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Ancient Jewelry
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Jewelry through the ages
For thousands of years, jewelry, gems, gold and silver have fulfilled many purposes, from personal adornment
to symbols of social status and nobility.
As peoples' awareness of their environment and the greater world around them grew, so did the ability to
recognize and extract from nature its many beautiful elements and objects; feathers, horn, ivory, bone,
shells, colorful stones and precious metals have all been used to barter and beautify.
As heirlooms, jewels have tied together generations of families. They have lavishly decorated kings and
queens and been used politically to increase and pass on the legacy of power.
We focus on the positive - that the magnificence and magic of jewels breathes life into artistry and the
creative mind. Finally there is the romance of beautiful jewelry, which for centuries has and will forever,
inspire love.
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