Victorian Wedding Rings

The Victorian Wedding Ring

The Appeals of Victorian Wedding Rings

Are you looking for the most sentimental and romantic wedding rings? The Victorian wedding rings would be the best choice. Victorian Rings are the combination of elegance and symbol of long lasting romance and eternal love. This kind of rings is also always compatible with any era, and can still compete with modern rings such as Camo wedding rings or wood wedding rings.
Victorian wedding rings were introduced by Queen Victoria to express her eternal love for her beloved husband, Albert. In the reign of Queen Victoria, there are two main phenomenons that bring changes in jewelry style. The first event is, after 1854 the gold standards changed and rings created with 15k gold, 12k gold, and 9k gold became legal in the marketplace. And the second event is the opening of the South African diamond mines in 1870. Since that moment, large diamond became so popular.
In the middle of Victorian age, Rose gold rings made of gold alloyed with copper were also very famous. Couples looking for pink gold antique wedding rings must use the mid-Victorian era as a starting point for the search. The Late Victorian era was characterized by the solitaire diamond engagement rings made their first emergence. During this period Victorian wedding rings were much lighter, simpler, and easier to carry than the larger, more colorful and bulkier early Victorian era wedding rings.
Victorian wedding ring is worn on the third finger on left hand, as it is still worn today. The Victorian wedding rings are the most amazing, romantic, nostalgic and luxurious type of antique wedding rings that you can pass on from era to era.