![The Modern Centerpiece of this Late Victorian Ring is a Vibrant Purplish Blue Tanzanite – a Gemstone not Discovered Until Nearly Seventy Years After the Mounting was Made. The Modern Centerpiece of this Late Victorian Ring is a Vibrant Purplish Blue Tanzanite - a Gemstone not Discovered Until Nearly Seventy Years After the Mounting was Made.](https://www.langantiques.com/university/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Marriage-q88k00xhogpn570ykob6h0mtax570882cjafy7i1s8.jpg)
A married jewel or marriage is a jewel that was created in the style – and time – of a specific period and was later altered or upgraded with an add-on from the same or different period. Many jewels from various periods have been melted down to be reworked into new fashions and they are lost for good. A married jewelry item has merely been altered, leaving some of the history of the jewel or jewels preserved.