Pinky Ring: Enhance your pinky

If wearing a ring on the little finger seems fashionable nowadays, it is not a new practice at all, it actually dates back to antiquity as Pliny the Elder testifies in his texts that have come down to us.

The historian Maximin Deloche, who published a memory of the use of rings in Roman antiquityhe noticed during his historical research that the use of rings, engagement ringsCWings and signet rings vary from hand to hand and finger to finger depending on times, cultures and religious influences.

Given this great variability it is therefore impossible to establish a rule on how to wear a ring with reference to antiquity. Today, as more than 2000 years ago, practicality and visual impact dictate wearing a ring on the pinky.

Having had the opportunity to make numerous pinky rings in our workshop, we offer you this selection of models of women’s earrings (also called Pinky Ring in the USA) or some small signet rings for men that will surely give you ideas or wishes.

INDEX

1. Conventional designs
2. Personalized pinky rings
3. Earrings with set stones
4. Ear signet rings

1. Conventional designed pinky rings

Some ring styles are timeless, eye-catching or discreet, part of classic jewelry designs, tailored to the size of your little finger.

These designs are sometimes centuries old and continue to attract. You will notice the very first simple ring made of 24K yellow gold. In general, women’s pinky rings are quite thin and discreet, while men tend to prefer large rings and signet rings worn on the pinky.

2. Personalized ear loops

Just like wedding rings traditionally worn on the left ring finger, pinky rings can be customized to your liking. This is what we do for our customers our personalized ring creation service, visible here.

Names, initials, first names, anything is possible to add a sentimental side to a ring design that can remain classic, as these examples demonstrate.

You can discover on our blog the stages of creation of some of these personalized rings:

3. Pinky ring with stones

If pinky rings are rather discreet in their dimensions, this does not prevent them from being set with brightly colored fine or precious stones, which remain discreet once worn and which do not take up much space in everyday life.

As you can see, a quality, fine or precious stone, even discreet, can make the difference on an earring with an overall classic design.

4. Men’s Ear Signet Rings

Wearing a signet ring on the little finger is relatively classic for men, being a legacy from the Middle Ages when nobles wore their signet in the form of signet ring worn on the ring finger, it is more practical for sealing documents or correspondence without having to remove the signet ring.

The conventions of wearing signet rings The convention of wearing wedding rings in antiquity is much better known among European nobility, you will find information about it in this article.

Custom made signet ring for men via our online service

If in the Middle Ages seals were commonly engraved into the metal of signet rings, historically they are notched rings which preceded them and were manufactured in ancient times to create seals used to make wax seals on official documents.

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