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Discover the engagement ring worthy of your eternal love today. Browse our engagement ring collection, available in several settings and precious metals. An engagement ring is a ring proving the fact that the person wearing it is involved to be married, specially in Western cultures. A ring is presented as an engagement present by a partner to their possible spouse when they suggest marriage or directly following a marriage proposal is accepted. It represents a conventional agreement to future marital life. In Western countries, proposal rings are worn generally by women, and bands can feature diamonds or other gemstones. In some cultures men and women wear matching rings, and engagement rings could also be used as wedding rings. In Anglo-Saxon countries, the ring is customarily worn on the left hand ring finger, but persuits vary considerably elsewhere across the world.

A pair in a committed partnership may give the other person and wear pre-engagement rings, also called friendship or promise rings. Neither the proposal nor any other band is worn during the wedding ceremony, when the wedding ring is put by the groom on the finger of the bride as part of the ceremony, and often by the bride onto the groom's finger. Following your wedding, the engagement ring is usually put back on, and it is usually worn on the outside of the wedding ring. Some birdes-to-be have their engagement and wedding rings permanently soldered together after the wedding.
In many countries, engagement rings are placed on the ring finger of the left hand. At one time it was believed that this little finger contained a vein (the vena amoris) that resulted in the heart. This idea was popularized by Holly Swinburne in A treatise of Spousals, or Matrimonial Contracts (1686). The tale seems to have their origin in the old Roman book Attic Evenings by Aulus Gellius citing Apion's Aegyptiacorum, where the alleged vein was initially a nervus (a word that can be converted either as "nerve" or "sinew").

The popular perception that an engagement ring was actually area of the bride price which represented purchase and ownership of the bride, has been called into question by modern-day scholarship.
In the second hundred years BC, the Roman bride-to-be was given two bands, a gold one which she wore in general public, and one made of metal which she wore at home while focusing on house duties. At one time Roman citizens wore rings made of iron. In later years senators who offered as ambassadors received rare metal seal rings for established use when abroad. Later on the privilege of wearing gold rings was extended to other public officials, then to the knights, later to all freeborn, and finally under Justinian, to freedmen. For several centuries it was the custom for Romans to wear iron rings at home, gold rings in public. During this period a female or woman might receive two engagement rings, one of iron and one of gold.

In the Usa States, where engagement bands are worn by women, diamonds have been widely featured in engagement rings since the middle of the 20th century. Solitaire rings have one main single diamond. The most common setting for engagement rings is the solitaire prong setting, in 1886 and their six-claw prong setting design sold under the "Tiffany setting" trademark. The modern favorite cut for an engagement ring is the brilliant cut, which provides the maximum amount of sparkle to the gemstone. The traditional engagement rings might have different prong settings and rings. Another major category is engagement rings with side stones. Rings with a larger precious stone occur the middle and smaller diamonds on the side fit under this category. Three-stone diamond engagement rings, sometimes called trinity rings or trilogy rings, are rings with three matching diamonds arranged horizontally in a row with the bigger stone located in the middle. The three diamonds on the engagement ring are typically said to represent the couple's previous, present, and future, but other people give religious value to the arrangement.
A new wedding set, or marriage set, includes an proposal ring and a wedding band that matches and can be acquired as a set. In some cases, the wedding ring looks "incomplete"; it is only when the two halves, engagement and wedding, are assembled that the engagement ring looks whole. In other cases, being married set involves two rings that match stylistically and are worn stacked, although either part would look appropriate as a separate ring. Even though wedding band is not to be worn until the wedding day, the 2 rings are usually sold together as a wedding set. After the wedding, the bride may choose to have the two pieces welded together, to increase convenience and reduce the likelihood of shedding one of the rings. A trio ring set includes a females wedding ring, females wedding music group and a men's wedding band. These sets frequently have matching rings and are lower in price.