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Going back to the Antique Victorian period, there were two main different styles for engagement rings. Firstly this was a time period where platinum had not been discovered for the purposes of jewelry, so the main two metals used were silver and gold. Vintage jewelry has been timeless in the fact that gold has always... Read More
The accession to the throne of the eighteen year old Queen Victoria in 1837 marked the beginning of a new era. There were three main fashion periods, but the queen herself, and her own personal tastes in both fashion and antique jewelry in the first part of her reign were very influential, and new antique... Read More
The birth of the necklace is to start at the very beginning of the history of antique jewelry itself. At some unrecorded moment forever lost in the uncertainties of a pre-historic age the profound human need for self-adornment led to ornamental objects being pierced, threaded or woven and hung around the neck. More than likely... Read More
Instead of a blog with information about antique and estate jewelry, for a change I thought we could look at some of the latest pieces of antique jewelry to be found at Beverley R, and the interesting history behind them. Georgian Vinaigrette This piece of antique jewelry dates back to about circa 1830, it is... Read More
Recently in the news there have been many stories of Jewelry thefts. In 2017 on the BBC world news was the story of how thieves had tunnelled through several feet of reinforced concrete to get into a safety deposit used by many of the top antique jewelry dealers based in London, and even though most... Read More
Beverley and Stephen Forward bring a special touch to their period and antique collections at their Beverley R boutique. “Antique jewelry has a soul,” says Beverley Forward, explaining the passion for antique and period jewelry that she shares with Stephen Forward, her British-born husband and business partner in Beverley R Ltd., their boutique located on... Read More
Antique brooches or pins as they are more commonly called in the US. have changed greatly in design over the ages, and this has been mainly dictated by the changes styles and fashions of clothes during the different antique periods. I say mainly, because there have been other factors, such as the discovery of an... Read More
The difference between these two items of antique jewelry, even though they both involve the carving of the gemstone is that antique cameos are carvings in which the design stands out in relief from its background, where as an intaglio is a gem in which the design is carved into the surface of the stone.... Read More
There is a saying in the modern day marketing industry: ‘Sex Sells’ and this was just as true back in the Georgian and Victorian periods, very often depicted in antique intaglio and cameo rings. However the antique jewelry erotica was much more tastefully done than a lot of the ‘sex’ marketing of today. Annette Curtis,... Read More
As a refresher, I would like to go through the different periods of Antique Jewelry, with pictures of the different styles, which can be found at Beverley R Antique Jewelry here in Chicago. 1/ Victorian cluster ring with a Cushion cut diamond center, and old mine cut diamond surround, circa 1880. Georgian Jewelry. from 1800-1835 This... Read More