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Glove ring

A type of finger ring that is worn over a gloved finger and hence larger than the usual finger ring. Some rings were thus worn during the Renaissance, but more often the finger of the glove was slit to accommodate and display a large ring. An ecclesiastical ring was sometimes worn over a glove.

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