A wonderful incorporation of history and beautiful jewelry design,
Roman Glass jewelry is a unique category of Israeli jewelry that is made up of precious metals like Sterling silver or gold with oieces of actual Roman glass in them. In the Roman empire, glass was a material produced a lot and used a lot, and as such, the glass remains that have been in the soil for a long time become stained
with minerals from the ground that turn it a beautiful blue green color. This glass is then dug up, and used in beautifully designed jewelry. Because Israel is a place with much history to it over the ages, there is plenty of Roman glass here to dig up, and so Roman glass Jewelry can be made in abundance, sharing the beautiful archeological pieces with those who wear the jewelry. Israel is full of Roman glass partly because a lot of it was produced in the area, due to the perfect sand for the job, and that same sand preserved it over time. Roman glass jewelry can be sensitive to water, which may cause it to flake a bit, but it is reasonably strong and can be worn on special occasions or day to day. Behind each piece of
Roman glass jewelry is a history as vibrant as its color, starting life as a jug, a vase, or a temple vessel, being used and cherished in Roman times, and then eventually breaking into shards that, when discovered by archeologists years later, are too incomplete to piece together, and so they are given to artists to become Israeli jewelry art.When you wear Roman glass jewelry, you have in your adornment 2000 years of Israeli history, and that's a meaningful and impressive legacy to own. It is, additionally, quite lovely to look at andd the jewelry made with it is stylish and well designed, making it a superb choice of jewelry to symbolize your connection with Israel.
