case).
What I realise after an examination of ancient rings is although the tools for the workmanship has changed and developed, the most famous and the most worn models are the same since almost the beginning. Even after the Revolution of Industry and mass production. That means physical appearence of rings has reached the maturity level very early in the ancient times. Maybe it's because the production of rings hasn't transformed completely into mechanized. The process still requires handiwork.
Here are some examples of the collections:
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Photograph source:
http://library.doaks.org/exhibitions/before_the_blisses/items/show/20
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