FREE: Silver and Green Agate Poision Ring

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Silver and green agate ring size 9 I believe. This is called a "Poision ring" . It opens up. and snaps close. It is very old -bought it at a "SCA-Event" Society for Creative Anachronism, 20 years ago.

In Europe during the sixteenth century. The poison ring was used either to slip poison into an enemy's food or drink, or to facilitate the suicide of the wearer in order to escape capture or torture.

Rings like this have been used throughout history to carry perfume, locks of hair, devotional relics, messages and other keepsakes, so they have also been known by other names. Artists would paint tiny portraits of loved ones, to be carried in what was called a “locket ring,” which was popular during the Renaissance.