Wedding Anniversary Materials

Each wedding is associated with a particular material. We are all familiar with Silver Wedding anniversaries and Golden Wedding anniversaries, but you may not know that every wedding anniversary has a material associated with it.

Below are listed the major anniversaries and their associated materials:

• 1st year: paper
• 2nd year: cotton/straw/calico
• 3rd year: leather
• 4th year: fruit/flowers
• 5th year: wood
• 6th year: candy/iron
• 7th year: wool/copper
• 8th year: bronze/pottery
• 9th year: pottery
• 10th year: tin
• 11th year: steel
• 12th year: silk/linen
• 13th year: lace
• 14th year: ivory
• 15th year: crystal
• 20th year: china
• 25th year: silver
• 30th year: pearl
• 35th year: coral
• 40th year: ruby
• 45th year: sapphire
• 50th year: gold
• 60th year: diamond