-Toadstone & Snake Ring- All parts hand fabricated, forged on the anvil from 950 silver. Engraved using a sharpened nail. Features a genuine 13mm Toadstone. No casting No electric tools. Size: 7.5us 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 #toadstone #snakering #snakejewelry #oneofakindjewelry #handmadering https://www.instagram.com/p/CE7wCGsBvwS/?igshid=j1w4mat4zw1h