Anyone have an e-ring that can''t be worn with a band?

[innerkitten]

I''ve been looking around for a band that will go with my e-ring. I went to a ring store the other day and tried on some different types of bands but nothing looked perfect. The closest to perfect was a very narrow delicate band with band with tiny diamonds going around it and another with alternating diamonds and patterns. Very narrow like two mm with point two diamonds. I hoped to find something perhaps like a half eternity band but so far nothing has quite gone with my e-ring, because then the width has to match. Idealy I want something that can be worn alone, or with my e-ring, and of course I can wear my e-ring alone as well. Maybe I just need to try more stores.
sigh...

 

[MrsFrk]

The ring I wear on my left hand I wear sans band. It is a substantial setting that looks best on its own, I think. Would you please refresh my memory as to what your e-ring looks like?

 

[innerkitten]

It''s an art deco engagement ring. OEC center stone baguettes and tint stones on the sides.

 

[innerkitten]

Here it is again next to a another old ring my step grandmother gave to me.

 

[innerkitten]

.....and on my finger. Sorry about the poor quality of the photos. My camera doesn''t take the best photos up close.

 

[MrsFrk]

Oh wow, your ring is beautiful! I think that it could stand on its own, it is so gorgeous and unique. The other ring is lovely as well, I have my husband''s great-grandmother''s diamond ring, I love the fact that it has meaning.

If you really want a band to match, I think that maybe a thin band with alternating baguettes and small rbs or just baguettes would look nice. Nothing would sit flush, but that''s kind of overrated, imho. I wear a channel set band with the aforementioned ring, there is a small gap, but it looks very nice.

 

[innerkitten]

Thank you.

No, it''s true nothing will ever sit flush , it will have a small gap, which is okay. I wouldn''t want to wear them together all the time anyway.

I love having a ring that belonged to a family member too, especially since she''s no longer with us

She gave my mother a really pretty ring as well, a right hand ring from the 1950s.

 

[innerkitten]

P.S. I''d love to see your ring.

 

[kellypooh24]

Great ring! By the way, you have really pretty hands...

Anyway, I see your dilemma with finding a band. Perhaps you could have one made? Are you planning to have the band attached to the e-ring, or do you want to leave them apart so you can take off the e-ring when you don''t want to wear it?

There are lots of ''mom and pop'' jewelers that will make you a custom band for next to nothing. Trying to find a band that will sit flush with that setting is going to be tough!

Good Luck!

 

[glitterata]

Oh, Innerkitten, whenever I see your ring I sigh with pleasure.

If I were you, I''d get either a very slender, plain platinum band--that''s what my grandmother wore with her e-ring from the same era--or a slender band with horizontally set baguettes, as Mrs Fsk suggests.