Flip a switch, and the room is filled with bright light. We take it for granted. It's not even magical to us. So very ordinary. We only think about electrical lighting when we have to change a light bulb. We don't even consider the quality of the light. Our nights are filled with bright white light, whether fluorescent or incandescent, we do not care.

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If you shop for vintage jewelry, you will most likely come across the word parure. It seems to be used primarily with vintage jewelry makers rather than contemporary ones. But what does the word actually mean?

Put simply, a parure is a matching set. But the words parure, demi parure, semi parure, full parure, and married parures are all used to indicate some sort of matching set. So how does one know what the manufacturer intended with this description?

The Cornucopia, a popular Thanksgiving symbol, has its roots in Greek mythology. The story is that Zeus was nurtured and nursed by Almathea, the goat goddess. One day while playing Zeus accidently broke off the horn of the goat and Almathea, in reverence, offers the broken horn back to Zeus. To show his love and care of her, Zeus promises that the broken horn will always be filled with what she desires.