An important study of English Posies and Posy Rings, first published in 1931. It examines their origins and contains an extensive list of inscriptions.

The distinguished private collection, known as the Griffin Collection, comprises in its entirety examples of every category of ring - signet, devotional, memori

“Engrossing . . . evokes the subculture of the ‘mudlarks,’ who scour the banks for fragments of London’s past.”—The New Yorker The international bes

The author considers rings in all their forms and makes their context come alive through paintings, drawings and vivid quotations.