Articles of jewelry worn to commemorate some occasion, such as a political event, military victory or defeat, or royal marriage, coronation or death, and bearing an appropriate engraved or enamelledreference to the occasion. The most usual such piece was a commemorative ring.
Commemorative Jewelry
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Commemorative Jewelry
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Articles of jewelry worn to commemorate some occasion, such as a political event, military victory or defeat, or royal marriage, coronation or death, and bearing an appropriate engraved or enamelledreference to the occasion. The most usual such piece was a commemorative ring.
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From: An Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry, autor: Harold Newman, publishers: Thames and Hudson
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