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[5] [6] Communicants of the Oriental Orthodox and Eastern Orthodox churches are expected to wear their baptismal cross necklaces at all times. [7] [8] Some Christians believe that the wearing of a cross offers protection from evil, [7] [9] [10] while others, Christian and non-Christian, wear cross necklaces as a fashion accessory. [11]
Gold chain with garnets, rock crystals and enamel from the 16th century, Sweden. Jewellery chains, jewelry chains or body chains are metal chains [1] [2] that are used in jewellery to encircle parts of the body, [3] namely the neck, wrists and ankles, [4] and they also serve as points to hang decorative charms and pendants. [5] [6] [7]
1400–1500: During the Renaissance it was fashionable for men to wear a number of chains, plaques, and pendants around their necks, and by the end of the 15th century the wealthiest men would wear great, shoulder covering collars inlaid with gems. [4] Women typically wore simpler pieces, such as gold chains, or strung beads or pearls. [11]
Other pieces that women frequently wore were thin bands of gold that would be worn on the forehead, earrings, primitive brooches, chokers, and gold rings. Although women wore jewellery the most, some men in the Indus Valley wore beads. Small beads were often crafted to be placed in men and women's hair. The beads were about one millimetre long.
Philippe Wolfers (16 April 1858 – 13 December 1929) was a Belgian silversmith, jeweler, sculptor, medallist [1] and designer. His mature work belongs to the Art Nouveau style, while in his later years his work aligned with Art Deco.
It was made by Hephaestus and given to Harmonia, the daughter of Aphrodite and Ares, as a curse on the House of Thebes for Aphrodite's infidelity. (Greek mythology) Necklace of the Lady of the Lake, a jeweled necklace given to Sir Pelleas after assisting an old woman across a river. It was enchanted so that its wearer would be unfathomably loved.
Givenchy vintage gold necklace consisting of a rigid centerpiece and a flexible omega chain around the back of the neck. An omega chain or omega necklace is a pseudo-chain made by assembling metallic plates on a wire or woven mesh. The plates give the appearance of links in a chain.
Copper is one of the most important constituents of silver and karat gold solders used in the jewelry industry, modifying the color, hardness and melting point of the resulting alloys. [57] Some lead-free solders consist of tin alloyed with a small proportion of copper and other metals.