Engagement Rings & Ring Settings - Vintage
At Dover Jewelry we offer a wide selection of authentic Vintage Engagement Rings for sale...online!
Our online jewelry store is the perfect relaxed setting for selecting a luxurious quality Vintage Engagement Ring Setting. We’ll even help you find the right diamond or “antique diamond” to match.
Finding the Right Vintage Diamond Engagement Ring
Richard Burton was in the habit of buying unique and extremely large diamonds for Elizabeth Taylor. His first purchase was a 33.19 carat diamond from an estate sale. She chose a perfect ring setting to showpiece the diamond and wore it in many movies and television appearances.
Burton later bought Taylor a heart-shaped diamond known as the Taj Mahal. Commenting on the stone, he said, “This diamond has so many carats, it’s almost a turnip.”
Sometimes the perfect vintage diamond engagement ring is inspired by the diamond, which makes selecting the ideal vintage engagement ring setting very exciting.
But bigger isn’t always best however! The true value of any diamond is always going to be the combination of all four C's. This is true for antique and vintage diamond engagement rings as well. The four C’s that define the value of any diamond include;
- Carat
- Cut
- Color
- Clarity
Determining a Diamond’s Value
in a Vintage Engagement Ring
When you buy vintage engagement rings with diamonds, the vintage engagement ring setting and the quality of the stones will help you determine the value of the vintage engagement ring.
Judging the vintage engagement ring setting can be very subjective, however it will be the four C’s of the diamond that will determine its quality and splendor.
Carat Weight: Diamonds are weighed in carats. One carat is about 1/5 of a gram. Our vintage engagement rings come in a variety of different sizes and carat weights.
Cut: Cut refers to the shape, symmetry and proportions or angles of a polished diamond. Proportion is the work of a true craftsman and diamonds cut with excellent proportions offer the best brilliance and fire. Older vintage diamond engagement rings often have soft, romantic antique diamond cuts like “Rose Cut”, “Single Cut”, “European Cut” or “Old Mine” cut. These antique cut diamonds have become extremely desirable in recent years. Our antique diamond jewelry staff can help you understand the different cuts in our selection of vintage diamond engagement rings.
Color: Diamonds come in many colors, but most range from colorless to light yellow or brownish looking. What is the best color for a diamond? No color. Colorless diamonds have fewer impurities so they absorb and reflect light easily, creating a brighter jewel. Modern and antique diamond colors are the same and range from colorless D, E, F (exceptional white) and near colorless G, H, I, J right on up to light yellow, which is S through to Z.
Clarity: Formed deep in the earth and subjected to extreme heat and pressure, diamonds can have internal inclusions as well as external blemishes. A perfectly flawless stone is quite rare and there are 6 grading categories ranging from “flawless” (FL) to “included” (I).
No need to limit your search to ‘turnip’ sized diamond vintage engagement rings or even a vintage engagement ring setting that’s sturdy enough to hold one.
Ask Us About Vintage Engagement Rings
Ask one of our antique and Vintage Jewelry professionals to help you find the ideal vintage engagement ring style and setting. Shop our online jewelry selection for elegant vintage engagement rings for women or find her an exquisite vintage engagement ring setting and purchase your stones separately.
Whether you want to buy antique jewelry or sell antique or vintage jewelry we can help. For questions about diamonds or wholesale vintage jewelry call our experts toll free at 1-877 777 6111 or fill out Antique and Vintage Jewelry Information form.
