Modern and Traditional Anniversary Gifts by Year
About Anniversary Gifts by Year
Your wedding anniversary is coming up, and you don’t know what gift to give him or her. For each year of marriage, there are modern gifts and traditional anniversary gifts to help mark this very special and romantic occasion. Everybody knows that the silver anniversary is the 25th and the gold anniversary is the 50th. But how about all the anniversaries in between? Well, read on as we have the answers for you……
Selecting an Anniversary Gift by Years of Marriage
Here are the modern and traditional anniversary gifts by year. Choose something special from this list and you can’t go wrong.
Year | Traditional Gift | Modern Gift |
1st | Paper | Clocks |
2nd | Cotton | China |
3rd | Leather | Crystal, Glass |
4th | Linen, Silk | Electrical Appliances |
5th | Wood | Silverware |
6th | Iron | Wood |
7th | Wool, Copper | Desk Sets, Pen and Pencil Sets |
8th | Bronze | Linen, Lace |
9th | Pottery, China | Leather |
10th | Tin, Aluminum | Diamonds, Jewelry |
11th | Steel | Fashion Jewelry, Accessories |
12th | Silk | Pearls, Colored Gems |
13th | Lace | Textiles, Furs |
14th | Ivory (note: now banned) | Gold, Jewelry |
| 15th | Crystal | Watches |
| 16th | Silver holloware | |
| 17th | Furniture | |
18th |
| Porcelain |
| 19th | Bronze | |
20th | China | Platinum |
| 21st | Brass, Nickel | |
| 22nd | Copper | |
| 23rd | Silver Plate | |
| 24th | Musical Instruments | |
25th | Silver | Sterling Silver |
| 26th | Original Pictures | |
| 27th | Sculpture | |
| 28th | Orchids | |
| 29th | New Furniture | |
30th | Pearl | Diamond |
| 31st | Timepieces | |
| 32nd | Conveyances | |
| 33rd | Amethyst | |
| 34th | Opal | |
| 35th | Coral | Jade |
| 36th | Bone China | |
| 37th | Alabaster | |
| 38th | Beryl, Tourmaline | |
| 39th | Lace | |
| 40th | Ruby | Ruby |
| 41st | Land | |
| 42nd | Improved real Estate | |
| 43rd | Travel | |
| 44th | Groceries | |
| 45th | Sapphire | Sapphire |
| 46th | Original Poetry Tribute | |
| 47th | Books | |
| 48th | Optical Goods | |
| 49th | Luxury items | |
| 50th | Gold | Gold |
| 55th | Emerald | Emerald |
| 60th | Diamond | Diamond |
75th | Diamonds, gold | Diamonds, gold |
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