European Beads

The Hidden Direction of European and American Charm

Begin at first twentieth century and spread until the years 60, the it was a brand of the bourgeois that the girls are given a bracelet of charm before they have attained the puberty. To every vacation or to every birthday, a new charm is added to the bracelet, often by the parent that had given the original bracelet.

The request for the charms is old; only the method of marketing that the is comparatively recent. Not all the charms on these bracelets were lucky emblems -- equally common was charms passes-time-secured and secured schools. Indeed, the number of available charms, and triteness by far of them -- a telephone, a car, a megaphone of the majorette, a mill to wind -- could have devaluated the "charms" of word in the English language, for that today it poorly often is understood that if someone refers itself to the "charm" when this person means of the "amulets".

The French, in particular, had a charm list called "The Language of Door Happiness" ("The Language of Vouchers Charm Luck") and included 10 charms that symbolized:

An elephant: "Felicite" (the happiness)
A heart: The "liaison" (love)
A clover of four leaves: "Happiness" (luck)
A magnet of horsehoe: L '"silver-plated" (money -- or money, because of the strength of "drawing" magnet)
A death, showing seven places: "Vein" (the chance games; the luck of the player)
The number 13: "Joy" (the joy; the normal usage of this number is as general luck or the luck of the player)
A pig: "Prosperite" (prosperity)
A hand of hamsa: "Wealth" (wealths; this is not precise -- the hand of hamsa protects against the devilish eye
A horseshoe: "Fidelite" (the fidelity; not completely precise -- the normal direction is the attraction or "drawing")
A thought: The "to remember" (to remember it; it belongs more properly to the "the flower language")

During the twentieth century the bracelet of American charm to the left characteristics a selection of happy charms in a brilliant mixture of copper, the copper, sterling money, and the veneered metal now. This bracelet is typical of the type of jewelry store reach by the adolescent girls in the years 50 and the years 60, the charm compla¨t by the charm while to travel by the traps to tourists, the markets to the fleas, the stores of jewelry store and the second-hand markets. A lot of the American charms more modern symbolize:

A heart in money engraved with the initial ones: the love for the named individual
A copper heart pierced by an arrow: romantic love hit
A horseshoe in money: the attraction or "to draw" luck
A series in now of wishbone with an appears: the wishes realize themselves
A horseshoe in money on which is placed a wishbone, a clover of four leaves, a horseshoe and the words "the Good Luck" : the good luck
A gold and a clover of four leaves of green enameled: luck
A bag in money money with a $ signs: wealth
A copper horseshoe on which is placed a clover of four leaves: the good luck
A padlock of heart of copper: faithful love
A broadcasting in money to play the cards: playing luck
A double series of horseshoe in now with an artificial diamond: money luck
A bag of money of copper marked 1000: wealth
A horseshoe in money: the attraction or "to draw" luck

The twentieth other popular century charms often found on European and the bracelets of American charm includes:

A svastika: luck (pred-nazi Germany)
The hearts twins pierced by an only arrow: exchanged love
A mushroom of muscaria of Amanita: luck
A chimney sweep or his ladder and brushes: luck
A "the Happy Buddha" : luck
A black cat: playing luck

And although without report with the European and without report with the bracelets of American charm -- but did to meet probably Western instead of the tastes Far East -- are, which are to know as, the bracelets of Chinese charm, do with appear them glass, the sculptures in jade, and the amulets in metal suspended on the black and secured rope around the wrist.

The following similar conception clothes to the bracelets of Chinese charm, Pandore jewelry Store invented a new system for the bracelets of charm and the necklaces, that added a new dimension in to collect jewelry store. This unique line of jewelry store established a taken one of foot in north Europe as one of the businesses of jewelry store more successful to date. Since 2002, Pandore jewelry Store brought the hope and the occasion to the jewellers through North America.

Every item in our collection is a Danish conception fact to the hand in sterling in money and 14K now. The various pieces of our line are done to the hand with the precious colored rocks and appear them cultivated.