Antiques in Oxford

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...

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

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

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

Ancient jewellery Jewellery is a universal form of adornment. Jewellery made from shells, stone and bones survives from prehistoric...

In 1873 Auguste Verneuil, who was based at the Museum of Natural History in Paris, began to work to synthesise corundum. In 1876, after...

Acrostic jewellery Acrostic jewellery, which originated during the Georgian era, utilises various gemstones to convey a secret message....

Very symbolic rings given during the Victorian era are called fede or gimmel ring. Representing loyalty and dating back to the days of...

Lalique glass has long been a world-famous brand, internationally admired and still in production today under Swiss ownership. But for...

English drinking glasses have a long collecting pedigree. Certain types have been sought out for many centuries as ceremonial...

Rock crystal is transparent, colourless quartz. Pliny the Elder reported that rock crystal was ice that had been permanently frozen. The...

Plique-à-jour enamelling is where ribbons of precious gold and silver filigree wire are fused with specially formulated glass to create...

World War heralded a revolt against the excesses of the Edwardian and Belle Epoque eras. The Great War had ravaged European cultural...