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You’re ready to take your relationship to the next step and pop the big question. Engagement is a major decision. So, you can’t buy just any ring for the person you want to spend the rest of your life with. You want to get your soon-to-be life partner a ring that you both can be... Read More
Whether you are ready to take your relationship to the next level or shopping for antique diamond earrings for yourself, you want to make the right decision when buying diamonds. You want to select a diamond that reflects who you are. You want to buy something your partner will love from the moment they first... Read More
The 1800’s is an era which stretched from Napoleonic neoclassicism to late Victorian mechanization, and the 19th century can be broken into four distinct phases, embracing the spectrum of antique jewelry design in a century of both creative and restless change. 1800 – 1837: Most jewelers would describe this as the late Georgian period jewelry,... Read More
Traditionally with ladies antique and vintage jewelry it was worn either around the neck, on the ears and then around the wrist or on the fingers; unlike contemporary jewelry which can also be found in the tongue through the nose and navel, and other more intimate places. Of all the pieces of antique jewelry, a... Read More
It has always interested me with antique jewelry that one can mention a period, and to different people a particular style or design comes to mind. Very often if I say Victorian Jewelry, the image that comes to most peoples mind is the heavier more ornate pieces of jewelry, whereas in point of fact with... Read More
I am often asked about whether buying antique jewelry is a good investment, and if it is what sort of pieces should one be looking for. And my answer is always pretty much the same, ‘yes normally antique jewelry is a good investment, but that should not be the main reason for buying an older... Read More
The craftsmanship found in the imaginative arrangement of precious stones, metals, and natural materials, found in antique jewelry has had a universal appeal since earliest times. Antique jewelry has been worn for many reasons apart from just enhancing natural beauty. It has been worn as status symbols, as religious talismans, for memorial of loved ones,... Read More
Art deco jewelry was born in the roaring 20s when social change for women was reflected in women’s style with short hair and dresses adorned with jewelry inspired by many cultures’ art. Geometric shapes, intricate designs, and other complex patterns were surrounded by encrusted diamonds for decadent jewelry representing the rebellion of women during the... Read More
One of the most anticipated moments for a soon to be bride is the time-bending few seconds it takes between “will you marry me?” and the opening of the ring box. But do you know your Georgian jewelry from retro, diamond cuts and stone quality? While it may seem hard to get the perfect piece... Read More
During the second world war, there was an obvious reduction in the making of antique jewelry, the war was very expensive, and much of the precious metals needed for making antique jewelry was heavily taxed. But as the war came to an end in 1945; gone were the wartime privations, and the years of somber... Read More