A band of gold about half an ounce in weight, drawn and burnished by a jeweller and sized to the wearer’s finger. Gold neither tarnishes nor corrodes, so a ring outlasts the hand it was cut for and passes down a family unchanged. Nobles wear them as signets and seals, merchants as a purse that cannot be cut from the belt; the metal is soft enough that a heavy blow will bend the band out of round.
Ring, gold
Half an ounce of soft gold, sized to a finger; a purse that cannot be cut away.