ENGRAVED RINGS
SOLDIERS AND SWEETHEARTS The modern fashion of a sol die r giving his bride or sweetheart a ring engraved with an appropriate inscription or mofto originated many centuries ago. In the fourteenth century the Crusaders, before they left for the Holy Wars, gave thenwives or lovers a broad ring of gold engraved with their coat-of-arms or motto. Later, other kinds of rings came to be engraved until in Tudor times it was the exception to' find a ring Avithout some device or inscription inside the .hoop. Napoleon had the simple words "To Destiny" carved inside the wedding ring of the Empress Josephine, The Stuart crest was engraved inside Mary Queen of Scots wedding ring of plain red gold and diamonds. The same crest decorated the broad ring of beaten gold given by the Stuart Pretender to his bride. Underneath the crest was written, "The Crown is due to you from me, and none can love you more than me." George HI chose for Queen Charlotte a liiu'row gold ring mounted with a crown set over two hearts of garnets and pearls. "George and Charlotte, united 1761" was inscribed inside the hoop on a ground of white enamel.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 228, 21 October 1940, Page 3
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199ENGRAVED RINGS Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 228, 21 October 1940, Page 3
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