Rings: Jewelry of Power, Love and Loyalty

I LOVE THIS BOOK! You will too! Whether you're a jeweler looking for some inspiration, or collect jewelry and are interested in some Ring history, or collect art books in general, this book is fantastic. There are over 400 illustrations and photos, in color with lots of detail, as well as fascinating history about specific jewelry styles and trends. All periods are included; ancient Egypt, Greece & Rome through the middle Ages and Renaissance up to the 20th century. Unlike some of my art books that get lost on my shelf, I go back to this book again and again.

For anyone who has a reverence and appreciation of finger rings, this is an amazing book. It is packed full of colour illustrations and lots of text. As a bench jewler, this is my favorite Diana Scarisbrick book.

Invaluable up to date resource for the serious collector and dealer. Photos of private collections just make one long for rings to be available.

This is a gorgeously put together book, with beautiful photographs and informative text on heavy paper. In my opinion, there are far too many ancient, pre-19th century, and/or religious rings , and not enough rings from the 20th century -except for the religious rings, of course, which are not at all what I'm interested in. There was no way to tell about this in advance without the Amazon preview feature available for this title. If you're looking for a lovely treatise on the evolution of rings from ancient times to the 20th century -with heavy emphasis on religious rings (granted, religious institutions have historically been a haven for the less food/defense oriented achievements of man, jewelry among them...), then this absolutely the tome to get. If you're looking for good coverage of non-religious early to mid 20th century rings (in particular I was hoping for far better coverage of art deco rings) or for jewelry design ideas in any but the broadest historical sense, you may want to look elsewhere. Personally, I'm returning mine and getting something better suited to my interests.

Fabulous book

I had to have at least three sent to me after the first one was damaged and then it happened again. Big hassle but very cool book!

This book is so fantastic so many pages of beautiful rings and old ring inscriptions, beautiful! Very happy with purchase!

Fantastic!

Certainement un des livres les plus intéressant sur le sujet des bagues et de leurs significations à travers le temps.

Tolle Bilder und Informationen! Fachliteratur über Schmuck ist schwer zu kriegen! Für dieses Buch bin ich sehr dankbar!

Very comprehensive

il libro molto bello ...consiglio l'acquisto

This is a huge book ! I mean page number wise, it’s massive & heavy. The book was delivered to me in great condition. The content of the book is a total rabbit hole. There is so much to read and learn and the pictures are so well curated and are of high quality. I will definitely be creating a few pieces I’ve seen in the book. A must have for every jeweller.