A catalog of the antiquities and works of art, exhibited at Ironmongers' Hall, London, in the month of May, 1861 (1869)
London and Middlesex Archaeological Society, French, George Russell, 1803-1881, London (England). Ironmongers' Company · [S.l. : s.n.] · leaf 189
aviourextended on the Cross, and within a double circle are the words—*b FEARE • GOD This ring was found on the heath at Nettishall. Jet was held in esteem among the ancients for personal ornaments ; andin this country earrings and other decorations, made from this material,have been found in… … Ben Jonson, in one of his Comedies, gives a good illustration of a wedding ring, inscribedwith a posy. The parson. Palate, is required to perform a hasty wedding, out of canonicalhours, and, at length consenting, he tells the intended bridegroom, Compass, a scholar :— I will do it for you,Have you…
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