Oversized Victorian Jet Locket ring game Poesy rings (aka posy or

Poesy rings (aka posy or posey rings) hark back to the middle ages

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some of the silver plating has worn away at the clasp

and the clasp opens

Oversized Victorian Jet Locket ring game Poesy rings (aka posy orJet is one of those materials that you have to feel to believe. Quite the opposite of onyx, although the two are often very similar in appearance, jet has a warmth and likeness almost akin to wood. Which makes some sort of sense, since the material is indeed a form of petrified wood. The jet we find in Victorian mourning jewellery like this is native to Whitby, on the Yorkshire coast, and it was fantastically popular during the Victorian period,