Jewelry Alert - 3 Royal Bracelets

Do you love jewelry? What if money were no object? Royal families throughout history have indulged in royal jewels, and we were recently fascinated with 3 examples of bracelets that show a diversity of design and sensibilities.

Queen Victoria

This popular British queen was widely copied when she began wearing charm bracelets. Most of her charms were gold, and many were lockets that contained pictures of other members of the royal family and a lock of their hair.

Queen Elizabeth

Even though a traditional fifth anniversary present is wood or silverware, if you're the queen of England, your husband might give you a bracelet he personally designed. This bracelet was Prince Phillip's fifth anniversary present to Elizabeth. The gold bracelet consists of intertwining E's and P's and other meaningful ornaments are crafted from sapphires, diamonds, and rubies. 

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Is This Silver? At Home Tests for How to Tell

Sometimes curiosity gets the best of you, sidetracking you to follow an irrational thought to a rewarding path, you hope, and this was certainly the case last Friday.  A friend of mine came to me inquiring about a slim silver-tone bracelet that was given to her.  She wanted to know if this lovely present was actually made of silver or not.  And I realized that I didn't have an easy answer for her.  Determined to remedy this, the two of us set on a quest for practical tests to find out if something is truly silver. 

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