The Mark Schneider Fine Jewelry Blog

At Mark Schneider Design, our jewelers are trained to work in a variety of metals to create extraordinary, one of a kind, heirloom quality designer jewelry  for you.  We adhere to all Federal Trade Commission rules governing the fineness and...

HEARTSTAR DIAMONDS  Brilliance is beauty and our branded Heartstar  ideal cut diamonds are unsurpassed for brilliance. These diamonds are amongst the finest cut diamonds offered today, and demonstrate hearts and arrow patterns when viewed under a handheld red filter starscope....

1477 marks the first year engagement rings were first recorded in use. It is the year that Archduke Maximilian of Austria gave an engagement ring to Mary of Burgundy when they were betrothed. If 1477 sounds like a long time...