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Ch. 2: Forms and Materials of Rings

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FORMS OF RINGS AND MATERIALS            79
Birhamgand.—A broad ring.
In Bombay, the local designations for finger rings are: Angthi, Salle, Mohorechi Angthi and Khadyachya angthya; toe-rings are named: Ranajodvi, Jodvi, Phule, Gend, and Masolia.1*
Rings, necklaces, armlets and Sirpech (or tiaras) are made at Bikânir, and exquisitely light and fine rings of gold and silver are produced at Jhânsi in the Gwalior territory. An unusual form of ring ornamentation ap­pears in a silver ring of Indian workmanship, dated in the fourteenth or fifteenth century. This has a pro­jecting bezel in the form of a spur, with a revolving swivel. A ring of similar design, believed to be Vene­tian, now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, was brought from Chalis."
The rings made by the Hindu goldsmiths are in many cases very elaborately chased and ornamented, in the ornate style characteristic of Indian jewellery. The women of the Deccan almost universally wear rings; they are usually of gold, a silver ring being looked upon as showing meanness on the part of the wearer. There does not appear to be any preference of one finger over the other for decoration with rings. One of the most attractive types is a closely-fitting ring to which is affixed a little mirror, about the size of a silver quarter-dollar; this may be mounted either in gold or silver, and un­doubtedly Hindu female vanity finds this thumb mirror of some practical use. With its rich ornamentation a ring of this kind is in itself a pretty jewel, but would
16 T. N. Mukharji, "Art Manufactures of India," pp. 124-128, Calcutta, 1888.
1T 0. M. Dalton, " Franks Bequest, Catalogue of the Finger Rings, Early Christian, Byzantine, Teutonic, Mediaeval, and Later [British Museum]," London, 1912, p. 247, fig.
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