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| Picture No | 11802852 |
| Date | 1912 |
| Description | Betrothal rings 1912 |
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Betrothal, puzzle, posy and true-love rings were usual worn on the third finger. The ring symbolizing a circle implying our repects (or regards) shall never have an end the place of it is on the fourth finger of the left hand, whence the ancients thought there was a vein which came directly from the heart and where it may be least subject to be worn out.
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| Source | Illustration and description in 'Every Woman's Encyclopaedia', 1st volume, page 791 |
| Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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