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The seal then denoted the legality of the document and the identification of the issuing authority or individual. The ring could be engraved with a coat of arms, if the owner was entitled to use one, or with a personal initial, a merchant's mark. The design on this ring shows the  letters A and R, with a raised hand between them. The hand may be a personal device or perhaps form part of a rebus on the owner's name, possibly Palmer? \r\n\nThis ring forms part of a collection of 760 rings and engraved gems from the collection of Edmund Waterton (1830-87). Waterton was one of the foremost ring collectors of the nineteenth century and was the author of several articles on rings, a  book on English devotion to the Virgin Mary and an unfinished catalogue of his collection (the manuscript is now the National Art  Library). Waterton was noted for his extravagance and financial troubles caused him to place his collection in pawn with the  London jeweller Robert Phillips. When he was unable to repay the loan, Phillips offered to sell the collection to the Museum and it was acquired in 1871. A small group of rings which Waterton had held back were acquired in 1899. 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