This episode is brought to you by Fully Gemstones.

The Daisy with Rose Ring, where you open up, when I was working on the collection,

the collector always loved it out, I got it out.

And you'd open it up and it says in French or English, you have different,

there exist in various languages. I love you, I love you not. I love you passionately. So there are lots

of playful rings, love rings in the 19th century. It's not all about marriage and wedding.

Welcome to If Jules Could Talk. I'm Carol Walton, the voice of jewellery, an author, broadcaster,

and the woman who initiated the role of Jewelry editor at magazines like Tatella and British Vogue.

This is a podcast for everyone. For people who do like jewelry, for people who don't realize they like jewelry,

and anyone intrigued by fascinating facts,

new ideas and forgotten histories.

So please join me as I tell sparkly tales

meeting all sorts of people

delving into four centuries of jewelry culture

and investigate what's happening now.

Thank you. culture and investigate what's happening now. There are two things as old as civilization itself, love and jewelry.

For thousands of years, rings have served a multitude of purposes, satisfying decorative, practical, symbolic needs.

But today, we're particularly talking about the emotional use of pledging one heart to another.

The love expressed by betrothal rings, commitment rings, wedding rings, engagement rings.

It's a sort of bread and butter of the jeweller's art.

And today we're going to delve back and see how jewellery expresses these sentiments and has

evolved and changed over time. And I am delighted to welcome the Cuban-born international

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