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    Posted 10 years ago

    Elisabethan
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    I bought an old book the other day, it´s a book from 1952 by a museum in Stockholm showing jewelry. I think these photos are very special. The photo from the left is from 1870's and the right one is from 1920.

    Don´t know what´s the right category for this post but the main thing about them are jewelry history.

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    1. Elisabethan Elisabethan, 10 years ago
      Thanks aghcollect and Jewels!
    2. Elisabethan Elisabethan, 10 years ago
      Thanks Vetraio50!
    3. racer4four racer4four, 10 years ago
      Extraordinary photos.
      Elisabethan would this jewellery have been passed on in families or were they put aside in a community just for weddings? There seems to be a huge amount of it!
    4. Elisabethan Elisabethan, 10 years ago
      Thankyou so much Racer4four and PhilipDavidAlexandermorris for love and coments!

      The brides would borrow the jewelry from the church but the book sais that practice probably ended in the 1700's or beginning of 1800's (american write 1800 or 1900 I believe). The commons would stay with the tradition and they would borrow it from the wife of the priest or from av civilian person who had jewelry of this kind, sometimes they rented it and it would give that person an income. Not all of it would be fine jewelry, quite often it was not but made of other metalls. The bridecollar is a tradition from the nobless in the 1500-1600's (1600-1700 in english writing). To this day most churches here will have an old Crown that you can borrow for your wedding, I will post photos of that another day.Thanks for your aattention!
    5. Elisabethan Elisabethan, 10 years ago
      I agree with you PhilipDavidAlexandermorris, it's a treasure to find books and photos like that.
    6. Elisabethan Elisabethan, 10 years ago
      Thanks CindB and blunderbuss2!
    7. racer4four racer4four, 10 years ago
      So interesting. Thank you Elisabethan.
    8. Elisabethan Elisabethan, 10 years ago
      You're welcome Racer4four!
    9. Elisabethan Elisabethan, 10 years ago
      Thankyou Val! Yes I am enjoy this book. Love to learn more about jewelry history. It tells you something about the time. Like the cross the left bride is varning, it's a 'striglakors' and that would keep bad spirits away, like 'trolls'. The dangling metall was said to scare them. So even if almost everyone attended church there was also superstition. With this darkness this time of year, the wilderness and just candel light, who can blame them ;).
    10. Elisabethan Elisabethan, 10 years ago
      I ment to write 'that the left bride is wearing' not varning.....
    11. Elisabethan Elisabethan, 10 years ago
      Thanks Mikelv85, freiheit, radegunder, Belltown and Sean68!
    12. Elisabethan Elisabethan, 10 years ago
      Thanks Trey!
    13. Elisabethan Elisabethan, 10 years ago
      Kyratango thankyou!
    14. Elisabethan Elisabethan, 10 years ago
      Thanks Katzl!
    15. Elisabethan Elisabethan, 10 years ago
      Thanks ho2cultcha!
    16. Elisabethan Elisabethan, 9 years ago
      Mcheconi thankyou!

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