The Silmarils and the Rings

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Originally Posted by William Cloud Hicklin

Contrast the original purpose of the Silmarils - as the ultimate works of pure Art - compared to what they became by the end of the First Age- objects of lust and desire, and not devoid of power either.

I think there was a certain similarity, though primarily between the Jewels and the Three Rings.

The Silmarils were made by Fëanor after he had considered how he might preserve the light of the Trees, and The Silmarillion intimates that he could have had a bit of foresight as to their coming fate.

Celebrimbor fashioned the Three as instruments of preservation also, to retain in a fading world some semblance of what had been lost. I would posit that, as a Noldo, he could have had been indeed inspired by the Silmarils. After all, the Jewels gained a negative aspect only after the Fëanor's Oath, and the further deeds of he and his sons. No such corrupting aspect tainted the Three.