Hi there, I am selling this totally gorgeous antique enamel and gold charm. It is a vintage travel souvenir from Canada! It is a brightly colored painted enamel maple leaf charm on a gold metal base and it is that shield shape for antique travel charms - the style for charm bracelets.
It is stamped "CZECHO" on the back and I took a close up picture of that for you.
Its really gorgeous, and is in perfect condition!
I am certain that this is an antique and old piece of jewelry because it belonged to my grandma and she had a lot of very old, sterling silver jewelry. So I am not sure of the age but know that all her jewelry is really old because I've seen it forever and it's been around longer than I have. She was very very particular about having TOTALLY AUTHENTIC Native American collectibles. This included sterling silver jewelry with both turquoise and chrysacolla gemstone and also she collected kachina dolls too. She really loved all these pieces of jewelry and pieces of history. But unfortunately we have fallen on some tough times and need to raise money and so we are selling a lot of the stuff she's left to us. So take a look at or other listings too and you will see all kinds of stuff from my grandma that are just totally gorgeous treasures, including sterling silver Flatware sets (2 complete and gigantic sets), 14k yellow gold jewelry, 10k gold jewelry, sterling silver jewelry, and some white gold jewelry as well..
This would be a perfect gift for someone, or to just buy for yourself! If this is planned to be given as a gift please, just let me know when paying for this, and I can remove the packing slip from the order and pack it up with a really nice velvet or organza gift pouch, they are really adorable.
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask me.
Have fun buying, and know that I will ship this out the same day as the payment clears. Thanks so much for visiting my listing and have a great day:>)
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The following is information about this from wikipedia:Sterling silver From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
A charm bracelet is a type of bracelet which carries personal jewelled ornaments or "charms", such as decorative pendants or trinkets. The decorative charms usually carry personal or sentimental attachment by the owner.
The wearing of charms may have begun as a form of amulet or talisman to ward off evil spirits or bad luck.[1]
During the pre-historic period, jewellery charms would be made from shells, animal-bones and clay. Later charms were made out of gems, rocks, and wood.
For instance, there is evidence from Africa that shells were used for adornments around 75,000 years ago. In Germany intricately carved mammoth tusk charms have been found from around 30,000 years ago. In ancient Egypt charms were used for identification and as symbols of faith and luck. Charms also served to identify an individual to the gods in the afterlife.[2]
During the Roman Empire, Christians would use tiny fish charms hidden in their clothing to identify themselves to other Christians. Jewish scholars of the same period would write tiny passages of Jewish law and put them in amulets round their necks to keep the law close to their heart at all times. Medieval knights wore charms for protection in battle. Charms also were worn in the Dark Ages to denote family origin and religious and political convictions.
Charm bracelets have been the subject of several waves of trends. The first charm bracelets were worn by Assyrians, Babylonians, Persians, and Hittites and began appearing from 600 – 400 BC.[3]
For example, Queen Victoria wore charm bracelets that started a fashion among the European noble classes. She was instrumental to the popularity of charm bracelets, as she “loved to wear and give charm bracelets. When her beloved Prince Albert died, she even made “mourning” charms popular; lockets of hair from the deceased, miniature portraits of the deceased, charm bracelets carved in jet.”
In 1889, Tiffany and Co. introduced their first charm bracelet — a link bracelet with a single heart dangling from it, a bracelet which is an iconic symbol for Tiffany today.[citation needed]
Despite the Great Depression, during the 1920s and 1930s platinum and diamonds were introduced to charm bracelet manufacturing.
Soldiers returning home after World War II brought home trinkets made by craftsmen local to the area where they were fighting to give to loved ones. American teenagers in the 1950s and early 1960s collected charms to record the events in their lives. Screen icons like Elizabeth Taylor and Joan Crawford helped to fuel the interest and popularity of charm bracelets.[4]
Although interest and production waned through the latter part of the 20th century, there was a resurgence of popularity after 2000 and collectors eagerly sought out vintage charms. Inspired by the movie Pirates of the Caribbean, bracelets with little charms of swords, crosses and skulls were introduced as a fashion trend during winter 2006.