6/10/2023 0 Comments Rings with hidden compartments![]() ![]() In Verdi's opera Il trovatore, Lady Leonora commits suicide by ingesting poison from her poison ring, so she can remain faithful to her lover.A poison ring with a hidden Cross of Lorraine appears in the film Casablanca. ![]() Used by "-A" to drug Character Aria Montgomery on Freeform television series Pretty Little Liars.In Asterix in Switzerland, the corrupt governor Varius Flavus uses one to poison the quaestor investigating him.By then the rings were part of the “holy relic trade.” The wearing of vessel rings was so practical that it spread to other parts of Asia, the Middle East and the Mediterranean before reaching Western Europe in the Middle Ages. It replaced the practice of wearing keepsakes and other items in pouches around the neck. The origin of poison rings Īccording to Marcy Waldie, who wrote about poison rings in the October 2001 article "A Ring to Die For: Poison Rings Hold Centuries of Secrets", published in Antiques & Collecting Magazine, this type of jewelry originated in ancient days of the Far East and India. It is rumored that Lucrezia Borgia used a ring of this description. These were called “funeral rings.” Rings with compartments are also called “box” rings or “socket” rings. By the 17th century, jewelers were creating locket rings in the shape of caskets which served as mementos for mourners. Artists would paint tiny portraits of loved ones, to be carried in what was called a “locket ring,” which was popular during the Renaissance. Rings like this have been used throughout history to carry perfume, locks of hair, devotional relics, messages and other keepsakes, so they have also been known by other names. ![]()
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