Make Your Bride to be Happy Choose the Wedding Ring She Wants

IT ONLY MATTERS THAT SHE IS HAPPY

Old mine cut, European cut, brilliant cut, color, clarity, ladies antique filigree bridal sets. Details - it’s all a mystery!

What carat gold would she prefer? Does she like white gold? Is yellow gold better? Would she really prefer platinum? What is the difference between 14 carat gold and 18 carat gold?

So many people spend so much time trying to learn all about diamonds so that they can give the perfect ring to their perfect girl when marriage is proposed.

What is a filigree anyway? Does it have anything to do with blood lines?

And trillions. Isn’t that just more money than I could afford?

Green wedding rings? Are they really green?

Why do they use baguettes? Are you supposed to hide the ring in the bread?

So many questions and so little time to choose. You want to get engaged. You want to spend your time with the most wonderful person in the world. You are supposed to be out on dates, going to dinner, having a picnic, taking in a movie. Not trying to become an expert in something you know nothing about.

Yet all the research and study, the doubts, the fear that you will make a mistake and buy the wrong ring mean so little in the end. There is, after all, only one “right” ring for your lady love.

The “right” ring is the ring she wants.

Whatever ring you choose, she will love. Or she will attempt to love it. She will at least attempt to love it because it is the gift from you that is your ultimate expression of love for her.

But she will be wearing the wedding ring everyday for the rest of her life. She will be most appreciative of your thoughtfulness in picking out the ring of her dreams. Not the ring you think she should like. Or might like. Most girls have a decided preference for a particular style of ring.

So, find a way to figure out what she really likes in a ring. Find out whether the color and clarity of the diamond is more important to her than the size of the gem. Or if size no matter how poor the quality of the stone is all that matters. Does she prefer a modern setting or an antique? Or does she really prefer colored stones such as a sapphire over a diamond. Does she want an environmentally friendly ring?

Pay attention when she is looking through online estate jewelry photographs, send these photographs to her friends or pay attention to what she wants in bridal magazines. If there is a conversation about jewelry, which if the relationship is serious there will be, ask her what she likes about rings. She will tell you.

Then, when that magic moment comes and you propose, you will have chosen the perfect wedding ring.

Ten Two Three Estate Jewelry distributes our antique bridal sets through our online store worldwide to Philadelphia Pennsylvania, Seattle Washington, Portland Oregon, Montreal Canada, Toronto Canada, Melbourne Australia and Glasgow Scotland.

Reuse, Recycle or Refine – Which is the Greenest Jewelry?

Is recyled, reused or refined jewelry the most eco-friendly jewelry?

Reused jewelry is without question the most environmentally friendly jewelry. The United States Environmental Protection Agency always recommends buying used as a consumer tip for all “green purchasing”. When you purchase pre-owned, vintage, estate or wholly recycled jewelry the greater negative environmental impact from mineral extraction and casting has already been done to our environment.

The second most environmentally-friendly jewelry available would be refined or recycled gold or platinum. However, refining and recycling may cause a negative earth impact by melting metals or by using acid to remove gemstones from their mountings.

Antique, estate or vintage jewelry may often be found in fantastic condition or gently worn condition. You may even find "green rings, bracelets, necklaces and earrings" that have never been worn.

Planning a wedding? Start your new life together with green bridal jewelry. Antique, Art Deco, Edwardian or vintage contemporary wedding jewelry are an important aspect of green weddings and may encourage others to become more environmentally concerned.

Buying recycled jewelry does not mean that you have to compromise on beauty, quality or style. Often you will locate products that are currently being sold in high street jewelry stores.

Green, eco-friendly jewelry is not only good for the environment it can also be more cost effective. Comparison shopping between online estate jewelry to new products and you will find great values.

For an even greener experience, try online shopping. Online green estate jewelry shopping will use up to 40% less fossil fuel, plus online shopping will save you time.

Green or recycled jewelry may be found online by searching for Antique, Estate, Used, Pre-Owned, Heirloom or Vintage Jewelry. Antique jewelry refers to items that are over 100 years old.

If you have questions about our estate jewelry we offer, do not hesitate to contact us at Info@TenTwoThree.com.

We are happy to answer your questions and help you choose the right eco-friendly jewelry.

We have shipped Green Eco-Friendly Jewelry to Miami Florida, San Francisco California, Philadelphia PA, London England, Sydney Australia, New York NY,

What are attributes of Art Deco Wedding Rings?

Antique Filigree Wedding Rings are sought today because of their quality of materials, exceptional craftsmanship and their intrinsic beauty. Questions often arise as to what are the attributes Art Deco Bridal Jewelry and how it is recognized.

The Art Deco Jewelry Period is considered to have occurred during the 1920s and 1930s. The term, Art Deco, was derived from the Parisian Exhibition of 1925, called the Exposition des Art Décoratifs et Industrials. It was during this exhibition that many renowned jewelry designers displayed their latest jewelry creations. These new jewelry selections showed a shift in design from the white, lightweight and lacy styles of the Edwardian Bridal Jewelry Period to designs influenced by current events of that era. Designers were inspired by Cubism, Modernism, The Russian Ballet and the discovery of King Tut’s Tomb.

Filigree Wedding Rings would be a prevalent style during the Art Deco years, however, the designs would be reinvented. 1920s wedding mountings would become more geometric in design and more abstract. Diamonds would be mounted in square, hexagonal or octagonal mountings. Beaded millegrain metalwork would continue to be used. Bridal rings would be have more formalized and stylized floral designs. Their filigree flower petals would show stiff curves and more angular leaves. Floral bouquet wedding rings, a cluster of smaller diamonds that appear to be a ribbon of flowers would be sought. Designers would often engrave flowers such as the orange blossom on the metal. Designs would have more spiral motifs and a greater use of sinuous curves. Rings might use the bows designs that from the Edwardian Jewelry Periods, but the deco bows would be more substantial. Often two metal colors would be used to in order to create a more linear, geometric design.

Platinum, or newly introduced white gold, would replace the use of yellow gold. In the late 1920s, the first matching bridal set would be marketed.

By the late 1920s, men’s wedding bands would be fashionable again. Many of the men's wedding bands would match the bride’s wedding set.

Gradually designs would shift towards simplicity. By the 1930s curves were more austere or would be converted into angles. Art Deco wedding rings would become bolder, heavier and place less significance on gemstones.

During this period diamonds cuts would transition from the squarish Old-Mine Cut to the rounded Old-European Cut. Diamond cutting equipment would be greatly improved, allowing for new diamond cut creations with far greater symmetry. Baguettes, emerald-cuts, trillions, trapeze-cut and calibre cuts would be used to embellish the center stone. The use of colored stones would be used for bridal jewelry. Synthetic gemstones began to replace natural gemstones when it became impossible to get sapphires and rubies out of India and Burma due to the start of World War II.

If you have any questions about any of our antique wedding rings we offer, do not hesitate to email us at Info@tentwothree.com. We are happy to answer your questions and help you choose the right wedding ring. Vintage Bridal Sets are available in a variety of designs to provide enjoyment for a lifetime.

Ten Two Three specializes in Antique Old Diamond Filigree Wedding Rings. Ten Two Three ships within the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia. 

WHY SELECT ANTIQUE JEWELRY AND OLD DIAMOND ESTATE JEWELRY

There are many reasons to purchase and collect antique jewellery.

For the last several years, the mining of diamonds, gold and colored gemstones is often done by essentially slave labor. Rebel groups often use rough diamonds, precious stones and metals as a means of obtaining funds for arms and sustenance. As depicted in the 2006 movie “Blood Diamonds”, the people who work the mines are often, and in some cases, slaves. Captured in raids on their villages, people are taken to the mines are worked in captivity. If they refuse to work or are slow in the endeavors, their limbs are cut off, their family members are abused or tortured or they are murdered.

Slavery does not just exist in the minds and conscience of Americans; it actually exists in many parts of the world today.

How can you help end this modern day slavery and the abuse of other human beings?

Buy antique or old estate jewelry to help prevent these abusive practices and interference with legitimate governments.

Whatever bad policies and practices that were in place at the time the antique jewelry stones were mined, and there were abuses in the past, your purchase of an antique jewelry piece does not provide financial support for past practices and does not support the current practices. By purchasing antique jewelry, you are taking away the money that supports the current systems of abuse and slavery.

Don’t buy conflict or “blood” diamonds. Don’t buy colored gemstones from countries where conflicts exist or where miners are slaves. Even in countries that claim to pay miners, the pay is often pennies a day and the living conditions for the miners and their families are abhorrent.

It is almost impossible to determine the country of origin of a diamond. Once the diamond has been polished, it is impossible to determine its origin. However, according to International Law, diamonds are required to carry certificates of authenticity from the legitimate government of the country of origin of the diamond. That certificate is required to travel with contemporary diamonds.

Yet, according to a 2004 survey, less than 11% of the diamond retailers in the United States had a policy concerning conflict diamonds. Less than 3% of the diamond retailers discussed conflict diamonds or presented the certificates of origin of the stone. If you are buying a new diamond, insist on seeing the certificate of origin before buying and make sure that you are given the certificate with your purchase.

Choosing old estate diamond jewelry or antique jewelry instead of contemporary jewelry can and will help reduce the “Blood Diamond” abuse.

Fred
Estate Jewelry Historian Ten Two Three 

Ten Two Three Estate Jewelry specializes in Antique Old Diamond Filigree Wedding Rings. Ten Two Three Estate Jewelry ships within the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia. For questions please contact: Info@TenTwoThree.com