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Some portraits show wearers with multiple rings across all their fingers. Although rings were worn for decoration, they also had important practical functions. Signet rings such as this one were pressed into sealing wax to create a unique, legally recognised signature. \r\n\r\nSignets could be engraved with a coat of arms for those entitled to bear them, with a personal device or simply with an initial letter. The arms on this ring may be those of William Lovell of Norfolk. A strip of paper once attached to the ring stated that it had been found in 1777 at Morley in Norfolk. \r\n","physicalDescription":"Silver signet ring with a lozenge shaped bezel engraved with the arms of Lovell, Co. Norfolk, for William Lovell (d.1476), with applied details on the shoulders. The arms are described as 'A chevron between three squirrels sejant'. 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