Thousands Of Years Ago, Early Man Created Bracelet Charms

Wednesday, July 28th, 2010 | Jewelry Diamonds

The wearing of bracelet charms perhaps begun as a form of antalismanto ward off bad luckand spirits.

Early bracelet charms came from early man, they would make jewellery from clay, animal bones and shells. This carried on for the next few thousand years;

 

  • 75,000 years ago in Africa, people would used shells to adorn themselves
  • Germany 30,000 years ago, people would carve mammoth tusks into delicate charms
  • Around the same time in Egypt, charms were used as symbols of luck and of religion
  • In Roman times, Christian’s carried fish charms to prove their faith. Jewish scholars in the same way wore lockets around their necks containing passages from their scriptures
  • Knights in Medieval times believed charms could protect them in battle
  • In the Dark Ages charms represented familyoriginsand showed ones religion

 

England’s Queen Victoria began another trend, the Queen wore charms as a fashion. This trend then began to run through the British and European noble classes and soon after this, World War Two soldiers would bring charms back to their sweethearts from war.

 

American teenagers in the 1950′s wore charms to show events in their lives, things such as christenings and birthdays.

 

Over recent years, charms and charm bracelets have become popular with the fashionable crowd, a demand for vintage charmson-linehas driven up the prices and increasing their demand.. this is good for charm lovers and bad for those who cannot afford, their charms.

You can find a number of beautiful charms at Yourchamilia.com these charms are made from Murano glass, Silver and gold and go with any outfit and fashion. Many of these charms are handmade in Italy and are finished to the highest quality.

 

 


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