Gold Ornaments

What will be the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear about gold ornaments?  It could be the stoned ashtalakshmi bangles passed on by your grandma which is now safely residing on your bank locker!  Or, the wedding jewelry sets presented by your father for your wedding. It can also be the gold birthstone ring gifted by your husband for your first wedding anniversary. Gold always evokes the nostalgic feeling and it has been remaining as a symbol of nostalgia for centuries.

There is a very strong emotional factor attached to the buying of jewellery. An antique gold pendant may be nothing but a gold ornament. Of course we are respecting the economic value of it!  But for you it may be more than that. It can be is a long cherished family heirloom for you because of your emotional attachment to it. Have you noticed something? The feeling of nostalgia can bring people more closely. Many studies related to nostalgia as a psychological resource proved that it can make us feel safe and loved. More than a mere reminiscing, nostalgia is a feeling. Or may be much more to it! We often feel happy and comforting while nostalgize. In the time when we experience the feeling of nostalgia, we have higher self-esteem, feel closer to loved ones and feel that life has more meaning.

Nostalgia is as a longing for a home that no longer exists.  It is a sentiment of loss and displacement, but it is also a romance with one’s own phantasy.  Early this year, The House of Chaumet, the oldest luxury Jewellery house in France which founded in 1780 organised ‘Une Education Sentimentale’, a romantically titled jewellery exhibition in Paris. During the event, Chaumet showcased a series of heritage jewellery brands along with its contemporary creations, neatly linking archival pieces with new designs, antique gold pendants delving into the house’s long and storied past while introducing a new range. The exhibition evoked the French nostalgia. They remembered Napoleon and Josephine who appointed Nitot, the founder of Chaumet’s founder, as her official jeweller in 1805. It was also an ode to lovely old French traditions of the gifting of jewellery to mark birthdays, engagements, anniversaries and other occasions of sentiment.

Every person has at least a few find or precious memories which can be used as a source of nostalgia. For many it is much associated with their gold and diamond jewellery. The nostalgic feeling while seeing it or remembering about it, make them by more positive in their life.