The wearing of bracelet charms started as a form of talisman to scare off bad spirits.

Early bracelet charms early man would make jewellery from shells, animal bones and clay to and this continued over the next few thousand years;

 

• Some 75,000 years ago in Africa, men also used shells to adorn themselves
• In Germany some 30,000 years ago, men would carve out mammoth tusks, turning them into charms
• Around the same time in Egypt, charms were used as symbols of luck and of religion
• Christian’s in Roman times used to carry a fish shaped charm, to prove their faith and Jewish scholars would wear tiny charm lockets around their necks containing passages from their scriptures
• Knights in Medieval times believed charms could protect them in battle
• In the Dark Ages charms represented familyoriginsand showed ones religion

 

England’s Queen Victoria began another trend, the Queen wore charms as a fashion. The Queens trend then entered the European nobles. After this, soldiers from World War Two would bring charms back to their loved ones.

 

Later in the 1950s American teenagers started to wear charms based on events in their lives, things such as; the birth of a baby, christening, and birthdays.

 

Very recently, charms bracelets and charms have started to become very popular with fashionable people, and with the a demand for vintage charms, prices have also risen… this is good for charm lovers and bad for those who cannot afford, their charms.

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