Buttery Vintage Braid Ring b&s with maker's mark F

with maker's mark F

The Victorians were a sentimental bunch

Classic patriarchy

with British hallmarks including the lion passant for London

• Two baguette-cut synthetic rubies

Buttery Vintage Braid Ring b&s with maker's mark FA late 20th century ring inspired by a beloved Victorian style, that itself took cues from further antiquity, this gold band is styled as what is typically known as a "keeper" ring. It's debated whether the name and function comes from a practice of giving the simple, though often woven, gold bands as a pre betrothal ring to indicate your intended is a keeper, or as a less expensive ring worn on top of the betrothal ring to keep it in place either