Lithuanian Pearl Diamond Engagement Ring Fashion 96

Lithuanian Pearl Diamond Engagement Ring Fashion.
By Farzana Aamir.

Engagement Rings The ancient Greeks are thought to have been the forerunners in the rising of the traditional Engagement Ring. Given as a token of care and affection, the rings used by the Greeks were known as betrothal rings and were given before marriage.  However, the giving of these rings was not always a prerequisite to marriage and was often given in the same way as a friendship ring might be given today. The ancient Romans weren’t the most sentimental of people, and the early version of their “engagement ring” was thought to have carved keys on them. It has been debated this could 

have been to symbolize the woman’s right to access and own half of everything following marriage.  However, the more sentimental like to think the key may have been a key to her husband’s heart. Engagement rings as we know them today became popular around the fourteenth and fifteenth century, when the affluent and the royals began to exchange and wear rings set with jewels. These items were fairly expensive which only the royals and the rich could afford to exchange.  It was to be many centuries before these engagement rings would become more popular and traditional. In ancient times Engagement Rings and Wedding Bands were made of hair, grass, plants or twine.  Today’s Wedding Bands and Engagement Rings are made of beautiful diamonds set in gold or platinum mountings. These high quality jewelry items are as popular as ever and have taken flight in popularity in mainland China as their middle class takes engagement