subject: The pear cut diamond is the teardrop of happiness [print this page] Diamond rings have become more popular over the last few years. They were highly popular in the Renaissance period, when pear shaped diamonds were considered to be the height of fashion.
Jewellery at that time which contained a pear shaped cut diamond would have been worn more as an ornament; each piece of jewellery would have the long shaped stone pierced to allow it to be worn around the neck.
A Flemish polisher called Louise van Berquem from Belgium born in 1458 created the first 137 carat Florentine diamond for a well known wealthy family.
To help him create finer pieces of jewellery, Louise van Berquem invented a polishing wheel which enabled him to cut diamonds with accurate high grade facets.
The result was more techniques being introduced to show off the splendid cuts of diamonds, and some of these cuts' are still used today.
Diamonds rings that feature stones that have been cut' by a professional diamond cutter show how a raw diamond is transformed into a diamond of great beauty. You can practically hear each diamond sparkling while saying to everyone look at me'.
Diamond rings that hold a pear stone will be cut in equal halves, one half an oval shape and the remaining half in the shape of a marquise cut, normally the ratio would be approximately 1.5:1.
However, let us not forget the romance that diamond rings can signify to a young woman who has been promised a future with the love of her life, according to tradition.
The tradition of wearing a diamond ring on the left hand, third finger is because that finger has a vein called the vena amoris' which leads to the heart, hence the tradition of hearts and romance being liked together.
At ROX we love to think that our beautiful diamond rings are in keeping with the tradition of romance started many years ago.
