STERLING SILVER CELTIC IRISH JEWELRY

STERLING SILVER CELTIC IRISH JEWELRY

Sterling silver Celtic and Irish jewelry are the most popular of all sterling silver specialty jewelry. Speciality jewelry is jewelry that primarily use charms and pendants to depict a theme like Christian jewelry or Irish jewelry or Animal jewelry etc.

Trinity Knot Necklace

Under the genre of a certain specialty jewelry like Celtic and Irish jewelry you have Celtic knot jewelry, Irish jewelry, silver Celtic jewelry, Irish cross necklaces, Irish Claddagh jewelry or mens Celtic jewelry. Or under Christian jewelry you would have Christian necklaces, Religious jewelry, Cross jewelry and so forth.

The focus on this jewelry blog is Celtic knot jewelry and Irish Jewelry. These two genres could be separate or related. It's a matter of opinion because many world wide consider them one in the same thing but in America we sometimes separate them into two genres. But in truth their history overlaps and the designs over lap.

We will start with sterling silver Celtic jewelry, then we will review sterling silver Irish Jewelry and then lastly we see the convergence of the two.

 

Sterling Silver Celtic Jewelry

Under Celtic jewelry you have mens Celtic jewelry, womens Celtic jewelry, Celtic jewelry, Celtic knot jewelry, Celtic knot jewelry rings, earrings, toe rings etc. Because Celtic jewelry is so closely connected to try and make a difference between Mens Celtic Jewelry and Womens Celtic Jewelry is almost just an advertisement gimmick except there is one notable difference between the two. That is size. Typically mens Celtic jewelry will be bigger than woman's Celtic knot jewelry. But even that is subjective. Typically it's a matter of taste.

Trinity Necklace

Sterling silver Celtic knot jewelry is a broad genre of Celtic jewelry. The Celtic knot part of Celtic jewelry is denoted by the presence of Celtic knots. There is a smaller category of Celtic jewelry that doesn't have as much of the Celtic knot or in some cases no knots at all but rather Celtic weaves and other Celtic elements. Some future Celtic jewelry blog will cover that aspect.

Sterling Silver Irish Jewelry

Irish jewelry is a derivative of Celtic jewelry. The history of the Celtic evolves into the history of the Irish people, the Scottish people and the English people as well as a few other UK islands.

Of all the United Kingdom countries, Ireland has the closest ties to the Celtic peoples and that closeness is reflected in Irish jewelry.

One of the beautiful aspect of Irish jewelry is that one segment of Irish jewelry reflect the Irish heritage and culture like the Irish dancers and the traditional three and four leaf clovers and shamrocks.

Four Leaf Clover Necklace

Claddagh Necklace

These are just a few examples of Irish jewelry necklaces that demonstrate some of the Irish culture. These symbols the four leaf clover necklace and the Irish Claddagh necklace are very popular.

Irish Celtic Jewelry

How does Irish jewelry and Celtic jewelry come together to make Irish Celtic jewelry? Or how does it come about that the terms Celtic jewelry and Irish jewelry are interchangeable terms?

Part of the answer comes under the "Sterling Silver Irish Jewelry" section of this Celtic Jewelry blog. The other part is a literal mix of symbols as shown below:

This pair of Celtic and Irish Claddagh dangle Earrings is a combination If the Irish Claddagh jewelry symbol and the Celtic weave knot symbol. This is an ultra rich symbolic pair of  Celtic Irish Claddagh Earrings.

This  Grand Irish Claddagh pendant is another great example of mixing Irish jewelry symbols with Celtic jewelry symbols. You have the claddagh in the middle of the round pendant and as a border around the Irish Claddagh you have a Celtic knot weave.