Majestic Horse Jewelry
by Patty Buttonweiser
Horse jewelry is not necessarily just for horse lovers although horse lovers will know a bit more about horses and be quite picky when it comes to selecting their horse jewelry. Yellow gold horse jewelry is quite popular because it is not as bright as white gold and details of the horse’s features that identify the kind of horse it is, is more easily seen in yellow gold. Whether it be a Draft, Quarter Horse, Arabian, Morgan or other type of horse, the beauty is in the details for the horse lover.
Sterling silver horse jewelry affords the non avid horse lover to collect all manner of horse jewelry for a reasonable price. Most gold horse jewelry has an equivalent in sterling silver because the same mold used to shoot a wax for a gold casting can be used for a silver one. With sterling silver horse jewelry a bit of skillful antiquing or black rhodium a jeweler can often bring a horse bust to life. Relief that was not so visible because of an all bright finish can now be highlighted with blackened silver.
The most popular type of horse jewelry is Arabian horse jewelry partly because it is the most recognized breed from its facial to body details. This type of horse jewelry is commonly available in single busts multiple busts showing race horses going neck and neck. This can be a particularly challenging piece to design because a designer wants to get the facial details just right to show the the power and elegance of horses in motion.
The horse as a Celtic symbol was associated with war, victory, longevity and strength. The Celts considered the horse as an animal that belongs to the sun god and gave it a place with the goddess Epona. So it is not surprising to see horse designs on Celtic horse jewelry.To the Celts horses were noble beasts.
Diamond horse jewelry can be quite expressive, especially when diamonds are used for the eyes of the horse. Some hip hop jewelry pendants depict horses and as you can imagine, they are covered in diamonds so the eyes of the horse are often set with ruby, emerald or sapphire.
There can be a lot of freedom to horse design especially hen it comes to jewelry. Some designs can be dome by hand at a jewelers bench with just a jeweler’s saw. Some designs may have a lot of negative space like filigree horses or pendants that just have the mere suggestion of the outlines of a horse head.
Horse jewelry rings are quite popular although the designs have to rendered at a smaller scale than pendants. Coins from ancient Rome and Greece often have a horse on one side of the coin and many horse lovers like to collect these coins and mount them in rings with the horse side of the coin facing outward.
Horse jewelry is not necessarily just for horse lovers although horse lovers will know a bit more about horses and be quite picky when it comes to selecting their horse jewelry. Yellow gold horse jewelry is quite popular because it is not as bright as white gold and details of the horse’s features that identify the kind of horse it is, is more easily seen in yellow gold. Whether it be a Draft, Quarter Horse, Arabian, Morgan or other type of horse, the beauty is in the details for the horse lover.
Sterling silver horse jewelry affords the non avid horse lover to collect all manner of horse jewelry for a reasonable price. Most gold horse jewelry has an equivalent in sterling silver because the same mold used to shoot a wax for a gold casting can be used for a silver one. With sterling silver horse jewelry a bit of skillful antiquing or black rhodium a jeweler can often bring a horse bust to life. Relief that was not so visible because of an all bright finish can now be highlighted with blackened silver.
The most popular type of horse jewelry is Arabian horse jewelry partly because it is the most recognized breed from its facial to body details. This type of horse jewelry is commonly available in single busts multiple busts showing race horses going neck and neck. This can be a particularly challenging piece to design because a designer wants to get the facial details just right to show the the power and elegance of horses in motion.
The horse as a Celtic symbol was associated with war, victory, longevity and strength. The Celts considered the horse as an animal that belongs to the sun god and gave it a place with the goddess Epona. So it is not surprising to see horse designs on Celtic horse jewelry.To the Celts horses were noble beasts.
Diamond horse jewelry can be quite expressive, especially when diamonds are used for the eyes of the horse. Some hip hop jewelry pendants depict horses and as you can imagine, they are covered in diamonds so the eyes of the horse are often set with ruby, emerald or sapphire.
There can be a lot of freedom to horse design especially hen it comes to jewelry. Some designs can be dome by hand at a jewelers bench with just a jeweler’s saw. Some designs may have a lot of negative space like filigree horses or pendants that just have the mere suggestion of the outlines of a horse head.
Horse jewelry rings are quite popular although the designs have to rendered at a smaller scale than pendants. Coins from ancient Rome and Greece often have a horse on one side of the coin and many horse lovers like to collect these coins and mount them in rings with the horse side of the coin facing outward.
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