gollum now available as a ring!
The Gollum Ring by Badali Jewelry

Badali Jewelry has just received licensing from Tolkien Enterprises to release a new ring featuring Gollum. Inspired from the pages of J.R.R. Tolkien’s immortal works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings series comes The Gollum Ring, the pitiable creature Sméagol who was enslaved by his need for the Precious. Each ring is carefully handcrafted one at a time by the Badali Jewelry artists. Available in sterling silver and 14k. gold, in sizes 5 to 13, in whole and half sizes. Gollum’s spindly arms and legs wrap around you finger to form the band. This is a really cool ring! [More]

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