Wedding Anniversaries

Here are a few suggestions for Anniversary gifts that you may find useful.

		1st – Paper Suggestions – A voucher, or a piece of jewellery that comes with a paper guarantee or certificate, such as a watch or a nice diamond.
		2nd – Cotton Not easy this! Possibly a leather cased sewing set. Or, how about a pair of cotton silver-cleaning mitts with a piece of silver to go with it.
		3rd – Leather Jewellery boxes, watch straps or leather cases.
		4th – Fruit Silver or crystal fruit bowl, servers or spoons. Perhaps a crystal ornamental stone or silver ornament shaped like a piece of fruit, or a pendant or brooch with a fruity design.
		5th – Wood Wooden jewellery boxes, wooden-cased clocks or other wood ornaments.
		6th – Confectionery Perhaps a silver sweet dish or a sugar caster, bowl or tongs.
		7th – Copper Copper jewellery, or items made with the copper & zinc alloy brass : brass-cased carriage clocks, for example.
		8th – Bronze Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin. Small ornaments, such as animal models, can include so-called bronze figures.
		9th – Pottery China and porcelain gift items.
		10th – Tin/Pewter Pewter gift items.
		11th – Steel Some shops stock some stainless steel trays etc., but don’t forget your range of stainless steel watches and cutlery.
		12th – Silk Some shops will stock silk-covered gift items, but don’t forget that a fine diamond ring could easily be put in a specially obtained silk covered ring case!
		13th – Coral/Jade Many shops will stock coral and jade beads and other items.
		14th – Ivory Ivory was the traditional gift, but its trade is now restricted-by-international treaty. A watch with an ivory coloured dial would be an alternative. Or how about a pendant or brooch in the shape of an elephant – with tusks!
		15th – Crystal Lead crystal glassware, crystal stones
		20th – China See 9th anniversary.
		25th – Silver
		30th – Pearl
		35th – Platinum
		40th – Ruby
		45th – Sapphire
		50th – Gold
		55th – Emerald
		60th – Diamond