Jewelry Information

Jewelry
Just the thought of jewelry is enough to quicken a woman’s heart and turn a man’s thoughts to romance. A pair of earrings, necklace, bracelet, or ring has a powerful significance and sentimental value. Costume jewelry is an intimate reflection of our era and is rapidly becoming one of the most important parts of an ensemble and a unique representation of character, personality and spirit! Our exquisite collection of everyday wear and formal ensembles are beautifully crafted for your spirit!

Jewelry is any piece of fine material used to adorn the body or articles of clothing. Although in earlier times jewellery was created for more practical uses, such as wealth storage and pinning clothes together, in recent times it has been used almost exclusively for decoration. The first pieces of jewellery were made from natural materials, such as bone, animal teeth, shell, wood, and carved stone. Jewellery was often made for people of high importance to show their status and, in many cases, they were buried with it.
Jewelry is made out of almost every material known and has been made to adorn nearly every body part, from hairpins to toe rings and many more types of jewellery. While high-quality and artistic pieces are made with gemstones and precious metals, less-costly costume jewellery is made from less-valuable materials and is mass-produced.
Hair ornaments
• Hairpins.
Head ornaments
• Body piercing jewellery.
• Crowns.
• Earrings.
• Non-piercing body jewellery.
• Nose-jewels.
Neck
• Chokers.
• Necklaces.
Arms
• Armlets (upper arm bracelets).
• Bracelets.
• Cuff links.
Hands
• Rings.
Body
• Belly chains.
• Breastplates.
• Brooches.
• Chatelaines.
Legs and Feet
• Anklets (ankle bracelets).
• Thigh bands.
• Toe rings.
Special functions
• Medical alert jewellery.
• Mourning jewellery.
• Prayer jewellery.
• Puzzle jewellery.
Components
• Cameos.
• Emblems.
• Findings.
• Lockets.
• Medallions.
• Pendants.

Form and function
Over time, jewellery has been used for a number of reasons:
• Currency, wealth display and storage,
• Symbolism (to show membership or status)
• Protection (in the form of amulets and magical wards), and
• Artistic display
Most cultures have at some point had a practice of keeping large amounts of wealth stored in the form of jewellery.
Functional use dates back to the earliest days of jewellery; indeed, many items of jewellery, such as brooches and buckles originated as purely functional items, but evolved into decorative items as their functional requirement deminished.
Jewellery can also be symbolic of group membership, as in the case of the Christian crucifix or Jewish Star of David, or of status, as in the case of chains of office, or the Western practice of married people wearing a wedding ring.
Wearing of amulets and devotional medals to provide protection or ward off evil is nearly universal; these may take the form of symbols, stones, plants, animals, body parts, or glyphs (such as stylized versions of the Throne Verse in Islamic art).
Although artistic display has clearly been a function of jewellery from the very beginnings, the other roles described above tended to take primacy. It was only in the late 19th century, with the work of such masters as Peter Carl Faberge and Renι Lalique, that art began to take primacy over function and wealth. This trend has continued into modern times, expanded upon by artists such as Robert Lee Morris.

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