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What Is Lowcountry Jewelry? A Charleston Guide

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What Is Lowcountry Jewelry? A Charleston Guide

Every year, visitors come to the Charleston City Market looking for something that actually means something. Lowcountry jewelry, rice beads, sweetgrass, redfish, oyster and sand dollar motifs, carries the story of this place in gold and sterling silver. That's what Lowcountry jewelry is.

Hand-Engraved Monograms: A Southern Tradition

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Hand-Engraved Monograms: A Southern Tradition

In the South, a monogram isn't decoration. It's a claim. It says the item belongs to someone specific, made to last, meant to be passed down. And in Charleston, where craft traditions run deep, from the ironwork on the gates to the sweetgrass in the baskets, hand-engraved jewelry has been part of that language for generations.

Hand-engraved jewelry has seen a significant resurgence in recent years, but in the South it never really went anywhere