This 20th century Ukrainian flower crown originated in Podilla. It was hand made using wire, paper, and encaustic painting with wax. It is a beautiful depiction of lilies of the valley woven into a crown. In Ukraine, the lily is symbolic of innocence and is dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Because of this, It was not uncommon for these flower crowns to be worn at weddings by women, symbolizing purity as they entered their marriage.
This necklace consists of three large silver moons, seven beads, four earrings, fragments of wire and silver plates, and the fragments of a plate bracelet. It was found in 1864 in Yurkivtsi, Vinnytsia Oblast.