Bronze zgarda 5х2,5 (ЗБ 01-13)

Internet store «Zgarda» offers to our customers a large assortment of products from Transcarpathian artists, which are represented on our site and are truly inimitable in their perfect execution. In one of the sections of the catalog can be found women's pectoral jewelry, the so-called «zgardas» that are very popular in the Carpathians region and are iconic. Zgarda is a kind of amulets, they are made of bronze and ceramic corals by a very old technology. This manufacturing technology is inherited from generation to generation and is a family tradition. Masters of the ancient craft are called «mosjazhnik». They are very honorable people in the Hutsul region.

Manufacturing of old Hutsul jewelry is an ancient craft, and has kept to the present day. We present a work of the famous master among Hutsul craftsmen for his artistic carvings – Orest Oniskiv. The bronze zgarda «ЗБ 01-13» (5х2,5 сm) is cast under the home conditions. Such article is minted and engraved after casting. The form of the handcraft – the Maltese cross (often an ancient, pre-Christian cross model in particular is cast of bronze). The cross is attached to the metal wire, and with both sides is decorated with ceramic corals. For the owner it is a talisman.