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Heart Shaped Lockets For Valentine's Day
Among some of the most popular gifts that men buy for the special lady in their life on Valentine's Day are heart shaped lockets. Although the symbol red heart is a quintessential part of Valentine's Day and a recognised icon of love, the heart shape has a long history and it is an ancient symbol that has evolved through the centuries but goes back as far as the 7th Century BC.
The heart shape means different things to different people and the locket has been used at different times to carry around poisons or powders, a person's ashes a lock of hair and then more recently pictures. In the Elizabethan era lockets (not necessarily heart shaped) were popular with both men and women. They were not just worn round the neck but they were also worn as cufflinks, rings,[url=http://www.floware.fr]michael kors pas cher[/url], and bracelets.
In the Victorian Era lockets really came into their own and were given to women as condolences for someone they had lost or as a christening present. As time wore on they were given as romantic keepsakes representing much happier times and the lockets were handed down from one generation to another.
Prince Albert is known to have presented his wife, Queen Victoria with an exquisite enamel bracelet with eight heart shaped lockets which held a lock from each of their children's hair.
By the end of the 19th Century there were improvements in manufacturing techniques and lockets were produced for the mass market. However the quality was often quite poor and some sold for as little as a shilling.
During the Boer War and the First World War they were a popular keepsake for soldiers to leave with their wives or girlfriends as a tangible memento of them.
Over the years heart shaped lockets have been made in almost every available metal including brass, iron and aluminium, sterling silver, copper and gold. Although some were very plain in design many were decorated with different embellishments such as diamonds, tiny seed pearls, or coloured gem stones. One popular technique is 'repousse' which is a mental forming technique often used to produce intricate and highly decorative patterns.
Today they are still popular and can be bought at a variety of different price points to suit every purse. If you're wondering what to give the special lady in your life why not consider giving a locket which she can treasure and start creating your own bit of family history..