45th Year Anniversary - Sapphire - 35 Designs

Anniversaries are traditionally celebrated with the giving of gifts relating to the year of the wedding or civil partnership. Around the turn of the 19th century it was popular to give gifts of paper, cotton or leather for the first few years. However, in more recent times and due to the increasingly availability of fine rare gemstones, it is more popular to give jewellery to the one you love.

In the forty-fifth year of marriage it is customary to give the gift of Sapphire. They are known and revered the world over for their beauty and mystery. In many ancient cultures this stone has been admired for not only its elegance but also the magic and luck attached to it.

In western civilisation the sapphire has long been the traditional stone of choice to set alongside diamonds for a man wanting to express his love and commitment to someone special.

Blue sapphires are the most popular and sought after type of sapphire and have been the prized possessions of emperors, kings, queens and collectors for thousands of years. Of all the coloured gem stones it is the most demanded. Royalty have been known to give sapphires over diamonds as engagement rings because they are known to be far rarer than diamonds. The most notable producer of fine blue sapphires is Sri Lanka, although a blue sapphires origin can be difficult to determine, as specmins of similar colour and hue have been identified in other regions.