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-Medieval Toadstone Amulet Ring- This revival ring was etirely hand fabricated, forged on the anvil. Soldered using a mouth blowpipe. No casting No electric tools just like it would have been done back in those time. It features a 7mm Toadstone. Size: 6.5us but can be slightly enlarged to a 7us. Some info on Toadstones: For nearly 500 years (13th-18th century), Toadstones were then considered a real ''stone'. It is said that Toads produced precious stones inside their head that had great powers against malignant tumours; that they were an antidote for poisons and that they protected against enchantments of witches. During the plague they were laid to the heart to strengthen it. According to physicians of the same period, the stone could be cut out of the toad's head. Another way of extracting the stone was to place a toad on a piece of red cloth which would make it spit out it's stone. It would then have to be taken rapidly if not the toad would swallow it back again before one can seize the precious gem. In reality Toadstones were actually fossilized teeth of Lepidotes, an extinct genus of ray-finned fish from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. #medievalring #toadstonering #amulet #protectionjewelry #sulversmith #handmadejewelry https://www.instagram.com/p/CAyWb80HaOi/?igshid=e03pctrpkgxh