Victorian Victorian Era Vintage Engagement Rings

If you ve got a sentimental feeling about shiny things we know we do then antique victorian jewelry is for you.

Victorian victorian era vintage engagement rings. Truly vintage engagement rings are from the 1980 s or older which includes all the earlier periods as well. We also collect rare victorian era georgian era and retro engagement rings. Shop online or visit our store in seattle washington. In the victorian era it was very common for birthstones to be used instead of diamonds for engagement rings.

Antique vintage 3 00 ct asscher diamond halo victorian edwardian 1837 1910 ring 133 00 art deco 2 5ct round diamond wedding engagement ring edwardian 1837 1910 vintage. Victorian rings will most often showcase rose old mine cushion and marquise cut diamonds. Shop antique victorian jewelry dating from the 1830 s through the 1900 s with rose cut and miners cut diamonds silver lockets chains and bangles and much more. Victorian engagement rings were made and worn the victorian era from 1837 1901.

Victoria went into a period of mourning when her dear husband died in 1861 inspiring the use of gold lockets and darkened rustic like pieces. Our range of vintage jewelry includes delicate edwardian engagement rings as well as the fashion forward art deco engagement rings. In fact victorian jewelry can be subdivided into early middle and late period styles. While most stones were acceptable as proper engagement rings one wasn t.

This diversity owed mainly to the long reign of queen victoria which spanned six decades. Solitaire engagement rings were very popular during the victorian era often in diamond or a subtly colored stone. Married in 1840 queen victoria wore a snake motif ring set with her green emerald birthstone as her engagement ring. This selection of antique engagement rings spans from the 1880s until the 1970s.

During the victorian era the pearl was considered to be symbolic of the bride s tear and thus a bad omen. Because of this jewellery historians tend to group victorian rings into three timelines early victorian mid victorian and late victorian at which point you can begin to see the definite leaning towards an edwardian style. These eras are the inspiration for our company name eragem. Victorian engagement rings 1837 1900 were primarily crafted of yellow gold the halo setting was popular and the tradition of engagement wedding rings became widespread.

Victorian era rings embraced a variety of styles from romantic and floral to sculptured and bold. However victorian rings were generally yellow or rose gold and often included diamonds. Most rings made during this time are made in yellow gold rose gold and silver.