PL167
9ct Gold Flying Stork & Baby Charm
A delightful 9ct yellow gold stork and baby charm, depicting the traditional image of a stork in flight carrying a newborn baby. Dating to 1990 and hallmarked at the Birmingham Assay Office, this wonderfully detailed gold charm makes a meaningful keepsake to celebrate the arrival of a new baby. Measuring approximately 25mm long x 20mm high and weighing 1.3 grams, the charm includes a small gold jump ring ready for attachment to a necklace or charm bracelet. One unique piece available.
PL167
9ct Gold Flying Stork & Baby Charm
A delightful 9ct yellow gold stork and baby charm, depicting the traditional image of a stork in flight carrying a newborn baby. Dating to 1990 and hallmarked at the Birmingham Assay Office, this wonderfully detailed gold charm makes a meaningful keepsake to celebrate the arrival of a new baby. Measuring approximately 25mm long x 20mm high and weighing 1.3 grams, the charm includes a small gold jump ring ready for attachment to a necklace or charm bracelet. One unique piece available.
Vintage Gold Flying Stork and Baby Charm
Few images are quite as closely associated with the arrival of a new baby as the stork. This charming late 20th-century design recreates the familiar story in miniature, with an intricately modelled stork flying with its wings extended while carrying a tiny newborn safely within a bundle suspended from its beak.
Despite its compact proportions, the goldsmith has incorporated an impressive level of detail. Individual feathers define the wings and body of the bird, while the baby's bundle provides an instantly recognisable finishing touch.
Crafted in 9ct yellow gold, the charm measures approximately 25mm from end to end and 20mm in height, with a total weight of 1.3 grams.
Why Does a Stork Symbolise a New Baby?
The association between storks and newborn babies has roots in centuries of European folklore. Storks were traditionally regarded as symbols of family, good fortune and new beginnings, helped by their habit of returning to the same nesting areas and raising their young close to human settlements.
Over time, folklore developed around the idea of storks delivering babies to expectant families. The story became particularly widespread during the 19th and 20th centuries and remains one of the most instantly recognisable symbols associated with childbirth today.
That symbolism gives this little gold charm a purpose beyond decoration. It could mark the birth of a child or grandchild, celebrate a growing family or become a keepsake eventually passed from one generation to another.
Birmingham Hallmarked in 1990
The charm carries a Birmingham Assay Office hallmark together with the date letter "Q" corresponding to 1990, placing the piece firmly within the final decade of the 20th century.
A small gold jump ring is fitted at the top, allowing the charm to be added to a traditional charm bracelet or worn from a suitable gold necklace.
With its distinctive subject, identifiable date and beautifully detailed design, this is precisely the type of individual gold charm that makes vintage jewellery so appealing.
Product Specification
- Product Type: Vintage Charm / Pendant
- Design: Stork Carrying a Newborn Baby
- Metal: 9ct Yellow Gold
- Period: Late 20th Century
- Year: 1990
- Date Letter: Q
- Assay Office: Birmingham
- Weight: 1.3g
- Length: Approx. 25mm
- Height: Approx. 20mm
- Attachment: Gold Jump Ring
- Theme: New Baby / Birth / Family
- Availability: One Available Only
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