How many years are the silver and bronze wedding anniversary? Anniversaries by year
Celebrating your wedding on your anniversary is a fun way to mark one of the best days of a couple's life. Not everyone celebrates the same, of course, but did you know that there is a tradition for gifts for each year of marriage?
In a tradition that can be traced back to the 1500’s, milestone anniversaries are often marked by gifting precious metals such as silver or gold. This then evolved in the 20th century to include a list for each year of marriage from year one to 60.
One of the best known is the Silver Wedding Anniversary, representing 25 years of marriage. For this anniversary, you could gift silver jewellery, a photo frame, an anniversary plaque or a silver themed gift hamper.
So, if you’ve got a wedding anniversary coming up, your gift giving might be inspired by the below.
Anniversary gifts by year:
- 1 year: Paper
- 2 years: Cotton
- 3 years: Leather
- 4 years: Linen
- 5 years: Wood
- 6 years: Iron Jubilee
- 7 years: Wool
- 8 years: Bronze Jubilee
- 9 years: Pottery
- 10 years: Aluminium Wedding Anniversary
- 11 years: Steel
- 12 years: Silk
- 13 years: Lace
- 14 years: Ivory
- 15 years: Crystal Wedding Anniversary
- 16 years: Wax
- 17 years: Furniture
- 18 years: Porcelain
- 19 years: Bronze
- 20 years: China Wedding Anniversary
- 25 years: Silver Jubilee
- 30 years: Pearl Wedding
- 35 years: Coral Wedding
- 40 years: Ruby Wedding
- 45 years: Sapphire Wedding
- 50 years: Golden Jubilee
- 55 years: Emerald Wedding
- 60 years: Diamond Jubilee
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