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Monograms of rulers appear on early Greek and Roman coins.  Painters and printers of the middle ages used monograms to sign their work.  Merchant’s marks were often monograms, used by those who could not use coats of arms.  Royalty wore and gave monogrammed jewels as gifts.  “As early as 1467 the Duke of Burgundy had an ornament formed of two CC interlaced, set with table diamonds…Henry VIII himself greatly favoured the use of initials in jewellery, though his many marriages involved him in a certain amount of resetting.”¹

Mine are contemporary, stylized initials to suspend from a chain or silk cording.  Distinctive in gold or platinum.  Add a pearl or a gem – a birthstone, perhaps?

Contact us to see your initials.  Inquire about creating your pendant so it may also be worn as a brooch.

¹Joan Evans, A History of Jewellery 1100 – 1870.  London:  Faber and Faber, 1953.  Page 103.

Monograms: “B” Pendant

22kt & 18kt gold
Grand: 2 1/4 ” H
Petite: 1 1/4" – 1 1/2” H