The New Murrey and Blue blog

Is the modern ring below, found at this site , meant to be one of the three rings in the NPG portrait? See above. If so, which one? To me, the left ring and the one in the centre look about the same…. The one on the right is totally unlike the “star” ring below.

Or is the lookalike ring meant to be one of two he’s toying with in the Society of Antiquaries portrait, see close-up below. The portrait itself can be zoomed here. https://murreyandblue.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/unsmiling-richard-iii-antiquaries-portrait.jpg.

Finally, is the original ring one of those in the so-called “broken sword” portrait? See close-up below. In it he appears to be wearing two rings on the index finger of his left hand, one with a precious stone, the other thinner and plain. If you go to this link you can see his hands clearly.

So, which ring is it, ladies and gentlemen? And is it sufficiently like something Richard might have worn? It’s up to you.