Ashland, Nebraska. Ashland is a city in Saunders County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 2,453 at the 2010 census.
Home / Jewelry / What makes Cartier the symbol of love and the brand of lovers? Posted on February 21, 2016 August 1, 2017 What makes Cartier the symbol of love and the brand of lovers? Cartier is the first brand that comes to mind when we talk about jewelry, diamonds and watches. It is obvious when you think about the hundreds of jewelry models that made the brand iconic.
'Cartouche' is actually a French word meaning 'gun cartridge'. When Napoleon's soldiers were in Egypt, they nicknamed this shape 'cartouche' because it reminded them of the shape of their gun cartridges, or bullets. At the time, people could not read hieroglyphic writing, so they did not know that the cartouche surrounded the name of the pharaoh. 'Cartouche' became so commonly used that it has remained the standard name for the shape around the name of an Egyptian pharaoh or queen. Were royal names always written inside cartouches? In the first three dynasties, royal names were written inside a rectangle called a 'serekh'.