Memorial ring, after 200 years still in top condition !

Memorial ring

After 200 years still in top condition!

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This is a so-called memorial ring. From the mid 1700's till the early 1800's the well-to-do would predestinate a certain part of their financial legacy to have these memory-rings made, once they passed away. In their testament they would clearly stipulated who would get such ring. These rings were then worn by their heirs in memory of their beloved deceased. In our days, these rings are sought after by collectors. On the outside of the shank (bottom part of ring) which is enameled with black and white enamel we can read in gold Gothic letters: "IN MEMORY OF". And on the inside the ring has been hand engraved with: "Mary Ann Edmonds, 06, 26 Jan, 1822 Oct 19". To read and see more from this ring (even a movie) click one of the pictures above.

 
 
 

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Harvest time in The Garden of Adin, a great time for plucking its fruits!

Harvest time in The Garden of Adin...

a great time for plucking its fruits!

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This ring is made around 1910 in a style that is known as "The Belle Époque". The Belle Époque (French for "Beautiful Era") was a period in European social history that began during the late 19th century and lasted until World War I.

Occurring during the time of the French Third Republic and the German Empire, the "Belle Époque" was named in retrospect, when it began to be considered a "golden age" the major powers of Europe, new technologies improved lives and the commercial arts adapted Renaissance and eighteenth-century styles to modern forms.

In the newly rich United States, emerging from the Panic of 1873, the comparable epoch was dubbed the Gilded Age. In the United Kingdom, this epoch overlaps the end of what is called the Victorian Era there and the period named the Edwardian Era.

 
 

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Present suggestions: vintage rings, estate rings and antique rings

Vintage, estate and antique rings

(sorted per price)

Some of our antique rings and estate rings under $1,000

antique ring $682 estate ring $819 vintage ring $975 antique ring $422 all our rings up to $1,000 Some of our antique rings and estate rings between $1,000 - $2,500 estate ring $2,274 antique ring $1,884 vintage ring $2,144 antique ring $1,624 all our rings up to $2,500 Some of our antique rings and estate rings between $2,500 - $7,500 estate ring $5,522 vintage ring $4,483 antique ring $6,432 vintage ring $6,107 all our rings up to $7,500 Some of our antique rings and estate rings between $7,500 - $15,000 estate ring $9,681 vintage ring $9,421 estate ring $9,421 vintage ring $12,279 all our rings up to $15,000 Some of our antique rings and estate rings $15,000 and above estate ring $19,231 vintage ring $18,814 antique ring $23,389 estate ring $18,841 all our rings $15,000 +

Dear fellow antique and estate jewelry afficionado,

Eleven months a year we try to amuse you with a weekly cute antique jewelry related mail. However, this time of the year we take the liberty of sending you some mails without any special picture or back-ground information on symbolism, style or era. There will be just a list of present suggestions.

Don't worry, these few mails (spread over three weeks) will be as much "hard marketing" as you can expect from us in a whole year. Rest assured that it will take another year before we will brag again about all those beautiful pieces of antique and estate jewelry that can be bought online from us and that it will take only about 2 or 3 working days from the moment of buying to the moment it is delivered at your doorstep.

antiqually yours,
The Adin team

Antiqualy yours,

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French antique Object d'Art circa 1860

French antique Object d'Art circa 1860

- Inspired by Aesops fable The Stork and the Fox -

Every now and then we run into a piece that is the cherry on our antique jewelry cake. Such is the case with this ring. So much to see, the story behind it, so much to find out about and the pleasure of holding something in your hands showing such high level of craftmanship.... one of the true pleasures in our trade.

We hope you will enjoy looking and learning about this ring as much as we did! 

(Click the picture to read much more about this magnificent piece.)

Aesop's fable: "The Stork and the Fox"

 

At one time the Fox and the Stork were on visiting terms and seemed very good friends. So the Fox invited the Stork to dinner, and for a joke put nothing before her but some soup in a very shallow dish. This the Fox could easily lap up, but the Stork could only wet the end of her long bill in it, and left the meal as hungry as when she began. 

 "I am sorry," said the Fox, "the soup is not to your liking." "Pray do not apologize," said the Stork. "I hope you will return this visit, and come and dine with me soon." 

So a day was appointed when the Fox should visit the Stork; but when they were seated at table all that was for their dinner was contained in a very long-necked jar with a narrow mouth, in which the Fox could not insert his snout, so all he could manage to do was to lick the outside of the jar.

"I will not apologize for the dinner," said the Stork: "One bad turn deserves another."

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"Modern Times" now showing in The Garden of Adin

"Modern Times"
now showing in The Garden of Adin

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This time we present you a ring where, besides the country it was made, we even know the town it was made in. And to be even more precise we think this ring was made in the year 1679.

In many countries in Europe guilds guaranteed the integrity of the jewelry trades. They appointed assay-masters to control the objects made of precious metals checking if the right alloy was used. It is by the hallmarks that we can "read" that the ring was made in Amsterdam in the Netherlands (Holland) some 331 years ago.

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Recipes d'Amour with vitamin boosters from the Garden of Adin

Recipes d'Amour
with vitamin boosters from the Garden of Adin

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"La nouvelle cuisine d'Adin"
proudly presents:
Orange Paprika Summer Soup


Ingredients:
1 kilo orange paprika's
½ kilo carrots
little bulb fresh ginger
one onion
poultry stock

For decoration:
sour cream
fresh chervil
as many antique rings as you wish

Method:
process the paprika, carrots and ginger through a juice extractor
cut up the onion and fry in olive oil
add the juice and stock
(no need to add water)
boil for a bit
spice up with salt, pepper and a pinch of cayenne pepper

Serve:
hot or cold with sour cream and chervil on top and antique ring(s) aside.
Enjoy!

Preparation time: ca. 45 min
Grade of difficulty: easy
Calories per portion: probably


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Recipes d'Amour using fresh fruits from the Garden of Adin

Recipes d'Amour
using fresh fruits from the Garden of Adin

"La nouvelle cuisine d'Adin"
proudly presents:
Red Currant Cheesecake

For the Filling:
8 small jam filled Swiss rolls, cut into thick slices
1800 g mascarpone
16 tbsp red currant jelly, melted
900 g caster sugar
16 medium eggs, separated
1200 ml whipping cream
120 g powdered gelatine
24 tbsp water
920 g red currants, washed

For the topping:
1200 ml whipping cream

For Decoration:
400 g red currants, washed
1 antique ring

Method:
Arrange the roll slices in the bottom of a greased springform, making sure that they completely cover the bottom.
Filling:
Soften the cheese in a large mixing bowl. Beat in the red currant jelly, half of the sugar, the egg yolks and cream.
Combine gelatine and water in a small saucepan and stir until the gelatine has dissolved and then beat the gelatine into the cheese mixture. Remove from heat and leave to set.
Whisk the egg whites until stiff, then whisk in the remaining sugar. Fold into the cheese mixture and add the currants. Toss to combine and then spoon the mixture into the prepared springform. Chill for 3 hours.

Topping:
Whip the cream until stiff and pipe or swirl on top of the cheesecake.

Decorate with red currants and finish with pictured ring. Success guaranteed!

Preparation time: ca. 45 min
Grade of difficulty: easy
Calories per portion: don't ask


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First Plover's Egg found! (in the Garden of Adin)

First Plover's Egg found! (in the Garden of Adin)

The sign of springtime!

ANTWERP, March 28 (Reuters) - In Friesland, the Northern part of Holland, it is an old tradition to offer the first found plover's egg in the springtime to the Queen. This first found egg (called in Dutch: "eerste kievitsei") is a symbol for the beginning of the springtime. So, still today although forbidden in the rest of Europe but allowed in Friesland on cultural historical grounds, people hunt for the first egg.

The Gardener of Adin, not aware of this yearly contest, stumbled upon a nest full of eggs when weeding the Garden of Adin, becoming the unintentional winner of this folkloric event.

Click the picture to see the Plover's Egg in all its glory.

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Trend Watch: Honoring the Sentiment: Vintage & Antique Jewelry

This past Friday, January 23, 2009, on The View on ABC-TV, to the delight of the viewing audience, Barbara Walters talked a bit about her jewelry. She is well-known for wearing some extraordinary pieces, and Friday’s choices did not disappoint.

The subject of her jewelry came up because earlier in the week, she had lost the top of an antique ring from the 1800’s, a favorite ring that she professed to wearing all the time. When she got home one day, she found she was inexplicably wearing a flat, ugly ring, and it was only when she returned to the television studio and found the dazzling top of the ring sitting on the edge of a dressing table that she realized her ring had come apart and some thoughtful individual had set the ring top on the table rather than pocketing it. This goes into the category of “people are good,” noted Walters.

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