Pendants
Pendants can be defined as suspended jewelry elements. They can hang from earrings, necklaces, or other jewelry items and have had many wonderful styles throughout jewelry history. Some pendants carry secrets such as lockets and others might help to fend off malodorous conditions with a vinaigrette. Learn about the various styles, forms, and purposes for pendants in the Pendants pictorial glossary below.
Vignettes
An interesting subset of the Art Nouveau jewelry movement was the design and production of medal jewels. Scrambling to recoup the losses incurred when cameos and intaglios became passé, jewelers began to imitate ancient Greek and Roman...
Terms & Definitions
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A Croix á la Jeanette (from French: “John’s Cross”) is a pendant in the form of a simple Latin cross. The name is derived from the tradition whereby servant girls, usually hired on St....
A lavalier (or lavaliere or lavallière) is a necklace comprised of small links with a single, usually pearl, drop pendant. It is named after Louise Françoise de La Baume Le Blanc, Duchesse de La Vallière...
A Maltese Cross is an 8-pointed cross with 2-point pairs forming v-shapes on the 4 equilateral arms of the cross. The Maltese Cross was officially adopted by the Order of...
