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Dec
30

Vintage Jewellery Sale and News

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Vintage Jewellery Sale.

Its that time of year again,  after Christmas its traditional that retailers hold a sale and offer their customers a change to grab a bargain. AntiquesAvenue.co.uk is holding a vintage jewellery sale with a difference. Each day until January 10th I will be offering one special piece of vintage or antique jewellery at a low low price. You will be able to find a link to that item at the top of every page on my website during this time so please do check back every day and you might just find something which appeals to you.

Today I have on offer a vintage silver thistle brooch which was originally offered at £26 and is now just £15 including delivery.

Scottish Brooch

Scottish Brooch

Vintage Jewellery News.

Following a bumper Christmas I have been able to source some lovely fresh antique and vintage jewellery for you. This week and next I will be adding an excellent selection of 1970s vintage silver charms, some mid 1900s vintage necklaces and more silver alberts and a couple of fobs.

Also a few more special gold charms. As you must have seen the price of gold has gone orbital recently and so these vintage charms are getting harder and harder to find. Unfortunately many folks are selling their vintage gold jewellery to the scrappers – what a pity. I rescue the pieces of vintage and antique gold jewellery I can but with prices forecast to rise even further I suggest you buy them now too.

That’s all for today – Happy Hunting

Anne

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Nov
17

Vintage Jewellery one day sale

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AntiquesAvenue is having a one day vintage jewellery sale with 10% off everything in the store. This offer lasts just until midnight tonight ( UK time) so do make the most of this opportunity. This is the first time in two years that such a wide ranging offer has been made , discounts like this dont come along every day.

Perhaps you can pick up a Vintage Jewellery Christmas present or two whilst you are looking around the shop. Last week I wrote about Vintage jewellery as Christmas presents. Here are some lovely old vintage necklaces and bracelets that would make fantastic presents this year.

Danecraft sterling silver flower bracelet

A very stylish silver bracelet made by Danecraft. Each panel is depicting a flower. The Danecraft makers logo is stamped into the reverse of this bracelet. This piece of vintage jewellery measures about 18.5 cms long and is up to 2 cms wide. It is in very wearable condition

 

 

 

 

 

 

vintage silver necklace

vintage silver necklace

silver marcasite red stone necklace vintage

 

and a red lass stone. This is marked 935, there is also a manufacturers mark which I have not been able to identify. This will be European in origin and is thought to date from circa 1950smarcasitesAn attractive necklace made of 935 silver and set with

 

Approx Size: 16 inch long

 

 

Approx Weight: 5.5 grams

 

 1970s gold diamond ruby flower necklace

1970s gold diamond ruby flower necklace offered from AntiquesAvenues collection of genuine vintage jewellery
A very pretty lavalier style necklace made of fully hallmarked 9 carat gold and dating from 1970s. The flowers are set centrally with a diamond and 2 rubies. It measures 40 cms long plus the depth of about 2 cms
( conversion note: 1 inch = 2.54 cms)

 

Approx Weight: 6.9 grams

  

Condition:
Excellent

 

 

 

Oct
16

Charm week special offer

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As part of vintage charm week on antiquesavenue I have reduced the price of this vintage silver charm bracelet to just £23 including postage and packaging any where in the world. What a bargain:

vintage charm bracelet

vintage charm bracelet

A nice starter charm bracelet with plenty of space for you own charms. The charms are:
- Egyptian Queen
- large letter M
- pair binoculars
- Cross by Nuvo
- Puffed heart ( marked silver)
- Trumpet, bugle or similar instrumentAge: circa 1970s  Size:7 inches long

 

Remember I only have one of these so the early bird catches the worm ( or charm)

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Oct
06

Vintage necklace week on AntiquesAvenue

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Vintage 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

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

vintage necklace for a bride

Antique Lavalier

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.

Antique Locket

 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 Pendant

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

Vintage Necklace

 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

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

Have you a collection of antiques or vintage items you would like to show the world?  If you can write a short article about them and provide a couple of photos then I will publish it here on my antiques blog. If you like you can have up to 2 links in your article going back to your website. This is a free service

Guidelines:

Contact me  and let me know what your collection is about, it suitable I will get back to you within 48 hours

The article must be at least 300 words long and up to 600. I prefer one or two photos (.jpg format only)

Let me know which two links you want

This must be a unique item written by you about your collection. You must not have published it elsewhere.

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I have a load of antique and vintage bric a brac to give away to a registered charity or worthy cause. There are boxes full of old pots and glass fit for a Car Boot Sale, Charity Shop or similar. These must be collected from me in the next couple of days  and I will require proof of your registered charity or worthy cause status. Please do contact me .

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Feb
25

eBay sales by AntiquesAvenue

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Poole Freeform

Poole Freeform

I am having a bit of a clear out from my shop via eBay this week. I am still hoping to move house later this year and am making a start in reducing what I need to take with me. If you are interested in studio pottery or modern glass it is well worth taking a look as most items start at just £9.99 plus postage. What is available?

Freeform vase by Poole, Kosta Boda vases, Bernard Rooke lamp base. Studio pottery including Phyllis  Dupuy and Bridget Drakeford. There are a couple of pieces of Lovatts langley Mill pottery and much more.  Take a look at antiquesavenue on eBay

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A bit of a change for February’s give away. As I am writing a series on buying antiques, vintage and collectibles via eBay I though I would give away a bit of eBay related stuff. There are two pens and two key rings for the winner who leaves ( in my opinion) the best comment on this post by the end of February.

 I will update here with the winner on March 1st. You will need to check back to see if you have won as the winner needs to get in touch with me by March 10 .

eBay freebies

eBay freebies

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