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Figural ring

A type of finger ring having its shank composed mainly of figures in the round postured to form the loop. Designs for such rings were made by Albrecht Dürer.

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