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 Evil Eye Bracelet Anklet Braided String With Lucky Eyes Beads - Black Sale Price: $6.95  Eligible for free shipping!Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days DescriptionThis fashionable handmade Evil Eye bracelet / anklet is made of braided string and carries the traditional Lucky Eyes for protection from the Evil Eye and negative energies. It can be adjusted to fit any wrist...  |
 Running Shoe Charm Sale Price: $7.95 Eligible for free shipping!Availability: Usually ships in 3-4 business days |
 Evil Eye Bracelet Anklet Braided String With Lucky Eyes Beads - Red Sale Price: $6.95 Eligible for free shipping!Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days DescriptionThis fashionable handmade Evil Eye bracelet / anklet is made of braided string and carries the traditional Lucky Eyes for protection from the Evil Eye and negative energies. It can be adjusted to fit any wrist... |
 Black Jesus Pendant & Rosary Chain Kanye West & Jay Z Style List Price: Sale Price: $24.95 You save: $74.05 (75%) Eligible for free shipping!Availability: Usually ships in 2-3 business days DescriptionBlack Jesus Piece Pendant & Chain style worn by Kanye West & Jay Z. Iced out in over 100 black diamond simulants. This jesus chain is dark black plated. Comes with a free hip hop rosary chain. Get this rare piece of bling bling jewelry in time for the holidays before they are all gone... |
 Memory Maker Pearl Beaded Photo Frame 5 Charm Bracelet Sale Price: $19.99 Eligible for free shipping!Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours DescriptionThis Memory Maker charm bracelet is perfect for anyone wanting to fashionably display a number of special photos. This bracelet has 5 two-sided photo frame charms placed between white pearlized beads on an 7... |
 Evil Eye Bracelet Anklet Braided String With Lucky Eyes Beads - Light Blue Sale Price: $6.95 Eligible for free shipping!Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days DescriptionThis fashionable handmade Evil Eye bracelet / anklet is made of braided string and carries the traditional Lucky Eyes for protection from the Evil Eye and negative energies. It can be adjusted to fit any wrist... |
 Breast Cancer Awareness Bracelet Silver Color Beads Pink Ribbon with Charm Sale Price: $8.99 Eligible for free shipping!Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours DescriptionThis bracelet is a very attractive! Silver and Pink beads with pink ribbons and Heat Charm dangling. Elastic stretch band will fit most adult wrists. |
 My First Rosary Heart Shape Pink Beads Baby Crucifixes , Girl List Price: Sale Price: $8.95 You save: $16.01 (64%) Eligible for free shipping!Availability: Usually ships in 4-5 business days DescriptionWhether it's a Christening, First Holy Communion, First Rosary will bring remembrances of that special Babby. |
 Breast Cancer Survival Awareness Bracelet Pink Beads Ribbon and Charm Sale Price: $8.99 Eligible for free shipping!Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours DescriptionBeautiful light pink and silver colored spacer beads make up the elegant band of this unique breast cancer awareness bracelet. Dangling from the band of this breast cancer bracelet are breast cancer pink ribbon charms... |
 Rosallini Lady Red Braid String Side White Bead Closure Bracelet 2 Pcs Sale Price: $2.82 Eligible for free shipping!Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days DescriptionFeatures red braid side design and assorted color twisted center, white bead closure, this bracelet is the best gift for your friends.Wear it will make your wrist more attractive and charm. |
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The Intriguing History of Charms and Charm Bracelets
Charms and charm bracelets have often been bought for women to celebrate important rites of passage, like turning 18 or graduating from school. However, delve a little deeper and it is surprising to see that they boast a long and intriguing history, which spans across thousands of years.
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Indeed, it has been reported that people first began collecting charms in the Neolithic era, at the end of the Stone Age. Regarded as items of luck and to ward off evil and danger, people would look for charms in the form of unusual pieces of stone and wood, and carry them around.
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It wasn’t until the ancient Egyptian times though, that actual charm jewellery like bracelets and necklaces were first worn. Adorned with precious stones and metals, the Egyptian people wore them as symbols of both their wealth and social standing. They were also buried with them in the hope that the jewellery would communicate to the gods the sort of afterlife the Egyptian looked forward to.
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The Christians of the Roman Empire also used charms in the shape of fish as a form of identification and to gain access to a number of secret or illegal worshipping rituals. The kings and knights of the Middle Ages, on the other hand, kept them for protection and to represent their family name or profession.
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It was Queen Victoria at the start of the 20th Century who revived the wearing of charm jewellery once again. Having traditionally been used for superstitious purposes, it was at this time that it began being worn as more of a fashion statement. As a result, there was a huge growth in the production of trinkets, beads and different types of charms.
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The end of the Second World War also saw an uptake in the number of the more modern charm bracelets. As soldiers returned home from the battlefield to their loved ones, they brought with them a range of unusual, handmade charms and trinkets.
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In line with the industrial revolution, and the manufacturing of plastics, the 1940s came out with a range of different charms and bracelet styles, like the gumball charms that were made from celluloid. Particularly attractive to children, they could collect a number of colourful trinkets from the gumball machines and then make a charm bracelet from string.
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The 1950s saw charm bracelets come into their own: this is when they became famous for women receiving them as presents for such special occasions as birthdays and anniversaries. During the 1970s their status decreased in favour of gold chains, and it wasn’t until the mid 1980s that they regained their former popularity.
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Since then, <a href="charm">http://www.hsamuel.co.uk/webstore/browse/N/58/">charm bracelets</a> have remained a firm jewellery staple, with many people sporting one. Ideal for creating a unique, personal piece of jewellery, they make perfect presents for women of all ages. Not only that, but because charms can be added to them, they can grow over time to represent an important and cherished part of any jewellery collection.
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About the Author
Matthew Pressman writes for a digital marketing agency. This article has been commissioned by a client of said agency. This article is not designed to promote, but should be considered professional content.
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