Anniversary Gifts by Year

Anniversaries by Year
Anniversary Flowers by Year
Anniversary by Gem Stone/Precious Metal

Who Says?
Who came up with this list of what gift/stone/precious material goes with each anniversary? We’ve hunted high and low and come up with no authority of what goes with which year. We can find a mention of this idea stemming from a German Medieval tradition, so? We can also find a wikipeidia entry stating that some ‘…librarians in Chicago’ did it and then what? Did the librarians run away?

Tradition
Below is the traditional listing of which anniversary goes with what. Plus we’ve added Anniversary Flowers by Year for all you die-hard traditional types and another list of Anniversary by Gem Stone/Precious Metals (I think some Association of Jewellers had a hand in that one).

What we didn’t find
We didn’t find a list of: Anniversary Fish (Pollock for your first and Happy Shark for the seventh), Anniversary Sweets (it’s your tenth – is that Maltesers?) and, of course, Anniversary Socks.

Unique Anniversary Gifts
We say give them what they like and don’t get bogged down by some lists that someone has made up. Get inventive and GET PERSONAL!

Wedding Anniversaries by Year

1^st Paper

2^nd Cotton

3^rd Leather

4^th Flowers

5^th Wood

6^th Iron

7^th Wool

8^th Salt

9^th Pottery, Willow

10^th Tin, Aluminium

11^th Steel

12^th Silk, linen

13^th Lace

14^th Ivory (erm, might skip that one).

15^th Crystal

20^th China

25^th Silver

30^th Pearl

35^th Coral

40^th Ruby

50^th Gold

55^th Emerald

60^th Diamond

75^th Platinum

80^th Oak

Anniversary Flowers by Year

1^st Carnation

2^nd Lily of the valley

3^rd Sunflower

4^th Hydrangea

5^th Daisy

6^th Calla

7^th Freesia

8^th Lilac

9^th Bird of paradise

10^th Daffodil

11^th Tulip

12^th Peony

13^th Chrysanthemum

14^th Dahlia

15^th Rose

20^th Aster

25^th Iris

30^th Lily

40^th Gladiolus

50^th Yellow roses & violets

Anniversary by Gem Stone/Precious Metal

1^st Fresh Water Pearl

2^nd Rose Quartz or Garnet

3^rd Crystal

4^th Amethyst or Topaz

5^th Turquoise

6^th Garnet or Amethyst

7^th Lapis Lazuli or Onyx

8^th Aventurine or Multi-coloured Tourmaline

9^th Tiger Eye or Lapis Lazuli

10^th Black Onyx

11^th Turquoise or Hematite

12^th Agate

13^th Malachite or Moonstone

14^th Citrine

15^th Moss Agate

16^th Aquamarine or Peridot

17^th Citrine or Amethyst

18^th Opal

19^th Topaz or Aquamarine

20^th Emerald

21^st Lolite

22^nd Spinel

23^rd Imperial Topaz

24^th Tanzanite

25^th Sterling Silver

40^th Ruby

45^th Alexandrite

55^th Alexandrite

60^th Diamonds

65^th Star Sapphire

If you’d like to argue the toss over these lists or you have some concrete evidence of what they should be get in touch by using our contact form.