There’s no such thing as too many rings

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Stacking rings on multiple fingers is nothing new. Take a look at any Tudor- or Renaissance-era portrait and you are likely to see gemstones piled across fingers and thumbs, a representation of wealth and social status. All the drama in a portrait of Richard III by an unknown artist centres on the king fiddling with a sovereign ring on his extraordinarily long little…