Acrostic ring#Regards ring

Acrostic rings were developed in France in the early 19th century by the jewelry company Mellerio dits Meller, and later became popular in England.{{Cite journal |last=Voitiuk |first=A A |date=2019-03-25 |title=Non-traditional symbolism techniques in jewelry design |journal=IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science |volume=229 |issue=1 |pages=012003 |doi=10.1088/1755-1315/229/1/012003 |issn=1755-1315|doi-access=free |bibcode=2019E&ES..229a2003V }} They were given and worn during the Georgian and Victorian eras.{{Cite book |last1=Gänsicke |first1=Susanne |title=Looking at jewelry: a guide to terms, styles, and techniques |last2=Markowitz |first2=Yvonne J. |date=2019 |publisher=The J. Paul Getty Museum |isbn=978-1-60606-610-2 |location=Los Angeles}} Acrostic rings were given as romantic gifts, and their messages were sentimental.{{Cite news |date=1900-08-04 |title=JOTTINGS. |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136486380 |access-date=2024-05-13 |work=Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate}} Alternatively, they would be used to form a secret message.{{Cite news |last=Beckett |first=Kathleen |date=2022-01-24 |title=Jewelry That Really Spells It Out |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/24/fashion/jewelry-acrostic-chaumet-paris.html |access-date=2024-05-11 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} Some acrostic rings were used as engagement rings.{{Cite news |date=March 27, 1899 |title=Fashion's Mandates |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/168262331/ |access-date=May 13, 2024 |work=The Philadelphia Inquirer |pages=7}}

Acrostic rings have been created and given in later eras, including in the 20th and 21st centuries.{{Cite news |date=1933-08-28 |title=in Town and Out |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article243417534 |access-date=2024-05-13 |work=Herald}}{{Cite news |date=August 24, 1923 |title=Questions Answered |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/380490469 |access-date=May 13, 2024 |work=The Los Angeles Times |pages=8}}

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Acrostic rings were made with gemstones representing sentimental and romantic words, including the following:

• Dearest - diamond, emerald, amethyst, ruby, emerald, sapphire, topaz. Alternatively, turquoise was used instead of a topaz.
• Regards - ruby, emerald, garnet, amethyst, ruby, diamond, sapphire.{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=860&dat=19940413&id=-0FPAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hY8DAAAAIBAJ&pg=2400,4326237|title=Regarding a "regards ring"|first=L.M.|last=Boyd|newspaper=Ellensburg Daily Record|date=13 April 1994}}{{cite book |last1=Tolkien |first1=Tracy|last2=Wilkinson |first2=Henrietta |date=1997 |title=A Collector's Guide to Costume Jewelry Key Styles and how to recognize them|publisher=Firefly Books |page=49 |isbn=1552091562}} "Regard" was also spelled, with an omission of the sapphire.
• Adore - amethyst, diamond, opal, ruby, emerald.
• Love - lapis lazuli, opal, vermarine, emerald.

French words such as souvenir from se souvenir (I remember) and amitié (friendship) were also represented in acrostic jewelry.

Some acrostic rings represented lovers' names.

The letters of the spelt word come from the initials of some gems' names. Accordingly, stones used for each letter include:

• A: amethyst
• D: diamond
• E: emerald
• G: garnet
• L: lapis lazuli
• O: opal
• R: ruby
• S: sapphire
• T: topaz or turquoise
• V: vermarine

{{Reflist}}

• [https://books.google.com/books?id=yycBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA6 Thomas Crofton Croker, Catalogue of a collection of ancient and mediaeval rings and personal ornaments formed for lady Londesborough, London, 1853]
• [https://books.google.com/books?id=QcfOrnPB6OAC&pg=PA232 Fred W. Burgess, Antique Jewellery and Trinkents, New York, 1919]

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