{"product_id":"vintage-gold-bird-in-cage-charm-1989","title":"Vintage Gold Bird in Cage Charm | 1989","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMetal: \u003c\/strong\u003e9ct Yellow Gold\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize: \u003c\/strong\u003e1.7cm tall (excl bail)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInternal Bail Size: \u003c\/strong\u003e2.5mm\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBail: \u003c\/strong\u003eSoldered Closed\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eApprox Weight: \u003c\/strong\u003e2.25 grams\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHallmarked: \u003c\/strong\u003eYes (Birmingham, 1989)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA beautiful vintage bird in cage charm made from solid 9ct gold. The lovely charm carries a hallmark for Birmingham 1989. A delightful little keepsake, now nearly 40 years old.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eBird in Cage Symbolism\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA bird in a cage isn't always a bird that's lost. During the darkest years of the Nazi occupation of Paris, Cartier designed jewellery showing exactly that — a small bird held behind delicate bars — and placed it in the window of the Rue de la Paix boutique for the whole city to see. Parisians understood immediately what it meant: a nation confined, but not silenced. Two years later, when Paris was finally free, Cartier reissued the same design with the cage door open — the bird's spirit had never really been in question, only its circumstances. This gold charm carries that same quiet defiance: a reminder that being held doesn't mean being broken, and that whatever cage you've known, the song was always yours to keep. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sterling \u0026 Wilde","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64670924046713,"sku":"KCJ227","price":295.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0457\/1965\/0458\/files\/KCJ227a.jpg?v=1789996038","url":"https:\/\/sterlingwilde.co.uk\/products\/vintage-gold-bird-in-cage-charm-1989","provider":"Sterling \u0026 Wilde","version":"1.0","type":"link"}