There is something about the tinkle of charms around your wrist and the secret story each charm holds. While charm bracelets first made their appearance in ancient Egypt, they continue to grace the wrists of fashionable ladies. What started as a talisman to ward off evil has turned into a beautiful way to remember important moments in your life.
One lover of charm bracelets was Queen Victoria, who even presented charms to her family and friends on New Year’s. Prince Albert loved showering Queen Victoria with jewelry and to celebrate the birth of their first child, he gave the queen this simple charm bracelet and added an enamel locket whenever another child was born. However, this locket charm bracelet was one of the queen’s favorites.
One of the most famous charm bracelets is the Cartier cheap adderall 30mg cross bracelet that King Edward VIII gave to Wallis Simpson, the eventual Duchess of Windsor. The stunning bracelet features a diamond encrusted chain with nine gemstone crosses. Each of the Latin crosses is engraved with a date and a note to mark the occasion, including one cross to mark the Duchess’ appendectomy.
Another fan of charm bracelets was Elizabeth Taylor, whose jewelry collection rivaled many royal collections. If you are obsessed with jewelry, I highly recommend Elizabeth Taylor: My Love Affair with Jewelry. It is spectacular. Elizabeth was quite fond of charm bracelets (Christie’s auctioned off five from her collection). This one, with its eclectic collection of charms, is a wrist-sized personal history.
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My mum had the most amazing silver charm bracelet when I was younger, I love it! It has so many charms on it. I remember she had one that was a pram with wheels that really spun around!
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Outstanding history of the charm bracelet!!! Makes me love them even more and the ones you picked up there are stunning! Happy weekend lady! Nicole xo
I love charm bracelets. I have the Pandora.
I love it! 🙂
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such an interesting post!
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Wow…… I certainly need charm bracelets to grace my wrists!!!
I never knew charm bracelets has such a fascinating history!
This is such a fascinating and interesting read. I’d no idea Queen Victoria liked charm bracelets. Charm bracelets always seem so romantic somehow….
Really interesting, I have no idea about it. I have lots of charms and each one has its own meaning for me.
I always loved charm bracelets, but more so when I was younger.
Now my daughter does. And she’s been given some pretty nice ones! There”s something very special about collecting meaningful charms.
Lovely! Thanks for sharing this about them!
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So cool! Had no idea!
xoxox,
CC
Wow great history I learned something new today.
Beautetude
I didn’t know the charm bracelet started in Egypt!
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Who knew?! Interesting indeed. Just really starting wearing a charm necklace with my race charms on it.
Wow I had no idea about the history of charm bracelets but it makes sense. Thanks for posting I learned something today.
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Interesting post , thanks for that information.
I love bracelets.
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AMAZING! post!!!!!
I’ve never had a charm bracelet, but I think the idea and history behind them are really cool.
i forever loved charm bracelets and how personal they are.
Such a well-researched post. I have always adored charm bracelets – I love the tinkle they make when the charms hit into one another.
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Thank you for the story! So interesting! x
I had no idea about this history! But a very unique insight to charm bracelets (and yes, will most definitely pick up Elizabeth Taylor’s book… what a remarkably fashionable woman–and with a to-die-for jewelry collection, right??)
I love the idea of a charm bracelet, and I think I would find myself most enjoying a simple one marking only the most significant events, rather than all the nonsense you can buy these days just for the sake of filling it up and spending money.
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Oh a pretty jewel!
Hav a great week
I love charm bracelets
AND i FEEL so feminine wearing them.
Thanks for sharing the history.
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I used to love the flat charm bracelets that were popular when I was in middle school. I wish we could all still wear them. 🙂
I remember envying my mom’s charm bracelet when I was a kid, until I got one of my own. That’s long gone now, but I loved it for years and years!
very interesting.. i hadn’t know. thanks for shring
I’ve always thought charm bracelets were terribly romantic.
I had no idea charm bracelets were that old of a concept! Very interesting.
Great post! I love charm bracelets. It is a pretty jewel!
Pretty jewels! I love bracelets! But when you mentioned Elizabeth Tailor is not fair 🙂 Because she was beaultiful with jewels or not 🙂 Great article and thanks!
Very nice. Amazing fact and history of charm bracelets you have shared in this post. thanks for the interesting story.