Cross Necklaces

STERLING SILVER CROSS NECKLACES

There are many tpypes of cross necklaces and many types of names to assoicate with them. The one consistant thing about naming a cross is "a cross necklace by any other name is still a cross necklace".

The art of heraldry has given many different names to the crosses used on the cross necklace. Various Christian Churches have laid claim to certain styles of  sterling silver cross pendant. But at the end of the day, most Christian Churches can wear whatever kind of sterling silver cross pendant they want.

With the advent of so many sterling silver cross necklaces picking a different kind of cross necklaces is easy to do. And with this wide selection of sterling silver cross necklaces, Christian Churches and Christian consumers are being exposed to so many types of cross necklaces, anything goes with the sterling silver cross necklace.

As an example of the naming conventions of Cross necklaces meaning so little. Consider this cross necklace:

The picture above, for many people is just a very nice sterling silver cross necklace. But becasue the the art of heraldry and Churches old style of laying claim to certain designs and symbolisms this cross necklace picture can be refered to as anyone of the following: Florian Cross Necklace or St. Florian Cross Necklace. Saint Florian is the patron saint of  Poland, Austria and firefighters. A form of this cross is often on Firefighter patches becasue of tradition.

But this same silver cross necklace is also referred to as a Maltese cross necklace or Pattée Cross necklace.

Like we say "A cross necklace by any other name is still a silver cross necklace."

Sterling silver cross necklaces are so widely popular today because sterling silver is less expensive to work with for jewelry artisans and they can afford to invest more time and money into developing more types of sterling silver cross necklaces. There take traditional designs of crosses and and something to it, there create cross necklaces where the design is so new that a name hasn't yet been given to it. This all contributes to the decline of looking for cross necklaces by a certain name. Most people just type in cross necklaces when looking for a cross necklace, or maybe somthing like cross necklaces for men or women's cross necklaces  etc.

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