What Do You Give Someone Who Just Got Engaged?

Welcome to the T List, a newsletter from the editors of T Magazine. For this edition, we’ve turned it into an engagement gift guide, with recommendations on what to get your soon-to-be-married friends. (These can double as wedding present ideas, should you dare to go off-registry.) Sign up here to find us in your inbox every Wednesday, along with monthly travel and beauty guides, and the latest stories from our print issues.And you can always reach us at tmagazine@nytimes.com.

Raise the Bar

Artisanal Glassware to Put on Display

Clockwise from left: Prunted Beaker II, $160, prounisjewelry.com; Maison Balzac Every Cocktail Set, currently on sale for $380, comingsoonnewyork.com; Pièce No.634, $375, verredonge.com; Astrological Lowball Glasses, $25 per glass, sprezznyc.com.Credit…Courtesy of the brands

Help your friends raise a glass to the occasion by giving them the Maison Balzac Every Cocktail Set, which includes six cocktail glasses that each correspond to a specific drink, from an Aperol spritz to a dirty martini or manhattan. Each piece includes an everlasting glass garnish to make bartending one step easier. For the cosmically inclined, the New York-based glassware company Sprezz collaborated with the interior design firm Charlap Hyman on a set of astrological sign glasses. Add a touch of personalization by selecting the couple’s star signs, which hopefully serve as a reassuring reminder of their zodiac compatibility. For a versatile option, the jewelry designer Jean Prounis recently launched a line of glasses and vases featuring prunts, or decorative dollops of glass. They’re made from Waldglas, or forest glass, which has a light green pigment due to a chemical reaction between the iron-rich sand and ash of burned wood that are used in its creation. For more concentrated color, consider an elegant vase from Verre d’Onge in a burnt sienna hue. Each item is handblown in the designer Jérémie St-Onge’s Montreal studio, making for a one-of-a-kind piece of functional art.

Game Night

Playing Cards and Tarot Decks From a 176-Year-Old Parisian Company

A set of luxury playing cards is a wonderfully unserious but fancy gift for newlyweds-to-be, whether your friends are the type to get competitive on game night or showcase it as a piece of décor. Starting in 1848, the French company Grimaud industrialized the card-making process, introducing what were groundbreaking design ideas at the time, such as rounded corners and the use of opaque, heavyweight paper. In 1900, the company was awarded the Grand Prix at the Exposition Universelle. But two years ago, Grimaud paused its operations to refresh its product lineup and re-emphasize the design features that its founder, Baptiste Paul Grimaud, had invented and made famous over 150 years prior. “We wanted to create the Tiffany of playing cards,” says Guillaume Reslou, the current vice president of the company. During the hiatus, Reslou and his team researched the Grimaud archives at the National Library of France, connected with collectors and worked with the playing-card historian Christian Rouleau to innovate around the brand. This month, the company debuted its new collection of playing cards with figures hand-drawn by the French artist Julie Serre. Two divination decks — tarot cards, reimagined by the French illustrator Margot Reverdy, and an oracle deck — are set to be released Nov. 4. Every stack is a nod to Grimaud’s early influences, with gilded corners (“Difficult to do because it had to be very precise,” says Reslou) and artisanal printing on “casino-quality but thicker” card stock. A line of accessories — display trays, sleeves and a playing mat among them — add flair to the shuffle. From $95 for playing cards, grimaudparis.com.

Intricate Trinket

Jewelry That Tells a Story

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Jewelry has long been more than just an accessory — it often carries a story, whether it’s an heirloom passed down through generations or a piece picked up during travels. Some designers offer creative ways to distill entire narratives into a single trinket. Sarah Ysabel Narici, the founder of jewelry brand Dyne, launched her Loverglyphs collection in 2022 with wedding bands she designed for herself and her husband. She creates the pieces based on extensive conversations with her clients and draws from a set of symbols inspired by Egyptian hieroglyphs and stones that represent the wearer’s story and significant life events. The British brand Cece Jewellery blends myth, nature and personal narratives in 18-karat pendants and rings that feature miniature paintings and engraved motifs. One recent commission portrayed an oak tree to symbolize strength and deep roots, a rose to embody love and lavender to represent grace. Jen Tran, the founder of Millie & Noah, turned to jewelry after she experienced personal losses and left a career in biotech. She found healing in making pieces that honor individual stories. Her brand, named in tribute to her father and son, offers custom engraved cameos and intaglios that celebrate her clients’ most cherished connections.