Engagement Rings
Engagement rings are means to say I love you and I want to marry you. Each of these rings signifies love to last forever. So that losing an engagement ring is a bad omen of an ending marriage, legend tells. Would you believe so?
It is not unknown to the majority that the month of June has been labeled as the wedding or the bridal month. Consequently, it would be understandable to explain that December is also the popular month of engagement proposals, presenting the engagement rings as a holiday gift.
Tracing back the history, Roman Empire during the early ages call finger rings as betrothal rings. They were usually given to the fiancée, indicating the man’s intention of marriage and lifetime bond. During this era of history, gold was not the main element to make an engagement ring. The metal iron hit popularity among the majority of the future grooms to create finger ring, as they once call it. Gemstones were not also engraved on to betrothal rings therefore, engagement rings before were a plain, simple iron-made bands.
It was on the later part of the Roman Empire era that gold was utilized to craft a betrothal ring. One common and popular design was the love knots, made from either silver or gold that fairly frequently is separated. A part of the knot was given to future groom and bride during the ceremony of betrothal. Ideally, the two parts that was given each to the bride and the groom was then bonded during the wedding day.
Comes the 16th century when crusting the inside part of the ring became all the rage. The word, poesy, a romantic statement like the famous three-line I love you, is engraved on the inside and outside of the rings, calling it posy rings. It was also in this era that the engravings of wedding dates or couples initials became a fad that was brought during the contemporary times.
Engagement rings of today usually are sparkling with diamonds. Besides being undeniably valuable, the diamond has positive features in legends and myths. For newly wed couples, legend explains how diamonds could bring fidelity and loyalty for them. Aside from that, diamonds are also known to be abets to hunches and intuitions. This holds up the myth that a future bride intuitively knows if the man who slips the engagement ring on her finger truly is the man for life, and the groom to face at during the wedding ceremony. Lastly, if the birthstone topped on the ring is valuable like the Emerald, Sapphire or Ruby, the message conveyed is marriage luck.
Designs of engagement rings have mixed after how many thousands of years have passed. What became a common idea is mounting it with diamonds or any other preferred gems. Present trends are platinum, silver, or gold band with a sole diamond engraved on top. De Beers, the world’s number one diamond manufacturer, popularized this craze after a series of their successful and catchy advertising campaigns. While most diamond lovers stick to the thought that diamonds are the most beautiful, enduring and expensive gem, a mounting number of women go out of the conventional diamond crusting and choose colored stones like star sapphires, rubies, sapphires and emeralds. Opals and pearls are also sought after however they are uncommon since these stones are soft. In some European places, engagement bands are either diamond engagement rings, or simple gold bands having no charms of diamond additions.
One more interesting fact about engagement rings: One comes in three separate studs or hoops jointly connected. Common color for the hoops are rose gold, white gold, and yellow gold. This is named gimmel ring, looking like a modern trend but actually existed way back later part of the 16th century.
Consider a lifetime engagement ring that will also echo your lifetime vow of marriage together.