Chains Jewelry

Would a jeweler ever have a main gold chain? Suppose the jeweler had one beautiful chain that was shown to customers. Some customers decided to order a gold chain after viewing that sample chain. Could such a sample be viewed as a main gold chain? Perhaps a particular jeweler had once made a large number of chains. Yet maybe that jeweler could still remember the specifics about his or her first long, gold creation. Perhaps the jeweler would view that chain as the most telling example of his or her chain-making abilities. Perhaps that first gold chain had been his or her main source of inspiration.

What do you picture when you hear the phrase “main gold chain?” Do you see in your mind a jewelry box filled with gold chains? Do you envision the owner of that jewelry box having a favorite chain, a “main gold chain?”

There are really a number of stories that might be created to go with the phrase “main gold chain.” One could, for example, imagine a student of ancient history reviewing all the literature about how mankind learned how to melt and use gold. Such literature might mention the probable location for creation of the world’s first gold chain. The student might well see that first chain as the “main” chain.

The writer of a murder mystery might decide to suggest that a gold chain has played a part in one victim’s murder. Perhaps the victim has been scarred by chain marks. In that case, a clever writer might choose to have his or her readers learn about several different chains. Yet only one of those chains would be the one that had been held by the murderer. The reader would no doubt view that one chain as the “main gold chain.”

Suppose that a book contained a story about a ring of jewelry thieves. Suppose that characters in that book made an effort to deceive those thieves. Suppose that they created some chains made of fake gold. The reader would probably view the chain of pure gold as the main chain.

A football field could be the sight for formation of a long gold chain. Suppose, for example, that a school had two colors—blue and gold. Suppose too that the band was going to perform at half-time. Suppose that they were going to make chains of marchers on the field. A long chain of marching brass players might stand out to the people in the stands. They might see those marchers as part of a “main gold chain.”

A wedding reception hall might contain a number of gold chains. Such chains might mark off sections of the reception hall. One gold chain might encircle the table at which the bride and groom are expected to sit. Of all the gold chains in that reception room, guests could easily consider the one around the bride and groom’s table as the most important gold chain.

The giving of gold rings has long been associated with the wedding ceremony. Suppose that over time, couples decided to alter that practice. Suppose that they decided to exchange gold chains instead of gold rings. Now let your imagination run wild.

Imagine you are an historian living at some time in the far future. You plan to study why married couples stopped exchanging rings, and started to exchange gold chains. If you discovered the time and place for the first such exchange, you would probably look at the exchanged item as the “main gold chain.”