Archive for Necklaces
Vintage necklace week on AntiquesAvenue
Posted by: | CommentsVintage Necklaces are featured this week on AntiquesAvenue vintage jewellery shop. As a special offer for AntiquesAvenue blog readers I am giving away a vintage necklace and two vintage pendants – see the end of this post for details.
Lets take a look at the range and types of vintage and antique jewellery you can wear around your neck:
Lockets, Ever popular for holding a picture or tiny memento inside. These are hung as a pendant from a chain or a ribbon
Vintage necklace
Pendants and Charms. When worn from a chain around your neck I believe that the difference between a pendant or charm is down to the size of the piece. A pendant would probably be over about 3 cms long and a charm under this length. The chain could also be a ribbon, cord or string of beads.
Necklace, Usually a string of beads, pearls or semi precious gemnstones or chain without a pendant attached. There can be more than one strand often in graduated lengths
Lavalier, A necklace with pendant drops attached. Popular in the Edwardian up until the 1920s
Chains, Can be made of precious metals ( silver and gold), costume jewellery metal or plastics. Neck chains can be worn alone or with a pendant drop. Gold and silver chains are often worn by men as well as women.
Sautoir, A long chain worn from the shoulders and hanging down to below the waist. Often has a pendant or tassel on both ends. Popular in the art deco era
Chocker, A short necklace which is worn tightly around the neck. Popular with Victorian ladies and had a revival in the 1970s
Lets take a look at some of these as featured in www.antiquesavenue.co.uk this week:
vintage necklace for a bride
An original antique lavalier necklace. This is made of silver set with two real citrine gemstones and three pearls. A superb and genuine piece of antique jewellery.
The silver chain is 46 cms long the pendant drop adds a further 4 cms. The large citrine gemstone measures over 2 cms wide.
An antique silver locket which is fully hallmarked for 1883. This locket has Victorian aesthetic decoration which is typical of the time it was made. This antique silver locket opens and there is space for your own photographs or a small memento.
The locket comes on a silver chain which is much newer than the locket itself
vintage 1960s daisy flower citrine pendant 9 carat gold
A special daisy pendant dating from the 1960s and made of gold set with Citrines. This is made of fully hallmarked 9 carat gold . This stylish piece of vintage jewellery would really suit a retro outfit or todays boho fashions
4.3 cms long including bail, 2.3 cms wide at the base
A lovely vintage bead necklace made of wedding cake glass beads which would have been made ion Murano Italy. These beads are know as wedding cake beads due to the way that the decoration looks like it as been iced onto them. This necklace dates from circa 1920s and has been re-strung using the original beads and clasp.
This highly collectable necklace measures 58 cms long
Free Necklace give away
vintage necklace give away
I have a vintage diamante necklace and two pendants to give away, these can be sent anywhere in the world . The giveaway goes to the reader who visits my vintage jewellery shop and chooses their favourite piece of neck jewellery which is NOT already featured in this blog post. Simply come back here and leave a comment telling which is your favourite piece why. I will select the best comment to send all three of these pieces of vintage jewellery to. This Give Away runs from today until the end of October 2009 when I will announce the lucky winner. No purchase required.
Anne
Pearl necklaces – How to choose
Posted by: | CommentsPearl Necklaces – how to choose the right one to wear
So you fancy a vintage necklace? Pearl necklace, they are very fashionable now but how do you choose from the huge variety available. As with all Jewellery is is nice to buy vintage Jewellery as you will have something more unique and most likely at a better price and with a wider range to choose from.
Lets take a look at some terms associated with pearls to help guide you:
vintage cultured pearl necklace
Natural pearls:
These have been formed in the oyster without any interference from man. These are the original pearls sought after through the centuries and quite rare and expensive these days especially if you want a large matched necklace. If you are going to buy a natural pearl necklace I suggest that you take some expert advice from a jeweller so as not to be mis-led. Seed pearls are tiny natural pearls and baroque or fresh water pearls are natural but normal mis-shapen
Cultured pearls:
These are formed in the oyster just like natural pearls but the formation of these is started by a tiny bead being introduced into the oyster shell. The oysters are farmed in large beds – The most famous name is cultured pearls is Mikimoto. Cultured pearls are much cheaper than natural pearls and unless you examine them very closely look just the same. If you see the term SouthSea pearls these are also cultured pearls
faux pearl necklace
Faux Pearls:
Faux Pearls, Imitation pearls, Majorcan pearls, costume pearls these are entirely man- made either from plastic or glass. Faux Pearls are costume jewellery, they are much cheaper than natural and cultured pearls and for a while can look the part . “Faux” is the French term for false or imitation.
Pink Pearls, Black Pearls:
Whilst natural coloured pearls can be found these have almost always have been dyed they could be cultured or faux pearls
Knotted String of pearls:
Pearl necklaces are often sold as “Hand Knotted”. This means that each pearl is knotted onto the string so that there is a tiny know between each pearl and its neighbour. Knotting in this way spaces out the pearls and prevents wear when they rub up together and also it prevents you from looking many if the string breaks. Good knotting is to be expected on a string of high quality pearls but beware can also be found on cheaper costume jewellery strings of pearls.
creamy vintage pearls
Creamy Pearls and White Pearls
Pearls can normally be found in creamy colours and in white. It is nice to choose a colour which goes well with your skin tone. Try both colours on and decide which looks best
