Interesting! Teh article points out that back in the day it was quite difficult to get a substance so lethal the few drops in a ring would be guaranteed to kill, but I guess has it has the beneftis of subtlety.
And helpfully, that article lists uses in culture, from Asterix to Tosca and Il Trovatore.
But better than that, it also cites this 1877 monograph on “Finger ring lore” which helpfully mentions:
Solomon’s ring, which had various powers according to the teller, including healing and summoning of djinns, and was also the source of his wisdom.
The ring of Polycrates the tyrant, advised by a friend that as he was so successful in life, Fate must be storing up a calamity, and to avoid thsi he should sacrifice a favourite gem so that he could truly say life was not all roses. Some time after he threw his ring into the sea, a fisherman turns up with a spectacular catch fit only for the big man, in which of course was the ring - there’s a lot of variations on this tale.
One - this is all in the link, it’s great - is the tale of St Kentigern and the jealous husband, which parallels the Three Musketeers plot - the ring is a token of love, the husband finds it where it shouldn’t be, throws into the river and then asks the wife to produce it. All is lost until the Saint commands the biggest fish of the day’s catch to be brought to him.
Philostratus relates how Chariclea escaped unharmed from the funeral pyre on which she was condemned to be burn by the jealous Arsace, from having secreted about her the spousal-ring of King Hydsapes ; which was set with the stone called Panderbes, engraved with certain sacred letters’ and antagonistic to fire.
There’s a ton more in there, especially from medieval romances: rings that allow the wearer to speak to birds, rings that protect the wearer from harm, paired rings that obliterate and restore memory, rings that show visions of the future… thank you William Jones, FSA, your work lives on.