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Christmas 2011 AntiquesAvenue posting dates
Posted by: | CommentsIts that time of year again when we are all busy buying wonderful pressies to give at Christmas. Just to let you know that you can order from AntiquesAvenue up until 12.00 mid day on Friday 23rd to receive your Christmas gifts in time to give on Christmas day.
Here are the latest order times calculated so that I can reach the Royal Mails last posting dates for Christmas
December 4 th – Australia & New Zealand
Decemebr 7th – USA & Canada
December 11 Most of Europe
Friday 23rd December mid day UK . Please ensure that you will be at home on Saturday 24th to receive your parcel.
in the mean time I am here to help and will try and get back soon with some of my special gift recommendations
Vintage jewellery news
Posted by: | CommentsTime for an update on the latest vintage jewellery from AntiquesAvenue. Ive started blogging again after a few months of rarely updating over the summer. Am hoping to bring you lots from the world of Antiques, vintage and collectables over the coming months. In the meantime here is the latest on vintage jewellery from antiquesavenue.co.uk. Ive also been very busy adding loads of stock to the shop ensuring that there are now over 2000 different pieces for you to choose from. I suspect this is the widest selection available on the Interenet.
Vintage Jewellery this Christmas
Its about this time of year that I start to see what vintage jewellery items will be the hot gift this Christmas. If only I had foresight I could buy up lots of these in advance but not having a working crystal ball I can only offer limited stocks. This year the hottest items seem to be vintage lockets and vintage pearls necklaces. Here is one of the best cultured pearl necklaces Ive seen with the pearls measuring 1 cm diameter
Pearl necklace
Not all the pearl necklaces on antiquesavenue are this price, they start from abotu £28 including postage.
Antique Jewellery
Ive had several requests for a way to see all my antique jewellery in one place and so Ive created a special antique jewellery section for this . Hopefully I will be adding more soon. The antique jewellery on antiquesavenue dates from the Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian eras right up to circa 1920. After that time it becomes vintage jewellery on antiquesavenue.
Silver Jewellery
With the price of gold being so very high at the moment, silver jewellery is becoming more and more popular. Silver jewellery is available is a wide range of shapes, sizes and quality. There are silver earrings, bracelets and bangles, rings and brooches. Designer silver, gemstone set silver and of course tiny pieces like silver charms. Did you see the Video I made yesterday on cleaning silver jewellery? This has proven quite popular already so Ill be making some more “How to” videos soon.
AntiquesAvenue on Facebook
I know I have lots of friends on facebook and many of you follow this blog. It would be really great if you could like antiquesavenue.co.uk on Facebook too. You can do this from most pages on the shop including this antique brooch
Next week im going to start a new competition for my facebook friends , the prize is going to be £50 of free jewellery. I will bring you news here but this particular competition is going to be for my facebook friends only.
Happy hunting
Anne x
Vintage silver lockets
Posted by: | CommentsNew at AntiquesAvenue this week several interesting and romantic silver vintage lockets:
1970s round silver locket
round silver locket
Vintage heart locket
Heres an older style locket popular in the earlier 1900s. This locket is in the shape of a heart and has floral decoration on one side. The front hinges open from towards the base of the heart. The back of the locket is stamped as sterling silver.
The locket measures about 3 cms long plus the bails.
heart locket
How do I live thee? silver locket
Heres a wonderful locket to give to someone you love. One side is decorated with two love birds . This silver locket measures about 3.5 cms long plus the decorative bail.
The reverse has the poem ” How do I love thee? Let me count the ways, I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my soul can reach”. This poem was written by the Victorian Poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
The full poem is
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of being and ideal grace. I love thee to the level of every day’s Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light. I love thee freely, as men strive for right. I love thee purely, as they turn from praise. I love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death
Love locket
Large citrine cocktail ring
Posted by: | CommentsA very attractive cocktail ring set with a large citrine gemstone. The citrine is art deco in shape but I think the ring actually dates from circa 1970s. The citrine measures about 1.3 cms x 1.1 cms. The shank of the ring tests as gold but is not hallmarked in any way - about 14 carat.
This ring is UK finger size M.5, USA size 6.5. AntiquesAvenue exclusively offers this ring for £85. Only one available
citrine cocktail ring
5 strand pearl necklace with gold and ruby clasp
Posted by: | CommentsA very special pearl necklace with five graduated strands of cultured pearls. This necklace fastens with a nine carat gold clasp which is set with more pearls and three rubies. The catch is stamped as 9ct and measures about 2.3 cms long.
5 strand pearl necklace
The pearls in this necklace are graduated and the smallest measure about 3mm diameter and the largest at the front about 6mm diameter. The longest strand of pearls in this necklace measure about 47 cms long
pearl and ruby clasp
April holiday posting
Posted by: | CommentsThe UK post is closed for a few days over the next couple of weeks and so there will be limmited posting dates from AntiquesAvenue.
Orders will be posted out today and tomorrow April 21st. The next posting date will be Tuesday 26th April when the post re-opens after Easter. Orders will also be dispatched on April 27th and 28th with the post being closed for the Royal Wedding ( April 29th) and May day ( May 2nd). Normal service will be resumed on May 3rd.
AntiquesAvenue.co.uk remains open 24 hours a day over the holidays and I will pop in here as usual on a daily basis to ensure that all questions are answered in a timely fashion. Dont forget my Easter jewellery hunt on Easter Sunday – free jewelies on offer 
Happy Hunting
Anne x
Victorian turquoise brooch
This weeks jewellery
Posted by: | CommentsA picture gallery of some of the latest additions to www.antiquesavenue.co.uk
This weeks additions
Posted by: | CommentsSomething new from me, I’ve had several e.mails from you asking to see the latest additions to my stock . This week I’ve made a little video showing just a few special pieces Ive added to www.antiquesavenue.co.uk. Please do let me know if you find it useful.