I have two rings to show off. 
There''s a bit of a story, but we''ve had a horrible time getting me an engagement ring. The first ring had a beautiful setting with real diamonds and white gold, but the center stone was a stimulant. The idea was that we''d wait until after we got a house to get a one carat diamond.
Well, I promptly lost that ring, because I kept putting off getting it resized and it was too big.
Then, as a stand in ring, my fiance bought me the prettiest little silver and citrine engagement ring at the Ren Faire. Which I love, but its not well made at all.
My fiance, ever patient, went to our local antique store, and mixed in with a bunch of cubic zircona rings, found a beautiful antique gold opal ring, with 8 diamonds. The picture I attached of it is after the jeweler cleaned it and resized it. When he gave it to me, the gold looked almost bronze, it was so aged, and the opal wasn''t nearly as iridescent. Well, I loved the ring, he loved the ring, all were happy. Having learned my lesson, we immediately took the ring to the jeweler to be resized, and asked him if he could tell us anything about the ring.
Well, to our shock, he tells us that the ring is from the 1840s or 1850s. Also, he tells us that its far too fragile, or "tenuous" as he put it, for every day wear. The diamonds are rose cut, and are barely in the ring. Two of the diamonds are already broken (or just really badly cut..
So, that meant it was time for Ring 4, which I''ll put in the next post of the thread.
There''s a bit of a story, but we''ve had a horrible time getting me an engagement ring. The first ring had a beautiful setting with real diamonds and white gold, but the center stone was a stimulant. The idea was that we''d wait until after we got a house to get a one carat diamond.Well, I promptly lost that ring, because I kept putting off getting it resized and it was too big.
Then, as a stand in ring, my fiance bought me the prettiest little silver and citrine engagement ring at the Ren Faire. Which I love, but its not well made at all.
My fiance, ever patient, went to our local antique store, and mixed in with a bunch of cubic zircona rings, found a beautiful antique gold opal ring, with 8 diamonds. The picture I attached of it is after the jeweler cleaned it and resized it. When he gave it to me, the gold looked almost bronze, it was so aged, and the opal wasn''t nearly as iridescent. Well, I loved the ring, he loved the ring, all were happy. Having learned my lesson, we immediately took the ring to the jeweler to be resized, and asked him if he could tell us anything about the ring.
Well, to our shock, he tells us that the ring is from the 1840s or 1850s. Also, he tells us that its far too fragile, or "tenuous" as he put it, for every day wear. The diamonds are rose cut, and are barely in the ring. Two of the diamonds are already broken (or just really badly cut.
. So, that meant it was time for Ring 4, which I''ll put in the next post of the thread.
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