Brooches are my top reccomendation for Christmas gifts. One size fits all and there is an excellent choice of colour , shape and price to suit all. Here are 10 vintage brooches which would add a touch of sparkle to your Christmas giving this year. All are available from antiquesavenue.co.uk but remember as these are [...]

Every lady loves to receive jewellery for Christmas. There is sparkle, a hit of extravagance and romance behind the gift of jewellery. Its a gift that lasts and is appreciated for many years.  Vintage jewellery has an additional benefit of coming with a touch of mystery from the past.   Here’s AntiquesAvenue’s guide to the top ten piece of jewellery [...]

Here is the latest update on Vintage  Brooches from www.antiquesavenue.co.uk. The brooches we offer date from the Georgian era right through to circa 1970s. There are costume jewellery brooches, silver and gold brooches too. The brooches are set with all sorts of gemstones including diamonds, amethysts, pearls and   costume jewellery stones. There are designer brooches, [...]

November 5th the day we celebrate gunpowder treason and plot with things that burn, bang and sparkle. This years why not brighten you yourself for bonfire night with some wearable sparklers of your own?  Bonfire night is a time for wrapping up warm with lots of layers so we need jewellery which is big , [...]

From AntiquesAvenue’s wondeful collectionof Vintage brooches: A very special antique brooch made with central eye agate surrounded by a ring of old cut diamonds. This brooch comes in its original box. The central diamond and agate ring measures almost 2 cms long with the brooch being almost 5 cms long in total. Eye agate is [...]

I have always thought that the vintage brooch was one of the most versatile and collectable pieces of vintage jewellery.  Brooches are without doubt available in a much wider range of shapes, patterns and colours that other jewellery.  The brooch can be a statement piece, add a splash of colour, be a small point of [...]

AntiquesAvenue has a great fresh vintage brooch selection dating from antique brooches of the Georgian era through to art nouveau brooches and up to the 1970s. Here is a quick tour through the new selection starting with the oldest and working towards the 1950s / 1960s.  Later in the week I will be back with [...]

Brooches are very special pieces of vintage jewellery as they are worn on clothing rather than attached directly to the person. This means that the shapes and sizes can often be more varied and elaborate than rings ( for example ) which have to be more exact in size and proportion and can be less extreme [...]

Everyone loves a bargain but how can you spot a real bargain when looking for vintage jewellery? Heres a few tips for seeking out a real piece of jewellery from the past at a special price.  Spotting a genuine bargain does not mean looking for the cheapest piece available. A cheap old brooch can be purchased [...]

Here is a subject I find a little difficult – brooches made from butterfly wings. These were very popular in the art deco era, the wonderful shine on the bright blue looked beautiful set into silver. Above are a couple of examples of genuine vintage brooches set with butterfly wings. But what about the poor [...]

So how do we spell the pretty clips we attach to our clothes. Is it Brooch or Broach? Why are their two different spellings? As I see both variations used I decided to do a little research. Goggle offers us far more choice of sites and searches using the term “Brooch”. Wiki gives Brooch its [...]

Brooches were as popular during the Art Deco era ( 1920s and 1930s) and they are a popular vintage jewellery collectable  During the art deco era brooches followed the fashion of those times and were made in art deco materials, shapes and colours. Popular art deco materials include Plastics including Bakelite (very new at that [...]

The Autumn leaves are falling outside my window . It occurs to me how many vintage brooches and antique brooches have been inspired by leaves of all shapes and sizes. In the AntiquesAvenue collection I have leaf brooches from the Victorian era right the way through to the 1970s. These leaf brooches are made of [...]

The Victorians loved their sentimental jewellery of all types, sweetheart jewellery and mourning jewellery were widely worn. During the Victorian era the development of mass producton of silver jewellery and especially silver brooches made it possible for people from all walks of life to own a sentimental brooch . These sentimental silver brooches were made [...]

I’d thought you would like to see the fresh stock of vintage brooches which have been added to http://www.antiquesavenue.co.uk/ this week. There are some wonderful brooches below are just three examples , A victorian brooch, an art deco brooch and a lovely trifari elephant brooch. Look in the shop and you can also find wonderful [...]

Antique BroochThe Antique Brooch comes in many shapes, sizes and materials and a collection of Antique Brooches is often made along a theme. All Georgian Brooches, Mourning Brooches, Silver and Enamel Brooches for example. Vintage Brooches blog is taking a look as some of the more interesting themes you might like to consider for your [...]

 Amber Brooches Popular nowadays, Amber is one of the materials used in brooches which has been used since the earliest prehistoric times.  Our ancestors in the Bronze age or possibly before, The Greeks, Romans and ancient Celts all treasured amber set jewellery. More recently into Victorian Jewellery, in the Art Deco era and of course [...]

The word Penannular means almost annular or almost a full circle. Penannular brooches are round but have a gap so that they are not quite a full circle.  Brooches are the most commonly seen form of penannular jewellery but you can also find penannular rings and  earrings. Interestingly penannular jewellery has been used since very [...]

Today I’ve come across a piece of vintage jewellery from Wiener Werkstätte one of the great names in design and production from the early 1900s.  Pieces made by Wiener Werkstätte are very rare and desirable these days so I am very pleased to be able to show you this vintage brooch This brooch is made [...]

The Jabot Pin,  A jabot pin is a special sort of vintage brooch which rarely seen or used these days.  The pin is worn at the neck to keep a jabot in place with a jabot being a piece of lace or other material worn by men instead of a tie.  The Jabot was worn [...]

Wanting a vintage brooch this Christmas? Here is the latest selection available from antiquesavenue.co.uk:Hint: Click on the pictures to enlarge. Do you like this way of viewing all my vintage brooches? If so I will add a new view every month or so

Ive discovered a new way to show you my vintage brooches all in one go. Dont they look lovely? If you are interested in buying or finding out more about any of these then do pop over to antiquesavenue.co.uk . The brooches there date from throughout the last century and before that too. There are [...]

  Have you started someone a  Vintage Brooches collection by giving them a brooch as a gift? Or do you know someone who you would like to start a collection for? Here are some ideas of collectable brooches which are quite wearable too. As its nearly Christmas and we are looking at gifts I’ll make a [...]

Busy adding loads of Vintage Brooches to my Vintage Jewellery shop at the moment. As regular readers know antique and vintage brooches are one of my favourite forms of vintage jewellery, their shapes,  forms, colours and materials are probably more varied than any other piece of jewellery.  The brooches I have at the moment are mainly from [...]

Regular readers will know that every year I make a selection of jewellery ideal for gifts this Christmas. Today it I am taking a look at vintage brooches and have some suggestions for all the ladies in your life . Every lady from Grannie, your best girl friends and the youngest girls can wear a brooch. [...]

The vintage brooches section on antiquesavenue has just been re-organised to make finding them easier ( I hope) . The vintage costume jewellery brooches are now in a subsection of vintage brooches. Antique brooches have their own area too. Here is a preview of some of the special brooches and pins you can find:

Is this the most wonderful old vintage brooch you have ever seen. This gold hand has a laces cuff, a real charm bracelet style bracelet ( complete with diamond ring) and it holding an inscribed calling card. Hand jewellery is quite collectable. This brooch has full nine carat gold hallmarks and can be dated to [...]

Ive something a little unusual to offer at the moment – several collections or lots of vintage brooches. All of these collections are made up of vintage costume jewellery, I have so many brooches at the moment I though that you would appreciate the opportunity to buy job lots at bargain prices over the cost [...]

I’ve recently purchased a lifetimes collection of vintage jewellery and in it were so many vintage costume jewellery brooches that I have bundles some of them together in lots which are offered at a much cheaper price than they would be if offered individually. Most of these brooches date from before the 1950s – many [...]

Have you ever seen a Tussie-Mussie? These are very special form of vintage brooch made to hold a small posy or sprig of flowers. Originally Tussie-Mussie was the name given to the posy of flowers its self but during the Victorian era brooches were developed which pinned the flowers to the clothing and protected the [...]

There’s a lot of fresh antique and vintage brooches on antiquesavenue this week. From Victorian through to the 1950s, there has to be a brooch for every taste. Here is a quick tour of these brooches  Victorian Amethyst Brooch     Here’s a genuine Victorian brooch set with a real amethyst and with a glass [...]

I’ve two more wonderful antique brooches to show you , a sentimental Love brooch and Reynolds Angel. These are really good examples of genuine antique jewellery  which can be found in excellent condition and at a reasonable price to collect or give as a gift which can be treasured for generations to come.  Victorian Love [...]

I know many visitors to AntiquesAvenue are fond of antique and Vintage brooches.  Today I have been adding a few lovely brooches from the Victorian era and through the 1900s. Lets take a tour of 100 years of brooches. Starting with this Antique Brooch  a Victorian stunner ( ok its not on the site yet, [...]

Wedgwood Brooch One of the most popular type of antique or vintage brooches I get asked for is a Wedgwood Jasper cameo set brooch ( especially a Victorian one) just like in this picture. The central plaque of the brooch is made of Jasper a high fired ceramic. The design on this brooch has been [...]

Hand painted porcelain is a popular material in antique and vintage jewellery, it is most usually found in brooches although I have seen earrings and necklaces set with porcelain plaques too. You can often find older brooches , especially Victorian brooches, set with porcelain plaques which have been painted or printed. These brooches are quite [...]

About Locket brooches Lockets are a very popular form of antique jewellery and vintage jewellery. Normally we think of a locket as a piece of jewellery which hangs around your neck however if you are lucky you can also find antique and vintage brooches which have locket compartments.  Types of locket brooch: Mourning Brooches In [...]

 Amber Brooches Popular nowadays, Amber is one of the materials used in brooches which has been used since the earliest prehistoric times.  Our ancestors in the Bronze age or possibly before, The Greeks, Romans and ancient Celts all treasured amber set jewellery. More recently into Victorian Jewellery, in the Art Deco era and of course [...]

Antique BroochThe Antique Brooch comes in many shapes, sizes and materials and a collection of Antique Brooches is often made along a theme. All Georgian Brooches, Mourning Brooches, Silver and Enamel Brooches for example. Vintage Brooches blog is taking a look as some of the more interesting themes you might like to consider for your [...]

Does any one have information on Jewellery made by Askew London? I believe that this was made by Sue Askew and was made during circa 1980s. The jewellery appears to be vintage in style, there are some wonderful 1920s revival pieces of Egyptian style brooches and necklaces and I also detect Haskel style influences. Other than that her Jewellery appears to [...]

Brooches were as popular during the Art Deco era ( 1920s and 1930s) and they are a popular vintage jewellery collectable  During the art deco era brooches followed the fashion of those times and were made in art deco materials, shapes and colours. Popular art deco materials include Plastics including Bakelite (very new at that [...]

I’ve a lovely collection to show you, lots of vintage costume Jewellery brooches and available as one lot so that you can keep a few and probably sell the rest at a profit . There are 25 brooches in this lot for £100 which makes them just £4 each including postage. Every one of these [...]

The Victorians loved their sentimental jewellery of all types, sweetheart jewellery and mourning jewellery were widely worn. During the Victorian era the development of mass producton of silver jewellery and especially silver brooches made it possible for people from all walks of life to own a sentimental brooch . These sentimental silver brooches were made [...]

Here’s just a few of my favourite Cameo brooches. Some have long gone to their new homes but their pictures remain…………. Victorian Lava Cameo Aurora Goddess of the dawn: I believe this chap is Asclepius who was the son of Apollo and the God of Medicine: Hebe In Greek mythology Hebe is the Goddess of youth & [...]

I wantd to show you this special brooch – It is available from my website shop at http://www.antiquesavenue.co.uk/ where a kind shopper noticed it and let me know that it was designed and made by a lady called Ola Gorie in the Orkney Islands , Scotland. The brooch has the initials OMG which are her [...]

I believe that there is a Vintage brooch for every occasion , with Bonfire night just a few weeks away I was wondering which brooches would be most suitable to go allongside fireworks. Our November the 5th commemoration of Guy Fawkes bungled attempt to blow up the houses of parliament in 1605 is all about [...]

Yesterdays blog post on leaf brooches inspried me to take a look at some very special vintage brooches in the antiquesavenue colleciton – Scandinavian silver leaf brooches. As many of you know Scandinavian jewellery is highly regarded and some of the Scandinavian silver craftsmen and designers are amongst the best in the world. Many Scandinavian [...]

The Autumn leaves are falling outside my window . It occurs to me how many vintage brooches and antique brooches have been inspired by leaves of all shapes and sizes. In the AntiquesAvenue collection I have leaf brooches from the Victorian era right the way through to the 1970s. These leaf brooches are made of [...]

I talk a lot about Vintage Brooches and Antique Brooches but what is the difference between the two? And does it make a difference? The terms vintage and antique are often blurred around the edges and used inappropriately and interchangeably. Where are the boundaries and what does the difference make to the Jewellery collector? Antique [...]

Wedgwood Brooch One of the most popular type of antique or vintage brooches I get asked for is a Wedgwood Jasper cameo set brooch ( especially a Victorian one) just like in this picture. The central plaque of the brooch is made of Jasper a high fired ceramic. The design on this brooch has been [...]

Have you chosen your Valentines gift yet? Here are a few suggestions from antiquesavenue.co.uk where there are lots of brooches, pins and clips with a suitable Valentines theme. Hearts, flowers, cupids and Victorian sentimental jewellery would all be suitable. Flowers; How long will a bunch of flowers last? A few days at the most where as [...]

Victorian Silver Brooches. Over a year ago I wrote a little about how special Victorian brooches are as they are wearable as well as being antique. Today I am going to take a look at a few Victorian silver brooches. Silver brooches were very popular during the Victorian ear, silver was cheap compared with gold and [...]

Have you bought all your Christmas gifts yet? There is still time to buy vintage brooches and have them delivered ready for the big day . The last posting day for airmail to the USA to ensure Christmas arrival is Fridays this week ( 11 December) . Orders travelling within the UK can be ordered up until December [...]

Have you bought all your Christmas gifts yet? There is still time to buy vintage brooches and have them delivered ready for the big day . The last posting day for airmail to the USA to ensure Christmas arrival is Fridays this week ( 11 December) . Orders travelling within the UK can be ordered up until December [...]

I’d thought you would like to see the fresh stock of vintage brooches which have been added to http://www.antiquesavenue.co.uk/ this week. There are some wonderful brooches below are just three examples , A victorian brooch, an art deco brooch and a lovely trifari elephant brooch. Look in the shop and you can also find wonderful [...]

Of all the types of vintage jewellery you can give as a Christmas gift this year an antique or vintage brooch just has to be one of the most versatile and one with the widest range for you to choose from. There are antiuqe brooches suitable for most folks too from the youngest baby to [...]

Yesterday I took a look at what types of vintage jewellery were suitable gifts  for different sorts of people this Christmas.  Today I will take a look at vintage silver brooches which would be suitable to give to a baby girl to be kept for the future ( and most definitely not to be worn [...]

I believe that there is a Vintage brooch for every occasion , with Bonfire night just a few weeks away I was wondering which brooches would be most suitable to go allongside fireworks. Our November the 5th commemoration of Guy Fawkes bungled attempt to blow up the houses of parliament in 1605 is all about [...]

Vintage Jewellery Blog:Vintage Brooches blog is all about Antique and Vintage brooches but what about other types of vintage jewellery and antique jewellery? Now I have a new blog dedicated to all types of vintage jewellery please do take a look over at http://www.vintage-jewellery.infoI will still be bringing you the latest on vintage brooches from [...]

Vintage Jewellery Blog:Vintage Brooches blog is all about Antique and Vintage brooches but what about other types of vintage jewellery and antique jewellery? Now I have a new blog dedicated to all types of vintage jewellery please do take a look over at http://www.vintage-jewellery.infoI will still be bringing you the latest on vintage brooches from [...]

Victorian mourning brooches are very collectable but they do always have a somber mood to them. But , just think how wonderfully suitable they would be to wear to a Halloween party this year. Not only are these original antiques black in colour they have the connection with the dead which is celebrated each October [...]

AntiquesAvenue is always looking to bring you the freshest selection of genuine vintage brooches. Here are a few of the latest in stock for you to look at: Trifari vintage brooch gold tone costume jewellery Made by Trifari, this brooch is a wide swirl in gold tone metal. Trifari are famous costume jewllery designers. This [...]

AntiquesAvenue is always looking to bring you the freshest selection of genuine vintage brooches. Here are a few of the latest in stock for you to look at: Trifari vintage brooch gold tone costume jewellery Made by Trifari, this brooch is a wide swirl in gold tone metal. Trifari are famous costume jewllery designers. This [...]

Do you have a favourite vintage brooch? Many of us do have that one special signature brooch which is worn with several items of clothing. Other are lucky enough to have a brooch which has been handed down by grandma or even great grandma. I was thinking what a wonderful idea it would be to [...]

I’ve made a second Vintage Jewellery video, this one takes another look at the back of brooches and shows a clue to telling the difference between a  Victorian or 20th century brooch.  This vintage jewellery video is currently viewable from the home page of my shop : www.antiquesavenue.co.uk This is best viewed as supplemental information [...]

AntiquesAvenue loves all Vintage Jewellery including  Vintage Brooches and Antique Brooches too . Brooches come in all shapes and sizes and are made of a wide range of materials and Vintage brooches have changed throughout the last 200 years. This article looks at Vintage Brooches from the 20th Century and the differences throughout that time. What type [...]

I made a Vid!  Have you ever looked through your vintage jewellery and wondered how old it is? Here is my first ever Video showing Vintage brooches from the early 1800s to the 1950s and the sort of catches which were popular on a vintage brooch at different times during that era. Let me know if [...]

Just looking through the Vintage brooches and other Vintage Jewellery I have for sale on AntiquesAvenue I was reminded of the nonesense poem by Edward Lear about the Owl and the Pussy-Cat. There is such a variety of owl and cat brooches and what an excellent collection they would make. Here is the poem and [...]

Just looking through the Vintage brooches and other Vintage Jewellery I have for sale on AntiquesAvenue I was reminded of the nonesense poem by Edward Lear about the Owl and the Pussy-Cat. There is such a variety of owl and cat brooches and what an excellent collection they would make. Here is the poem and [...]

Been busy adding Vintage Jewellery into AntiquesAvenue shop again this week. In particular there are some lovely new vintage brooches including Vintage Costume Jewellery brooches. Remeber if you are thinking of giving Vintage jewellery as a gift then a vintage or antique brooch is often the best piece : there is a huge variety of [...]

Vintage Costume Jewellery – 10 top facts I have talked on here a lot about jewellery but not much specifically about costume jewellery. What is it and why is it different from normal vintage jewellery. Here are my ten top facts ( in no particular order) 1. What is costume Jewellery and how does it [...]

Brooches have been worn since the ancient times however most of the antique brooches we see today are from the Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian eras. Here is a little look at 5 special antique brooches typical of those from the past which are still available today 1. Antique Georgian mourning brooch. This little brooch is [...]

A Vintage Brooch with a difference – three ways to wear Have you seen a dress clip? These are unusual pieces of  Vintage Jewellery which originated in the 1920s art deco era and were worn up until about the 1950s.  The nice thing about these is that there is three pieces of Jewellery in the one [...]

 How to date an antique or vintage brooch from the fastening. Part 2.2 of AntiquesAvenue’s Guide to identifying the age of a piece of jewellery. There are so many different types of catchs depending upon the piece of jewellery that this part of the guide will be in two sections. This is all about vintage and antique [...]

Vintage Jewellery changed quite dramatically though out the 20th century. Here are three wonderful pieces just added to antiques avenue antique shop which show the wide variety and wonderful forms available today . As I am currently writing a series of articles on how to date your vintage jewelery I though you would be interested in [...]

How to tell vintage jewellery from new and antique jewellery Recently I was asked how to tell a piece of vintage jewellery from a piece of new or antique jewellery. With so many modern copies of genuine vintage and antique jewellery around it is important to be able to tell the difference. Reproduction jewellery is [...]

1. Indentify vintage jewellery, antique jewellery and new jewelry by looking at the hinges. Hinges are most often found on brooches rather than any other form of jewellery. By just looking at the hinge it is often possible to date a brooch broadly into the 1800s ( Georgian and Victorian) vs the 1900s ( Edwardian, [...]

Just thought I’d show you a few choice pieces of vintage jewellery that I have available at the moment of antiquesavenue.  Vintage costume jewellery is often seen being worn but there are some very lovely pieces made of silver too. It is very rare for me to have more than one of any item in [...]

Vintage Enamel brooches and enamel jewellery in general are so very colourful especially vintage silver and enamel ones. Just take a look at the pictures in this blog post to see some of the variety available. There are several different types of enameling but they seem to have one basic thing in common – they [...]

I am going to spend the next few posts examining the different materials vintage brooches and other forms of vintage jewellery were made from . Hopefully this will help you to identify the ones you have – please do mail me if there is anything interesting you would like covered or you think I am [...]

Whitby Jet comes from Whitby on the North East coast of England. It is a natural material which has been formed over millions of years from coal. This is the finest of the forms of jet and was greatly sought after. Whitby jet was carved and shaped into most forms of Victorian Jewelry and very [...]

Here is a subject I find a little difficult – brooches made from butterfly wings. These were very popular in the art deco era, the wonderful shine on the bright blue looked beautiful set into silver. Above are a couple of examples of genuine vintage brooches set with butterfly wings. But what about the poor [...]

I am starting my exploration of the materials that brooches are made from with Silver. Why? Well I seem to have more vintage silver brooches than those made from every other material put together. Perhaps that is because I like silver or just perhaps because more brooches were made from silver than from any other [...]

So how do we spell the pretty clips we attach to our clothes. Is it Brooch or Broach? Why are their two different spellings? As I see both variations used I decided to do a little research. Goggle offers us far more choice of sites and searches using the term “Brooch”. Wiki gives Brooch its [...]

You can often find older brooches , especially Victorian brooches, set with porcelain plaques which have been painted or printed. These brooches are quite decorative and very collectible. Try looking out for some with classical European paintings: Hand painted with Birds brooch : Or how about a collection of hand painted vintage floral brooches? These [...]

Just a few pictures of antique and vintage enamel brooches to add to the previous blog post. Do you have any more to add? I normally have a selection of vintage silver enamel brooches available.

I’m giving this brooch away for free! And I will post it anywhere in the world included in the offer. How do you get your hands on this pretty? You will need to visit my shop at www.antiquesavenue.co.uk and take a look around at the brooches. Come back here and tell me which one of [...]

Do you have an old vintage brooch which is broken and can no longer be worn? Perhaps its beyond having the catch repaired? I know I have several, they get kept because they are beautiful and I dont have the heart to just throw them away. Sadly these pretties never see the light of day.Recently [...]

I am starting my exploration of the materials that brooches are made from with Silver. Why? Well I seem to have more vintage silver brooches than those made from every other material put together. Perhaps that is because I like silver or just perhaps because more brooches were made from silver than from any other [...]

I am going to spend the next few posts examining the different materials vintage brooches were made from . Hopefully this will help you to identify the ones you have – please do mail me if there is anything interesting you would like covered or you think I am going to miss ( Always quite [...]

AnitquesAvenue is partial to vintage and antique brooches . This post contains links to all my articles on these pretty collectable and wearable Jewels. Buy Brooches: Antique Brooches Vintage Brooches Vintage Costume Jewellery Brooches About Brooches:    Lucite Brooches Nanny Pin

Have you ever seen genuine Georgian Jewellery? This is the earliest Jewellery which can be readily be bought today which is still in wearable condition. The Georgians (1714 – 1837) loved their finery including all their Jewellery. Much of it is very very expensive today however original Georgian locket pin brooches remain quite affordable as [...]

Vintage brooches had the highest possible profile this week with Michelle Obama wearing one at the Presidential inauguration ceremony. The brooch she wore at the neckline of her dress is thought to have been a British Victorian piece set with crystal clear white paste stones. You can read more about it here. The brooch featured [...]

Antique dealers and auctioneers have a special ( an completely legal ) way of describing items when they are selling them  to make them appear better than they really are. I am going to use three antique brooches to help show you what I mean. This brooch below I am describing as being set with [...]

Here is a very strange and rare type of brooch – The Nanny pin. Here is a rare brooch – its only the third one of these I’ve had in stock in the last 15 years.  This is known as a Nanny pin brooch. It dates from the Edwardian era ( possibly late victorian) and [...]

Many of the best English porcelain manufacturers made floral brooches out of porcelain – these are intricate and delicate handcrafted pieces in pretty colours and actuate flower shapes. In the past I have seen examples by Royal Doulton, Crown Staffordshire, Coalport, Aynsley and lesser known companies such as Adderley and Denton.

It looks like vintage brooch lovers like myself are in high company. The American new First lady in waiting Has been seen wearing lots of wonderful pieces. Just look at how she has converted a cardigan into a wrap by pinning three flower brooches to it – so easy to follow and so effective.  How [...]

Every now and then I notice a new trend in customers purchases, this year Lucite brooches have been much more popular than ever. Rather than being surprised how popular they are becoming I should wonder why they have not been so sought after previously.  Lucite brooches are wonderfully colourful for of vintage costume jewellery brooches and [...]

John Hart silver is quite sought after these days. He was a silversmith making jewellery in the Celtic manner during the 1950s, 1960s an 1970s.  Here are two piece of scottish silver jewellery with the JH makers mark which are particulary interesting as they retain their original boxes and information cards. The Luckenbooth Pendant This [...]

Although I seem to  have been blogging about vintage brooches quite a lot recently I think there is one specialist collecting area I have competely forgotten to mention so far – Mourning Jewellery or more specifically mourning brooches. These antique and vintage brooches are made in rememberance of a departed loved one. In the Georgian and Victorian [...]

Here is Novembers Give Away from AntiquesAvenue. This vintage brooch is bright and colourful – I find it particularly interesting due to the wide range of materials used in in. The frame is metal – the diamante are glass, the flowers seem to be real dried miniatures set under plastic. With a mainly turquoise / [...]