I am joining Pink Saturday with How Sweet the Sound today. The pink I found was from the design of a Prince Charles and Diana Royal Wedding bell from 1981. For more info on the bell or other Royal commemoratives at Time Was Antiques, click on the photos.
I think I thought of the wedding bell, which is by SylvaCeramics, England because of my last post about the green stone Tourmaline and Peridot ring we supplied to a couple (he's an artist in New York City) as an engagement ring. I received a lot of emails from the post asking about my comment that they are popular in the UK, and also by a number of ladies whose 20 and 30 somthing kids have also had colored stones for engagement rings recently.
When Charles and Diana were engaged in 1980, he gave her a large blue sapphire surrounded by diamonds.
And of course, in November of 2010 their son Prince William presented the same ring to his future bride Catherine Middleton.
When Prince Andrew married Sarah Ferguson in 1986, she was given a large ruby surrounded with diamonds.
And Edward VIII gave his future wife Wallis Simpson a 20 carat emerald.
And a royal cousin Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece married Marie-Chantal in 1995, she had a large oval sapphire with heart shaped diamonds.
So it is fun to see how styles change. By the time William and Catherine's child marries, what will the trend be?
It is really amazing to realize that it's already February and Valentine's Day is fast approaching with cinnamon breath and rose tinted glasses!
I wanted to share a few things that bespeak the holiday fast approaching and are a celebration of color and sentiment.
This is a lovely 10kt gold hatpin or stick pin that we have at Time Was Antiques with a faceted faux ruby dating to the 1950-1960s with a pretty heart shape. I just love it! What a statement of love and color on a lapel or hat. Click the photo for more info.
Today we had a doctor's appointment in Seattle and took the ferry in from Bainbridge Island where we park our car. The shops are starting to be flooded with Valentine treats and goodies. It's a lovely time of year!
Another type of heart jewelry is this expansion bracelet we recently got at an estate auction that is probably already headed to a new home. These bracelets were popular from the late Victorian era to the 1940s. Here is another example from the 1920s. Click the photo for more info:
Hearts are such a universal symbol of love!
This is a Dunoon mug from 2005-2006 with a design called Valentino that we recently added to Time Was Antiques. The mug is by Italian designer Umberto Banchelli and has a lot of gold metallic accents that you can't really see in the photo. That speaks Be My Valentine in several languages! Click the photo for more info.
And if you love antique postcards....
This is a 1907 real photo romance postcard. Ahhh.....
To hear about our day in Seattle and Bainbridge Island, visit my other blog, Antiques And Teacups blog for photos and our Teacup Thursday choice.
Tomorrow I'm going to talk about the history of Apostle spoons. Who knew???
Have a great evening and hopefully you are not freezing on the east coast or mid west! I'm feeling a little guilty because we are just rusting here in Washington state!
