Gimmal ring

[3] Henry III of England met the Count of Gynes in 1202 and gave him a gimmal ring set with a ruby and two emeralds.

[4] Martin Luther wed Catherine Bora in 1525 with a gimmal ring inscribed "Whom God has joined together, Let no man put asunder".

The Benjamin Zucker collection in the Walters Museum in Baltimore contains two elaborate gimmal rings incorporating small hidden enameled sculptural details visible only when the bands are separated.

By the late 18th century, multiple shanks of five or more were made, sometimes collected at the back by a pivot, so they hinged like a fan.

A gimmal ring is important to characters in Dryden's Don Sebastian (1690), which includes the passage: A curious artist wrought 'em, With joynts so close as not to be perceiv'd; Yet are they both each other's counterpart.