Vintage Silver Toned Wide Floral Patterned Spoon Ring

Vintage Silver Toned Wide Floral Patterned Spoon Ring-
Spoon rings originated in 17th century England when people first started to use the metal from flatware handles and turn them into rings. Often they were made of solid silver as that is how the flatware was commissioned. It's said that servants were the first make spoon rings. Popular lore explains that, at that time, servants first began to create rings from the cutlery. The servants couldn't afford to buy 'proper' engagement rings when they wanted to get married. Instead, the legend goes, they would steal a flatware piece from their master's home, and shape it into a ring to give their beloved for a marriage proposal. Thus, the earliest spoon rings served as symbols of love and commitment, in defiance of strict social and economic barriers.

-Silver toned
-Measures 16 mm. and tapers to 5 mm.
-Finger size 7
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