True lover's knot

The association of knots with the symbolism of love, friendship and affection dates back to antiquity (although the term itself is attested from the late 1300s).

[4] The true lovers' knot is a motif in several British folk songs, including "Barbara Allen", "Lord Thomas and Fair Annet", "Lord Lovel", and "Fair Margaret and Sweet William".

The knot, made of a rose growing from one lover's grave and a brier from the other's, is described at the end of the ballad.

Many examples feature sailors separated from their beloveds.

Ashley notes that it was once a common style in sailors' wedding rings, where gold wire was wrought to incorporate the "true lovers" knot, creating a ring containing two tori, inseparable, yet flexible and able to move about each other.

Three knots often referred to as "true lover's knot", tied into a single line forming a loop. 1: also known as a Dutch bend; 2: also known as Matthew Walker knot ; 3: also known as fisherman's knot /loop.
True lover's knot engraved on the purported Shakespeare's signet ring [ 9 ]