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Sterling Silver Charms History
By lacoste.perfumes-mall.com

Sterling silver charms seem to be in a renaissance right now. Everywhere you go I see people wearing these jingly bracelets or not so jingly bracelets, depending on the number and size of the charms.

I've gleaned some interesting facts about charm bracelets over the years:

• Queen Victoria popularized them over a hundred years ago

• The original charm was a talisman or spiritual aid

• Egyptians often wore bracelets with charms

But when, really, did the first charm bracelet appear? I can imagine a young man or young girl in Neolithic times wearing a leather strap around the wrist with a tiny representation of something important to him or her tied to it. Would this be considered a charm bracelet? In the strictest sense of the word, I think it would. I imagine a charm would have a great deal of significance to a primitive human.

It's fascinating because significance can easily be attached to anything. Especially since we humans are capable of great creativity. I suppose it was handier to decide a small object would bring good luck than one's favorite oak tree - shells and rocks were a lot more portable..

And did our ancestors have pockets? I suspect that was a later invention. Without a handy place to slip a special shell or stone into, it was necessary to tie it to one's body. Perhaps this is what led to drilling holes in objects. That would certainly make it easier to carry them around.

Early man was at the mercy of so many dangers. Naked, without fur or sharp teeth, he depended on his skill and ability to think to see him through the day. A harmless pebble blessed with the power to keep

him safe must have been some, if not great comfort.

From that beginning it was a short jump to adornment. Sometimes charms fulfilled both requirements. They could beautify the wearer and protect him or her at the same time. By the time the Egyptians figured out the technique of lost wax casting, jewelry making had grown into an art form. Charms by then (mostly gold charms) were worn by the wealthy and coveted by the poor. Many of them were representative of the environment around them- scarab beetles, vultures and snakes rated heavily in the jewelry of those ancients.

Even today charms are often created in the image of animals. And I'd say that charms are still symbolic. If you ask a woman about her charm bracelet, I can practically guarantee you that each and every charm has some special significance for her.

And most other charms are representative of a place, an object or a person. Perhaps they don't have the idea of luck or protection still surrounding them, but they are nonetheless viewed with affinity by the wearer. Charms placed on one's bracelet mean something, of that I'm quite sure.

For quite a while now Merry Rosenfield has been creating unique sterling silver charms. Many of her charm designs have earned her the reputation of being one of the most collectible of all animal jewelry artists. Others have written about why so many people have fallen in love with charm bracelets and what contributes to their ever increasing popularity.

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