Engagement ring

A brief history of the engagement ring:

At Engagement Ring, our engagement rings and wedding bands are artfully crafted to finest quality with precious metal or combination of metals of your liking. Our platinum and palladium engagement rings and wedding rings are manufactured with 95% platinum or palladium. We can manufacture the engagement rings in platinum, palladium, titanium, 14K, 18K (white, yellow or rose gold or combinations) gold.
Clouded in mystery, the exact origin of engagement rings is unclear. Some more romantic people say that the circle symbolises the eternal union while others trace it to a part payment of the groom's financial commitment to his future wife and her family! Whichever is correct, a handmade engagement ring is the perfect way to represent two people's love and commitment to each other and has stood the test of time.



Perhaps the earliest suggested source of the engagement ring tradition was in ancient Egypt, where rings were worn on the 4th finger of the left hand, as this was where the "Vena Amoris" or "Vein of Love" was thought to run to the heart. However, the Christian tradition of wearing an engagement ring on that finger only dates from the 1549 prayer book and prior to that rings were worn on the 3rd finger of the right hand. Another reason for using the 4th finger is that the priest or groom would put the engagement ring on the first three fingers in turn when saying "the Father, the Son and the Holy Ghost", finishing on the fourth finger where it would then stay.
By the Middle Ages, betrothal and wedding ceremonies had become combined so the idea of a seperate engagement ring began to mark the change in status of the financee and to emphasise the significance of the betrothal.
In the United States and Canada today it is becoming more common, but still rare, that a woman will also buy her partner an engagement ring at the time of the engagement. These may be called male engagement rings or man-agement rings, which is a portmanteau of "man" and "engagement ring".This practice is more common in other countries.
Before agreeing to marry, a couple may choose to buy and wear pre-engagement rings, also called promise rings. After marrying, the couple may wear both engagement rings and wedding rings, or just their wedding rings, as they prefer.