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What is acrostic jewelry?

What is acrostic jewelry?

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What is acrostic jewelry?

We’re going to talk about one of my favorite obscure subgenres of jewelry today: acrostic jewelry! Popular in the Georgian and Victorian eras, acrostic jewelry is jewelry that holds a secret message coded in gems (!!).

What is acrostic jewelry?

In acrostic jewelry, the first letter of each gemstone in a piece spells out a word. You most commonly see acrostic jewelry spelling out classic terms of endearment, like “adore,” “regard,” “dear,” or “dearest.”

So an acrostic ring spelling out “dear” might feature a (D)iamond, (E)merald, (A)methyst, and (R)uby to spell out D-E-A-R. The ring above uses the same method to spell REGARD.

This particular acrostic ring is early Victorian and takes the form of a pansy for extra romance (pansy means “think of me”).

Continue reading What is acrostic jewelry? at Diamonds in the Library.

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