Show us your vintage-vintage inspired Engagement Ring!

[Lillie Librarie]

So my fiance (a fellow forum member) proposed last night on the St Charles Streetcar. My ring is Art Deco, from the 1920s, is both white and yellow gold and has a european cut diamond.

 

[rue]

Gorgeous ring.......... Congratulations

 

[sheeplady]

Congratulations Lillie! Beautiful ring!

 

[Swing Motorman]

Wow, I bet that made everyone's day on the streetcar! (It's been a slight dream of mine to have passengers on a car I'm operating fall in love/propose/even marry.) That's a lovely ring, and I wish you two the best!


-Steven

 

[C-dot]

That ring is exquisite! He's a keeper for sure Many congratulations to you both!

 

[AmateisGal]

Absolutely beautiful! Congrats!!!

 

[thedanu]

delicious ring! congratulations to both of you :-D

 

[fortworthgal]

Beautiful ring, and congratulations!!

 

[Stray Cat]

Congratulations!

..and the ring is beautiful! I inherited golden ring, that looks like that one.. But, inheritance ring is not as important as engagement ring! lol

 

[Miss Peach]

Mine was designed by my fiancé. Rose gold and an ode to art nouveau. It has claw feet holding the diamond in the setting. The diamond is his great-great grandmother's european cut round diamond.

I still cannot believe how beautiful and how "me" it really is.

 

[NataliaLaGata]

We couldn't afford anything too fancy but this was basically a smaller version of a similar pear shaped sapphire surrounded by diamonds vintage ring I saw and admired (which was 5,000 USD). It's pretty enough and I don't worry as much about losing it as I would with a really pricey ring, since while cooking, grooming, or cleaning it seems I'm always taking the thing off. My ring needs a cleaning badly, is taking it to a jeweler the only option or can I do it at home? It's white gold.

 

[rue]

We couldn't afford anything too fancy but this was basically a smaller version of a similar pear shaped sapphire surrounded by diamonds vintage ring I saw and admired (which was 5,000 USD). It's pretty enough and I don't worry as much about losing it as I would with a really pricey ring, since while cooking, grooming, or cleaning it seems I'm always taking the thing off. My ring needs a cleaning badly, is taking it to a jeweler the only option or can I do it at home? It's white gold.

Gorgeous ring

All you need is a toothbrush and some jewelry cleaner (sold anywhere, like walmart) and it will sparkle like new.

 

[C-dot]

Ditto what rue says. There are very good ones that come with little dipping baskets and brushes. I use one of these for my jewelry which is all white gold.

(As an aside: be careful not to do this too often, or to soak it for too long - The cleaner can become corrosive!)

 

[NataliaLaGata]

Thanks ladies, I actually just cleaned it and it looks sooooo much better! I'm sticking out my hand and looking at it all the time now like I just got it. This was actually the first time I cleaned it (had it a year now), it was so dirty there were like 3-4 diamonds you couldn't see anymore. Shame on me. In my defense I thought you had to get white gold "re-rhodiumized"..

 

[Puzzicato]

It is recommended that you get your white gold re-rhodiumed from time to time, but I've had my wedding ring 5 years and haven't had it done yet!

 

[LinaSofia]

Beautiful ring NataliaLaGata! I love sapphires and diamonds together!

I tend to clean my ring with a tooth brush and washing up liquid and that works really well But mine is platinum so I don't need to worry about corroding the 'silver'. I have my mother's old engagement ring in white gold and it's just got a slight gold tone coming through, she wore it for about 5 years and didn't have it re-plated.

I inherited a really special ring, it's a dress ring in gold with a green semi-precious stone which my grandmother had made out of my great-grandfather's wedding ring.

 

[Late to the Party]

Here's my set. The stone is from my paternal grandmother's ring, married Christmas Day 1915. The rings are my mother's Orange Blossom set from 1948.
My husband and I got married (after years of cohabitation) a few years ago: a courthouse wedding, very small. My stepson witnessed for us. That's how small! I decided I wanted a set to wear even though we didn't exchange rings, so I had the set cleaned, resized, and the jeweler turned the stone so the single chip is hidden by the setting.
I don't wear it very often, since I would be just horrified if I lost it!

 

[Grant Fan]

here is my engagement ring. I had zero say in it, he picked it on his own. I think it is very vintage feeling. May people have asked how old it is. when I asked him why he picked it, he said it seemed like something I would wear. He was correct.

from the side

and here are both together. I had my heart set on a vintage style band. all the research I did showed that these carved style rings were very popular. I also don't like to be super matchy. ( I took this photo a couple of days after our wedding, I wanted our wedding rings and our class rings in there, it's is the best I have

 

[Grant Fan]

oh side not for a cleaner. I line a bowl with a piece of tin foil and put in a tablespoon each of baking soda, salt, and dawn dish soap. then I dump in a cup of boiling water. Let your rings sit until the water is cool, then rinse them in cold water and dry them with a lint free rag, and they look as good as new. And the best part is it no harsh chemicals.

 

[ThesFlishThngs]

When we married, fancy rings were far out of the budget, so my engagement ring cost 25 pounds on the High Street, and over the years a couple of the diamond 'crumbs' fell out, so I had to stop wearing it. Last summer, over a date night dinner, he told me, "put down the bread". I did, and he produced a heart-shaped box, containing this lovely vintage ring. Moved me to tears.