Finger ring of gold engraved with a male and a female saint and foliage, with enamelled flowers and letters, inscribed "JR" twice repeated, from Tantallon Castle, mid 15th century

Gold hoop-ring inscribed CASPAR MELCHIOR BALTAZAR, from Castle Hill, Edinburgh

Silver hoop ring with panels, inscribed "IHESVS"

Prayer-ring of bone, dug up in Inveresk Churchyard

Facsimile of a finger ring of silver-gilt inscribed "MARI IHS", from Pluscarden

Jewelled ring said to have been given to Buchanan of Arnprior by Prince Charles Edward Stuart

Silver finger ring inscribed "IHESVS"

Silver finger ring inscribed "IHESVS NASAR"

Stirrup-shaped gold finger ring set with a diamond, 14th century, found in the garden of Holyrood Palace

Gold finger ring with a bezel containing an uncut ruby, from Dunkeld Cathedral, Perthshire, 16th century

Gold mourning ring with a claw setting and seven opals, the shoulders with black enamel, c. 1700

Gold finger ring containing a lock of Prince Charles Edward Stuart's hair given by him to Alexander Stuart of Invernayle, with seed pearls once forming the initials "C.R."

Iconographic ring of silver-gilt from Hume Castle, Berwickshire, 15th century

Gold and enamel finger ring inset with monogram "JR" and crown, given by James VII and II to Sir Peter Halkett the night he fled from London in 1688

Finger ring of bronze, brass or pewter, from Culbin Sands, Moray

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