(National Aviation University, 2021-04) Kostiuchenko, M.; Костюченко, М.
Ukrainian jewelry has an ancient and fascinating history that is immersed deep into ages.
The oldest of known metalwork artifacts on the territory of our country are dated back to VI – VIII centuries. Archaeologists state that in that time eastern Slavs already had highly developed art, one of directions of which was decorative metalworking and the production of various precious and non-precious metal adornments. These were earrings, rings, buckles, torcs etc. In those times Slavic artisans mastered such techniques as casting, stamping, embossment, engraving (method of obtaining an image on metallic surface by removal of the upper layer of metal), filigree (jewelry art with a thin layer of gold, silver or copper wire wound in cords or soldered on a metal background) or skan’ (Slavic filigree) and inlay of metal and gems. It is an interesting fact that even then artisans developed technique of champlevé (enameling) and were able to gild (which is a coating of a thin layer of gold).
