February 3rd, 2008
Jewelry - Back In The Beginning
Jewelry in western civilization may have begun as beads of mourning, according to research done by Char, at collectiblejewels. Queens of England, and sometimes even their court, had to stay in full or half morning for several years. Jet black stones at Whitby flourished throughout early centuries, producing brooches, necklaces, earrings and bracelets in vast numbers. (I have even seen an unusual black stone necklace, worn by Queen Victoria in mourning, when I was recently in England.)
