AZIBUYELE EMASISWENI ( RETURN TO YOUR ROOTS): Engagement Ring

This is a 1.75mm width band .It is made of 18k gold, Oval step cut diamond and needle baguette cut diamonds.An engagement ring is said to be a proposal that two people make with the intention to someday marry one another.

An engagement ring is an ancient tradition that is believed to have been a traditional custom that started in Rome , where women wore rings attached to small keys to indicate their husbands ownership. In 1477, the trend of using diamond rings as an engagement ring sparked when Archduke Maximilian who was the first to present an engagement ring to his wife Mary of Burgundy as symbol of his love for her and it was the first known diamond ring to know to be worn before marriage.An engagement is used as an indicator of status that one is committed or taken and soon to be married. Therefore they are “off the market”.

An engagement ring is a ring that someone gives to their partner with the intention of marrying them. It plays a significant role in identifying one's financial status through its cost and quality, as well as one's social status, indicating their commitment or engagement.

18k gold, Oval step cut diamond and needle baguette cut diamonds. Technique used is metal work and setting .

https://www.americangemsociety.org/buying-diamonds-with-confidence/the-history-of-the-diamond-as-an-engagement-ring/#:~:text=Anthropologists%20believe%20this%20tradition%20originated,his%20betrothed%2C%20Mary%20of%20Burgundy.

https://www.handmade-engagementrings.com/magazine/engagement-advice/meaning-of-engagement

https://www.haltoms.com/blog/2022/Jun/15/history-diamond-engagement-rings/#:~:text=In%201477%2C%20Archduke%20Maximilian%20of,to%20ask%20for%20her%20hand.