Vintage Engagement Rings from the 1920’s
Starting at the 1920’s, virtually the earliest year you will come across in your search for the perfect ring, it is considered to be the art-deco era. Art deco vintage engagement rings are from a time period which features jewels like sapphires, rubies and emeralds.
Sometimes the jewels will be real, but they don’t always have to be, synthetic is perfectly acceptable too, it just depends on the budget and the person receiving the vintage engagement rings so don’t rule it out just because it’s not “real”.
During the 1920’s those jewels were in demand from different places around the world, and because that obviously makes it harder to get, the prices were much higher during that peak time.
The emeralds were usually going to be from Columbia, the Rubies most likely from Burma and the Sapphires were either from Burma or Cashmere.
Art deco might be described differently by different people and part of that is because of how there were so many different jewelry styles associated with it unlike other eras.
Art Deco vintage engagement rings are more difficult to find than other periods, which is to be expected because they are of course the oldest of the styles, but also because there just weren’t as many made, and kept in a safe place for the near century since they first came out.
If you do get lucky enough to find one without having to pay an arm and leg, consider yourself a very fortunate person and remember to keep it safe so you can pass it down to the next generation.