Engrave Your Name On An Ancient Jewellery Piece “Cartouche”

The designs that were used by the Egyptian artisans for crafting silver hand made jewellery were based on languages and on cultural icons. In the present these designs are commonly and easily approachable at different jewellery stores. The icons of ancient cultures indicate primitives like an important person. These icons also indicate specific religious symbols of different gods. Most Egyptian icon themes are now also used in different silver jewellery items like; silver rings, bracelets, cartouches, pendants etc.

Creation of personalized jewellery was famous among the Egyptian artisans. The personalized jewellery with English, Arabic and Egyptian hieroglyphics are few to name. This might be due to the growth in the use of cartouche in the Egyptian culture. So many themes of silver jewellery include solely the alphabetic engraving on the jewellery items. Hieroglyphics is an old Egyptian pictorial language. This language was significantly used by the ancient Egyptian royals and by the priest class as well. In old Egyptian the power was information and to store that information the secret codes were used which were hieroglyphics. Personalizing the ancient jewellery by engraving Arabic on items is a splendid aerodynamic form which is similar to English handwriting. There are different pieces which allow the compounding of two different languages. For instance, cartouches which are double sided, on one side the name can be written in Arabic and on other side in Egyptian hieroglyphs.

The images of old royalty that are available can be the ideal theme for hand made jewellery. For instance, the iconic images like of king Tut and Nefertiti that are available, represents the royalty of ancient Egypt. They use silver jewellery. Other subjects are also available that will give unique ideas for making handmade jewellery. The images of old gods like the eye of Horus and Isis are few subjects to name.

Other Egyptian culture images can also be used. One can also inspire from the images of pyramids. Egyptian pyramids are actually the tombs of pharaohs. Images of the ankh, musicians, are also provided. And of course the images of scarab beetle which is admired as holy and linked with god of sun Ra. The Ankh is admired as the sign of wealth, life and power as well.

As it is known that a very famous and popular form of jewellery is cartouche in Egyptian culture. These were purely personalized and were purely like the signs, as seal of state and a personal chop. These are typically stretched in an oval shape and contain the name of a primitive person in Egyptian hieroglyphics. Usually these were solely made for the kings who ruled in Egypt, these were not for common people. For instance, the name of King Tutankhamen or the name of different pharaohs was used to write. It is famous as a handsome art object of jewellery and is considered as alien personal seal worn with a silver chain around the neck. There are many different online jewellery stores which provide the detailed information about this piece of Egyptian ancient jewellery.