NEW NOTIONS IN RINGS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19892, 10 March 1928, Page 6 (Supplement)

NEW NOTIONS IN RINGS.

The time has gone when the wedding ring was referred to as a " band of bondage.'" The wedding ring is now the " Open Sesame" to a new life without the necessity of giving up any advantages of the old one! . Wedding rings get more and more unorthodox in consequence, says a London writer.

Many are square in shape. Some of them are engraved round the edges. They may be bought in gold, white gold, or platinum. Others are of gold, lined with platinum. Another notion is the wedding ring that is engraved all over with orangp blossoms and leaves in an intricate pattern. These also may be of the/square or the usual round variety, and in either gold or platinum. The ring of silver, set with a huge semi-precious stone, has had its day. In its place arc tortoiseshell rings made from a block of the material which is usually

associated with ladies' toilet sets, cigarette boxes, and match cases. These rings are made in signet shape, with ,ai space left ■for . the iusortion of an initial or monogram or crest, if desired. Necklaces and earrings nfay be 5 bought to make. up the " set." .; Even Chinese jade has been called into service for making rings of the more massive type. Sometimes these are beautifully "carved, and. aot aa companipns to carved earings and pendants. Uncommon jewellery will be seen in London at an exhibition of Danish work. These rings are.made of the famous Copenhagen porcelain, but hand-worked, in order- to .make them unbreakable, and hand-painted bv - a woman artist. Hie workmanship is so intricate and delicate that they cost as much as a ring set with stones. ' '■ .. .