A diamond heart pendant from The Diamond Store.co.uk makes the perfect gift not only for Valentine´s Day, but at any time of the year. As symbols of love, heart pendants have the ability to lift the spirit and brighten up any occasion. These fashion pendants make timeless pieces of diamond jewellery which can be worn from daytime through to night.
Our diamond heart pendant necklaces include a large variety of designs from those full to bursting with diamonds to understated yellow gold or white gold heart pendants with diamond accents. The Diamond Store.co.uk even does a gorgeous selection of sapphire and diamond, emerald and diamond, ruby diamond hearts.
As one of the UK´s largest online jewellery stores, The Diamond Store.co.uk provide a wide choice of pendants jewellery at prices of up to 60 percent below those of high street retailers. For complimentary heart jewellery, visit our stunning diamond heart bracelets, diamond and blue topaz heart rings and diamond and amethyst heart rings.
Interesting Facts About Diamond Heart Pendants......
From Sarah Jessica Parker in Sex and the City to celebrity clothes horse Victoria Beckham, diamond heart pendants have been a must-have item for years. The most famous one of all though is that from the movie "Titanic". In the film, Kate Winslet´s character Rose, wore and lost the fabulous Heart of the Ocean diamond pendant which was based on the famous Hope Diamond. Tiffany & Co are particularly famous for their diamond heart pendants after Audrey Hepburn raised their profile during the famous film “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”.
However, it is not completely clear how the heart became the icon for love in the first place. The Victorians were very keen on heart-shaped jewellery and embellished it in many ways, but the use can be traced back much earlier to the Catholic Church which claims that the symbol of the Sacred Heart came about during the 17th century when Saint Margaret Marie Alacoque had a vision of a heart shape surrounded by a crown of thorns. The heart symbol can be seen in many early stained glass windows and cloisters representing the soul of Jesus Christ.
One of the most interesting explanations on why the heart is depicted in its stylised shape and not in the form of the natural human organ, originates from North Africa during the 7th century BC. A city called Cyrene cultivated and exported a valuable giant fennel like plant called Silphium which was reputed to have birth control qualities and assist with romantic love. This was strongly refuted by scholars at the time.
The coinage in Cyrene featured a seed pod of the revered Silphium which was in the shape of the stylised heart we recognise today and it is believed this is where it may have originated from.
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