The Templar Capsule Ring tudor Brass plated in imitation gold

Brass plated in imitation gold with genuine turquoise stone beads

She was the most powerful woman of the classical world

Approximately 1/2" x 3/4" in size

They often held allegorical objects such as wreaths

often depicting power and growth

The Templar Capsule Ring tudor Brass plated in imitation goldThere is a long and sordid history attached to these rings, and some of the oldest examples may even date back to ancient Asia and India. Ancient Romans sometimes used capsule rings to commit suvcide when a painful death was unavoidable. In Western European culture, they surface prominently in the Middle Ages, the quintessential era for tipping ones hand over a goblet to sprinkle deadly powder into wine. Lucrezia Borgia (1480 1519), an Italian