Handmade Sterling Silver Rings

Humans have designed, worn and exchanged rings for around 6000 years. They appear in various designs in a number of different cultures. Ancient Egyptian ring designs showed increasing complexity through the ages, until designs were increasingly influenced, and then replaced by designs from Greek and Roman cultures. Classical Greek designs tended to be made from silver and bronze as gold was difficult to come by at the time however there was a gradual shift to silver and gold, away from bronze. silver jewellery rings

Silver was mined as far back as 4000BC, therefore appeared around the same time as the origins of rings themselves. Silver itself has a long association with the moon. Its reflective properties and its colour being reminiscent of moonlight shining on the water. rings jewellery

Many cultures use rings within marriage ceremonies, wearing wedding bands on the fourth finger of the left hand, although some cultures use the right hand. The tradition is based around the old belief that the fourth finger was connected by a vein directly to the heart. This belief can be traced back to ancient Rome who claimed that the ancient Egyptians had found this link.