A 400-Year-Old Ring That Unfolds to Track the Movements of the Heavens
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- #historical jewelry
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- Rings with dual purposes have been used since before the common era, such as poison rings.
- Victorians concealed keys in signet rings to protect secrets like love letters or wills.
- Concealed blades in rings could be lethal or used for collecting DNA.
- James Bond featured spy rings with functions like cameras or shattering bulletproof glass.
- Armillary sphere rings served as tools for astronomers to study celestial longitude and latitude.
- 17th-century rings were tokens of knowledge, often decorated with zodiac symbols.
- Modern versions of armillary sphere rings are available from designer Black Adept.
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