Culture of Ancient Jewellery

With hundreds of years in our history, the information on ancient jewellery can be traced back to the efforts of those people who have dug up personal things of the dead in their tombs and those who have dug up paintings and sculptures.

Ancient Egyptians have been one of the greater influences in the contemporary jewellery. The most extraordinary jewellery from this race came from the 18th dynasty. Their process of decorating metals is still being observed today. Their pieces of accessories back then had been produced skillfully—that is, they were engraved and soldered using gold and silver as they incorporated semiprecious stones, enamel, and glass.

The other distinguished cultures that produced beautiful jewellery were from the second and third millennia—the Middle Eastern. They devisedprocedures in granulation, filigree (lace-like work on wires of gold or silver), gem mounting, and other notable techniques. The art of cameo cutting (involves a clear layer underneath and an overlay color) has been introduced by the Romans and Greeks as they used this in their jewellery. In the 7th century, during the medieval times, the process of using garnet slices and metal was predominant. The Renaissance times as well as the 17th and 18th century contributed also to the methods of jewellery as carried on in the present time.

The different pieces of jewellery we have nowadays have been strongly influenced by those accessories produced during the ancient times. Most of what we have now have been derived from what our ancestors had used. It is either the influence is based on the look itself or the process involved in making the certain ornament.


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