Pendants

You don't just wear a pendants. You create yourself for the day. Stack, layer and combine our bracelet and bangle styles in sterling silver, 14K gold and leather for a truly unique look. The word pendant derives from the Latin word "pendere", and Old French word "pendre", both of which translate to "to hang down". It comes in the form of a loose-hanging piece of jewellery, generally attached by a small loop to a necklace, which may be known as a "pendant necklace" A pendant earring is an earring with a piece hanging down. In modern French "pendant" is the gerund form of “hanging” (also meaning “during”).Due to the extent to which the design of a pendant can be incorporated into an overall necklace it is nt always accurate to treat them as separate items. In some case though the separation between necklace and pendant is far clearer. One of the earliest types of bodily adornment is a pendant, (a hanging ornament, as an earring or the main piece suspended from a necklace.) Attractive rocks Shells and other indigenous materials were used. In Ancient Egypt, Pharaohs normally wore scarab beetle pendants to symbolize their wealth and power.[citation needed] Royalty and nobility in Ancient Egypt also wore a certain type of pendant called a cartouche