suspension: Victoria

Genuine Leather pendant with patina, natural coil, vintage brooch!

For a long time, the pendants were placed on the ends of leather or woven cords, which were belted, instead of buttons and fasteners. Had the opportunity to make them only very wealthy people who indicated the status and level of wealth of the customer. Or wore pendants-pendants, which preferred to depict the heraldry of the house to which the owner belonged.
In the middle Ages, pendants received their modern name and value as jewelry, increasing their value. The skill of making rose to a new level – now they were exquisite things from the workshops of jewelers, more and more complex and perfect.
The heyday of jewelry art fell on the Renaissance. At this time, it expanded, supplemented by new fashion trends, new techniques of manufacture, methods of decoration and engraving, replenished the collection of materials. Italian masters began to make pendants-pendants hollow inside to pour perfume or tinctures of aromatic herbs. Unfortunately, this invention was used not only for their own pleasures, but also for storing poison, to participate in Palace intrigues, to remove competitors – and this was the glory of all the Royal courts of all countries without exception throughout the history of mankind