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THE BIRTH OF
HAWAIIAN JEWELRY DATES BACK TO THE YEARS OF QUEEN VICTORIA OF ENGLAND, WHO POPULARIZED BLACK
GLASS ENAMEL JEWELRY. HAWAII HAD CLOSE TIES WITH ENGLAND AND THE HAWAIIAN PRINCESS REGENT, SOON TO BECOME
QUEEN LILI'UOKALANI IN 1891 HAD JEWELRY CRAFTED TO HER OWN SPECIFICATIONS, UTILIZING
SCROLL WORK, GLASS ENAMEL
AND OLD ENGLISH LETTERING. THESE WERE THE
FIRST MODELS OF THE NOW REVERED HAWAIIAN JEWELRY.
IN 1893 LILI'UOKALANI GAVE A BRACELET ENGRAVED "ALOHA OE" TO AN ENGLISH TEACHER
NAMED ZOE ATKINSON WHO HAD
BEEN HELPFUL TO HER
IN ARRANGING PALACE RECEPTIONS. THIS WAS THE TITLE OF THE
QUEEN'S FAMOUS SONG OF PARTING.
THE SCHOOL GIRLS ALSO WANTED THESE BRACELETS, WHICH WERE PRESENTED TO THEM BY THEIR PARENTS,
BUT INSTEAD
OF PHRASES OR MOTTOES, THE HAWAIIAN NAMES OF THE GIRLS WERE USED. THE TRADITION OF GIVING
A HAWAIIAN BRACELET
FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS CONTINUES TO THIS DAY
A GIFT OF HAWAIIAN JEWELRY IS A LASTING MEMORY OF HAWAII, ITS BEAUTY AND TRADITIONS. IT IS
PASSED ON FROM
GENERATION TO GENERATION, CREATING A LASTING SPIRITUAL BOND WITH HAWAII.
OUR UNIQUE HAWAIIAN JEWELRY IS HAND ENGRAVED WITH LOVING CARE BY A MASTER ENGRAVER. THE
PATTERN IS THE
MAILE FLOWER AND FOLIAGE WHICH GROWS IN HAWAII. THE MAILE IS USED FOR SPECIAL
LEIS THAT ARE A TRADITIONAL
HAWAIIAN GIFT FOR SPECIAL OCCASIONS.
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Click on the pictures above to check our Hawaiian Jewelry Collection.
We can engrave your name or translate it into
Hawaiian!!
Two types of lettering are available:
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Raised
or embossed gold letters:
The gold is hand-carved
showing a 3dimensional raised lettering effect. This is a very popular style in
Hawaii. |
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Black glass enamel* letters:
Glass enamel is glass
that has been melted at red hot temperatures and poured into pre-carved
areas in the gold. This is how the Hawaiian Jewelry was originally designed
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*Beware of epoxy lettering which is widely used and will not last
for any length of time. There are only a couple other companies in Hawaii
using the original glass enamel technique because it is much more
difficult and costly.
We manufacture all of our designs in 14K
yellow, white and
rose gold. We have a wide selection of creations which, when
ordered, can be customized with your size and your name, or we can translate
it into HAWAIIAN!! Please CLICK on the buttons below to
check Bernard Hurtig's Hawaiian Jewelry Collection.
PLEASE E-MAIL OR CALL US AT
(808)-947-9399.
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