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Jet ring

A type of finger ring made of jet, usually a simple hoop, but sometimes carved with clasped hands (as a fede ring) or engraved with a posy. Such rings were apparently made for a jeweller's stock, not to order.

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