Ring with secret compartment- age and value

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Posted by nn76
12 years ago
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I also found this ring with secret compartment and a red stone in it. It looks like its silver and hand carved.
Category Jewelry and Gemstones
Medium I think its silver
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LindsayMarie504 🌱 Newbie 12 years ago

If im not mistaken, rings like this were commonly used to hold smelling salts. Women wearing tight corsets often had fits of the "vapours" or lightheadedness, and dizzyness that often resulted in them passing out ( from cutting off the blood supply to their brains/ not being able to breath deeply enough). The smelling salts were really no different than the ammonia sticks we use to "revive" someone that has gone unconscious. They were very widely used, especially in the upper classes.
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Phoenixguy1954 🎯 Collector 12 years ago

Some rings like that are also called Snuff rings. Think also how bad smell was back in the days. It got so bad people kept rings like that so they could have something that could mask the dayly stink........price for rings are all over the place.. is there any marking?

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