Jewelry Boxes – From the beginning

Jewelry, a word from the Latin word meaning iocale derivatives and JOUEL toy, an old word of French, of the 13th century Anglicized, is used for things with stones and precious metals used to describe themselves to decorate. The oldest known man-made jewelry is from the Middle Stone Age, about 75,000 and 100,000 years ago, when a series of mollusk shells in a cave in Blombos Cave, South Africa was discovered. A fruitful way of producing jewelry came as a man of Cro-Magnon man wandered into the EuropeanContinent about 40,000 years ago lead to the Bronze Age, when copper was used to create a more complex decoration in front of about 7000 years. It is almost impossible to say exactly when the first container was created, precious metals and gems home, even if the year 3000-5000 of ancient Egyptian history may give some clue. It was noted that the ancient Egyptians, two types of pottery. One was normal and regular, and the other was a coarse, loose and sandyThe connection is always covered with a glaze or enamel. The latter was used to hold small objects, and would jewelry. In the Valley of the Kings, Egyptian mummies, coffins were forged in gold adorned with precious metals and gems buried among a large collection of pottery, burial funeral hosted jewelry, as proposed for the later life of the jewelry box. Egyptians also developed the technique or interlocking wood, soft boxes, chests and furniture fashion.Cedar was plentiful and commonly used in that period. The introduction and production has started at the end of the wooden box of the "Old Empire" or the ancient Egypt. During the Middle Kingdom of Egypt) through (c 1800 BC, the boxes have been adjusted to hold cosmetics, and such cases, the small vessels of alabaster, with a house with oil. Others have been found to hold the mirrors, combs and even slippers. to be discovered more complex cases or veneered with inlaid leafivory or exotic woods from countries south of Egypt, and often included jewels and precious stones. It 'was during the voyage of Marco Polo in China, 1271-1288, that the ceramic substance known as Porcelain first became known to Western civilization. The Chinese were reluctant, however, called their secrets on...

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