Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—S

Setting of a Jewel

The frame of gold or silver surrounding a jewel in a ring, brooch, etc.

“This precious stone set in the silver sea.”

Shakespeare: Richard II., ii. 1.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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