WOMENS SILVER COLOUR OXIDISED NAKCLACE SET WITH BLUE COLOUR MINAKARI WORK THZ028

Origin of Oxidized Jewelry

India, a country with astounding diversity, has long had a wide selection of jewelry according to its area. Over the years, the Bhils, Santhals, and Gonds of the states of Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, and the Chotanagpur Plateau have produced oxidized jewelry. Copper and bronze were the preferred metals at Harappa-Mohenjo-Daro, where metal history may be found. Later, the Indo-Gangetic plains' Vedic culture helped usher in the era of iron and gold. The metals were initially utilized for practical purposes before being transformed into a range of decorations like necklaces, bracelets, amulets, earrings, anklets, etc. Silver darkens due to oxidation, a natural process of metals degrading due to oxygen, and eventually became the main element of oxidized jewelry. Around 1100 AD, it was done manually using sulfur, and afterward, gold plating was added.