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May 4, 20222 min read

May Birthstone: Emerald

Known historically as ‘smaragdus’, the ancient Greek word for green, emerald has long been admired and adorned. The first know mines can...

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Apr 18, 20222 min read

What are acrostic jewels?

They are like an acrostic poem that spells a word or phrase with the first letter of each line. An acrostic jewel uses its gemstones to...

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Mar 29, 20221 min read

Antiques second-hand and sustainable

Antiques have a huge environmental advantage as they are sustainable. When you buy second-hand you are saving tonnes of carbon emissions...

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Mar 16, 20222 min read

Georgian diamond jewellery

Georgian jewellery from the mid-18th Century to the end of George IV’s reign (1830) is just beautiful. They have a style that can be very...

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Mar 14, 20222 min read

Notes on an icon Georg Jensen

Danish people have a particular aptitude for design: for making the functional, beautiful and the desirable, affordable. Georg Jensen...

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Jan 30, 20221 min read

The language of stones

Superstition has attributed qualities and meaning to precious stones. Victorians were fascinated by the language of gems. Diamond:...

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Dec 22, 20211 min read

Caring for opals

there are some fabulous opals used in jewellery. They need careful looking after. They are very soft Sensitive to changes in the...

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Dec 22, 20212 min read

Tips on buying antique pieces as gifts

The value of jewellery changes with the fashion. Now, people like rock crystal, diamonds and platinum that is wearable. They are buying...

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It’s green, purple and white – but is it really suffragette jewellery?

Antiques in Oxford

Jun 16, 20212 min read

It’s green, purple and white – but is it really suffragette jewellery?

You’re looking at an English-made antique ring from the Edwardian era, featuring an amethyst, a peridot and a natural pearl. It must be a...

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Jun 5, 20212 min read

Faux gems

Miriam Haskell Vintage Pearl Necklaces In years gone past in Hollywood the big stars such as Joan Crawford were fans of costume jewellery...

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The Market for Costume and Fine Vintage Necklaces

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Jun 5, 20212 min read

The Market for Costume and Fine Vintage Necklaces

When a 1925 Cartier vintage necklace set with diamonds and rubies came up for auction in Hong Kong in the year 1994, it went unsold....

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Jun 5, 20211 min read

1950s parures

Swarovski Aurora Borealis Rhinestone In the middle part of the 1950’s Swarovski designed a special rhinestone for Christian Dior. The new...

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Jun 5, 20212 min read

Fake jewellery

Designer American Cocktail Jewellery The Second World War had a great impact on American Jewellery firms, as by the time the Americans...

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Jun 5, 20212 min read

1940s and 1950 costume jewellery

Beginning in the late '40s, high-end Parisian Swarovskis aurora borealis rhinestones were developed and introduced in 1955 with an...

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Jun 5, 20212 min read

1920s costume jewellery

However, the concept of costume jewellery, wasn't really introduced until the latter part of the 1920s, when Coco Chanel launched a line...

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The Creation of Diamante Glass Jewellery

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Jun 5, 20211 min read

The Creation of Diamante Glass Jewellery

The beginning of this movement can be traced to the 17th and 18th centuries when Europe's collective desire for precious gemstones, in...

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Jun 5, 20211 min read

What is costume jewellery?

The phrase costume jewellery was first used in the 1920s. However jewellery and ornamentation made out of non-precious materials have...

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Complete bound volumes from Issue one till 1934. Plus unbound magazines for the late 1930s.

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May 18, 20213 min read

Complete bound volumes from Issue one till 1934. Plus unbound magazines for the late 1930s.

Some of the contents: Edward Ardizzone 1930s Major George Denholm Armour WW1 13 1 15 sig G.DARMOUR Lewis Baumer First cartoon 1897 more...

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May 2, 20212 min read

Earrings

Earrings have been an established part of women's and men's jewellery collections for thousands of years. Unlike rings and necklaces,...

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May 2, 20212 min read

Trilogy rings

Symbolism of trilogy rings The most succinct definition of the word 'trilogy' is a 'group of three'. Originally, the ‘three’ referred to...

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