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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jivvy, post: 984140, member: 8184&quot;]It was funny - I was searching on something or other and ended up on the 1877 <i>Finger Ring Lore </i><a href="https://archive.org/details/fingerringlorehi00jonerich/page/n8" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/details/fingerringlorehi00jonerich/page/n8" rel="nofollow">https://archive.org/details/fingerringlorehi00jonerich/page/n8</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The dates on Merchant&#039;s Marks and signet rings of these style... well, let&#039;s just say that the data&nbsp; hasn&#039;t completely gelled. </p><p><br /></p><p>I don&#039;t want to jump the gun, but, I will say that I disagree with anyone who thinks this piece is 19th century or later. </p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m <i>this close</i> to saying the same about 18th century. And <i>this clos- </i>no, I won&#039;t go any further.</p><p><br /></p><p>Again.&nbsp; I&#039;m still gathering data.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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