Wedding Rings

Gold Wedding Rings

Rings are known to be used as objects to adorn people’s hands since ancient times. Back then they were considered a symbol of power and the Egyptians Pharaohs were the most famous for this. But when did actually this band made of different materials begin to gain the significance of a wedding ring? It is said that the ancient Egyptians used bracelets made of gold to adorn their women’s wrists and in time this shape narrowed to the one to be worn around a finger. In fact, the gesture of handing this jewel be it a gold bracelet or a gold ring symbolized the act of possession: man, the husband, was the one who held fully possession upon the woman, thus having total authority on his wife.

In time, according to each country’s religious beliefs and superstitions, the wedding ring has gained different designs and expressions to render the feeling of love the most representative symbol. Thus the Irish Claddagh gold ring had two hands wrapped around a crown in symbolizing the power of love that is supported by a friendly communion and nowadays they are presented as gold engagement rings that are kept on the hand throughout the whole process of the wedding ceremony. Another gold ring to symbolize unity was the one called “gimmal”, the Latin word for ‘joining’, and it came in the form of three separated gold wedding rings, one worn by the bride, the second by the husband and the third by the person that attended as a witness.

At the beginning of the ring wearing history, people used to fabricate these bands out of different materials, such as ivory, stone, wood, even cotton. But in time as the precious metals were discovered and understood as being “precious” through that that they didn’t rust or turned bad in color, people started to use them to adorn their fingers at the same time embellishing the bands with mounted gemstones.

Gold is the precious metal most favored because it resists rusting and tarnishing; and because not too many people are allergic to gold it is also preferred as the material to be used for wedding rings. Jewelers do their best in designing the most creative models of gold wedding rings in an attempt to regenerate the old simple tradition of a wedding, tradition which had its main symbol the handing over of the gold made bands.

In the beginning of our modern times, it was more than enough to order these gold wedding rings to have them ready for you big day, but as the fashion moved on and together with it tastes got changed so did the demands for a better design of a wedding ring. Now we meet gold wedding bands engraved with dedications or other types of love declaration, with diamonds mounted in a way that charms everybody’s eyes and hearts, an entire variety of designs created to match your personality and beliefs toward the holy act of marriage.