Antiques in Oxford

Georgian and Victorian designs Many of the pearls in Georgian jewellery are from the Pinctada radiata oyster found in the Persian Gulf,...

Pearls are back and sparking bidding wars in salerooms In China, as early as 2300BC, pearls were considered as gifts for royalty. In the...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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....

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

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

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

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

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

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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