antique engagement rings

Using wider, innovative designs can create a very impressive look for a diamond under 1-carat. Antique engagement rings: King George III introduced the tradition of the "keeper," or guard, ring in 1761 when he presented a band encircled with diamonds to his bride, Queen Charlotte - Today such an antique ring is popular as a wedding or anniversary band. Wedding bands engraved with orange blossoms and wreaths were particularly popular during the 1920s and 30s. World War II temporarily took platinum off the market, making it unavailable to jewelers for engagement rings and wedding bands - consequently, most such rings made during the war years were of gold. Wordl War II also saw the "revival" of the double-ring wedding ceremony, an old European custom, in which the groom (as well as the bride) receives a wedding band - its popularity continues today. Find antique engagement rings.

A diamond does not have to be "Flawless" to be beautiful and precious. Get antique engagement rings. The tradition of wearing the wedding band on the fourth finger of the left hand stems from a Greek belief that a certain vein in that finger, the vena amoris, runs directly to the heart. Medieval wedding rings were often set with colored gemstones, because of the symbolism of the colors. The first known recorded account of a diamond betrothal ring is from 1477 - it was presented by Archduke Maximilian of Austria to his beloved Mary of Burgundy. The smallest betrothal ring on record was given to two year old Princess Mary, daughter of Henry VIII, on the event of her engagement to the infant Dauphin of France, son of King Francis I, in 1518. A type of English engagement ring, called the princess ring, had three to five sizable diamonds in a row across the top; it was popular in the U. S.