Authentic, handmade, Greek jewelry, summer 2024
As part of our efforts to make Greek culture accessible to San Francisco East Bay residents, specialty items are made available regularly for purchase through our website. Our intention is to bring to our community elements that may enhance the Greek experience.
This summer, Greek Wonders is featuring a collection of handmade, silver, gold-plated earrings from one of our beloved workshops in Thessaloniki, Greece, a family-owned shop and a staple in the city for over half a century. Nikos puts his heart into these beautiful pieces, that are created with great care, quality, and authenticity. Their design is inspired by the Byzantine period, but they yet maintain a boho style; made with the lost-wax (cire perdue) casting technique, with 925 silver and gold-plated, they will be delight in your summer wardrobe. The stones used are genuine pearls.
Jewelry
The Miser and His Gold
A Miser had buried his gold in a secret place in his garden. Every day he went to the spot, dug up the treasure and counted it piece by piece to make sure it was all there. He made so many trips that a Thief, who had been observing him, guessed what it was the Miser had hidden, and one night quietly dug up the treasure and made off with it.
When the Miser discovered his loss, he was overcome with grief and despair. He groaned and cried and tore his hair.
A passerby heard his cries and asked what had happened.
“My gold! O my gold!” cried the Miser, wildly, “someone has robbed me!”
“Your gold! There in that hole? Why did you put it there? Why did you not keep it in the house where you could easily get it when you had to buy things?”
“Buy!” screamed the Miser angrily. “Why, I never touched the gold. I couldn’t think of spending any of it.”
The stranger picked up a large stone and threw it into the hole.
“If that is the case,” he said, “cover up that stone. It is worth just as much to you as the treasure you lost!”
A possession is worth no more than the use we make of it.
Fable credited to Aesop, a slave and storyteller who lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 564 BCE,