A Grandmother’s Thoughts on Mother and Child Jewelry

A songwriter once composed a song about a mother and child reunion. Yet there no one has written a song about mother and child jewelry. In the following article one writer offers a possible premise for a book about some mother and child jewelry. The writer suggests that the author of such a book might want to focus on the jewelry of 1912. That’s because the American National Association of Jewelers reached an important decision that same year. A moviegoer could consider how the members of that Association might have reacted to the jewelry shown on the screen of the movie Titanic. Maybe the Association members would have questioned the wisdom of focusing on such a sad event. A film that focused only on jewelry would seem to be a more enjoyable movie.What was on the minds of the men in the American National Association of Jewelers in the year 1912? That was the year when the Association reached an important decision. The Association chose to release a list with the names of 12 different gemstones. The Association’s membership had matched each of the 12 gemstones with one of the 12 months of the year.

Did those jewelers expect their list to lead to the development of birthstone child jewelry? Did they foresee how their list might encourage the creation of mother and child jewelry?  Those questions have fired the curiosity of one Los Angeles writer.

That writer has two reasons to take an interest in the 1912 meeting. She does not seek information about the first use of mother and child jewelry. She does have an interest in any event that took place during the year of 1912. The writer based an entire anthology story on a visit to the U.S., a visit made in 1912 by a Persian spiritual leader.

The writer is now busy promoting that anthology, a collection titled Through the Eyes of Love. Because all of the main characters in that story are males, the story lacks any reference to mother and child jewelry. The story does include one scene at a New York bowery. The special visitor has given a gold coin to each of the less fortunate souls at that bowery.

Maybe one recipient of that coin used it to purchase some mother and child jewelry. Maybe one recipient of a gold coin decided to buy some birthstone child jewelry. The writer encourages her readers to contemplate such possibilities.

The writer herself is thinking about something else, something related to mother and child jewelry. The writer is wondering if the Association of Jewelers ever considered developing some grandmother and grandchild jewelry. The writer would like to examine such jewelry.

You see, the writer never had a daughter, but she now has a granddaughter. Moreover she and her granddaughter share more than the same birthstone; they celebrate their birthdays on the same day in April.
The writer could use some grandmother and granddaughter birthstone jewelry.

Does the present-day American Association of Jewelers have plans for expansion of any lines of jewelry? Maybe the Association members would like to consider making matched pieces for grandmothers and granddaughters. Maybe they could offer some matched pieces with tiny diamonds.

Does the American Association of Jewelers plan to publicize the anniversary of the list of birthstones? The 1912 visitor to the U.S. had five daughters. Surly one of those daughters longed to meet a man who would give her some birthstone jewelry.  Maybe one of those daughters eventually had reason to purchase some mother and child jewelry.