16th Century Bezoar Ring solitaire rings Jewellers & Silversmiths of Birmingham

Jewellers & Silversmiths of Birmingham

Elegant antique spinner fob dating from the late 19th century

incorporated jewellery designs

they were associated with Aphrodite

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16th Century Bezoar Ring solitaire rings Jewellers & Silversmiths of BirminghamThe Cambridge Dictionary describes a bezoar stone thus: "a solid mass found in the digestive system, especially of a cow, goat, or sheep, that was believed in the past to have magical powers: Apparently a bezoar would counteract almost any poison." The term "Bezoar comes from the word badzehr, which is Arabic for antidote, and these weird gastrointestinal anomalies first came to Europe in the 12th century, introduced by Arabian doctors in the wake of