Vintage Heart Cigar Band Ring Size 7.5 US 18K Gold Sweden 1999

I'm so excited about this one - a wide cigar band in warm 18K gold from Sweden, 1999, with the sweetest hearts wrapped all the way around. She is the kind of ring that looks like it costs a fortune and feels like a warm handshake.

She is a so-called Vasterbotten ring - the traditional bridal ring of Sweden's far north, where the bands were made wide, the borders were stamped with little zigzag garlands, and hearts were set marching around the middle. A whole region's way of saying love, in one piece of gold. My example carries the full Swedish suite inside - the cat's paw, the 18K stamp and the date letter for 1999 - and if you love decoding those little marks as much as I do, you can read every Swedish mark at The Hallmark Society.

And the hearts! Big, calm, open hearts - the oldest love symbol there is, and I have written about what they mean in jewelry here: Heart Jewelry Meaning

The band tapers like a classic cigar band, so she sits wide and confident on the finger without ever feeling clumsy. She weighs around 5 grams and fits like a size 7.5 US.

Excellent condition with minor signs of age - and full honesty as always: there is a trace of a previous resizing on the back of the shank. You will never see it when she is on.

Please don't wait on this one - wide gold cigar bands are among the most asked-for rings in the shop.