The 1960s and 1970s are often considered to be when the best English gold charms were produced. These charms have great quality and there is a huge variety of shapes and sizes to be found. The vintage charms vary in size from about 1 centimeters to three centimeters. Any more and the piece of jewellery [...]

Want a quick and easy way to clean your silver or silver jewellery? Ive made a little video showing how this can be done with kitchen foil and soda. The foil lines a glass bowl and I then place the silver to be cleaned inside. I add hot water and then a shake of bicarbonate of [...]

British vintage charms from the 1960s and 1970s are most often seen in silver. The gold charm we see are sometimes smaller or less interesting than the silver ones however I am delighted to have found some truely excpetionaly vintage gold charms. These charms are all fully hallmarked as nine carat gold and are all [...]

AntiquesAvenue has a fresh selection of vintage charms for you, mainly silver charms dating from the 1960s and 1970s including some by the famous maker Nuvo. The selection includes articulated and opening charms as well. Included in this fresh selection of vintage charms is an opening handbag charm, an opening baby in pram charm ( [...]

Time for a look at some vintage gold charms suitable for gifts this Christmas.  Vintage Gold charms make  great Christmas present as you can buy one each year to gradually build into a larger piece of jewellery full of special memories. Remember all the gold charms available from AntiqusAvenue are vintage and as such better [...]

Ive been busy adding vintage charms to http://www.antiquesavenue.co.uk/ today all gold charms including some fobs suitable for a charm bracelet, the three wise monkeys , a kitty cat, a miner lamp, a bible, emergency money, a first aid box and a vitnage hoover. Heres a sneak preview:

When you are a collector or dealer in vintage charms  there are some which you regularly come across. For example many charm bracelets have an opening church, a key, a 21 disc, a dog, a cat, a horse, a pair of ballet shoes, a horse shoe and a wedding and engagement ring. There are other [...]

How old is my vintage charm bracelet?   Charm jewellery is unique in that it is often a personal collection which has been built up over the years. Some of the pieces can be a lot older than others, parts may be new, parts inherited and the bracelet is often added to throughout a persons lifetime. [...]

Now this may seem simple to those of you who have been collecting and wearing vintage charm bracelets for some time. Recently I have had two customers receive their silver charm bracelets and then not know how to open them. The little heart shaped padlocks can be quite a puzzle unless you know the trick [...]

Have you seen these little black glass cat charms?  These vintage charms are getting quite rare and collectable these days . Originally they were in Christmas Crackers in circa 1920s to 1950s. These measure about 1.5 to 2 cms high. These lucky black cat charms cat be found with different collars, some have beads on [...]

Dog jewellery of all kinds is popular. You can find dogs as brooches, pendants and earrings. Today I am looking as Dogs as Charms.  Vintage  charms shaped as dogs can be found from the Victorian era right through to today. Look hard enough and you will find dog charms made of silver, gold glass, plastic [...]

The latest Vintage Charm news from AntiquesAvenue. I’ve been adding lots of fresh vintage charms to my website over the past few days especially some interesting vintage silver charms including opening charms and some quality Nuvo silver charms. Here are a few of the best : Opening egg charm  I love this vintage charm, In the [...]

Vintage silver charms beginning with C, this concludes my look at charms beginning with C .  Comb charm not often seen on its own. Here is a vintage silver comb charm combined into a hairdressing set.    Church charm This vintage silver charm is in the shape of a church.The church opens at the base [...]

Cameo jewellery is often seen as brooches, rings and earrings. Less common but just as attractive are cameo charms, I suppose that these are found less often as a charm is small and therefore the picture is difficult to carve in miniature. Cameos are carved so that the picture stands proud of the background. Often [...]

Cameo jewellery is often seen as brooches, rings and earrings. Less common but just as attractive are cameo charms, I suppose that these are found less often as a charm is small and therefore the picture is difficult to carve in miniature. Cameos are carved so that the picture stands proud of the background. Often [...]

More gold charms beginning with C, Ive just been busy adding more vintage gold charms to AntiquesAvenue and found these lovely gold charms from my “C” collection. China man charm A lovely vintage gold charm made of fully hallmarked 9 carat gold. This charm is in the shape of a china man. The charm measures [...]

Have you a charm or charm bracelet that you would like to know more about ? This morning I received a request for help from a lady i bought, what looks like, a very very old charm bracelet at an auction yesterday for $ 25.00. i was wondering if you could help me find out [...]

Have you a charm or charm bracelet that you would like to know more about ? This morning I received a request for help from a lady i bought, what looks like, a very very old charm bracelet at an auction yesterday for $ 25.00. i was wondering if you could help me find out [...]

Cat charms come in all sorts of shapes, sizes and materials, they are one of the more popular collectable vintage charms.  Cats often feature in nursery Rhymes and childrens stories. I’ve already shown you two of my favourites Hey Diddle Diddle and The owl and the Pussy cat . Now I have found Ding Dong [...]

Collecting Clock Charms A vintage charm collection can be built in many ways, one of the most interesting is to pick a theme and build a charm bracelet around that theme. Some interesting themes include: a charm from each of the Zodiac signs, charms with a circus theme, charms with a holiday theme or charms [...]

Collecting Clock CharmsA vintage charm collection can be built in many ways, one of the most interesting is to pick a theme and build a charm bracelet around that theme. Some interesting themes include: a charm from each of the Zodiac signs, charms with a circus theme, charms with a holiday theme or charms related [...]

Taking a look at vintage silver charms beginning with C.  I have been lucky enough to find three very articulated gold charms all of which are currently available at http://www.antiquesavenue.co.uk/ Articulated gold bracelet charm, Indians in Canoe What an unusual gold bracelet charm. This is made of fully hallmarked 9 carat gold and is in [...]

Antique and Vintage Charms Charms have been worn and collected throughout history right from the ancients up until today. Antique and vintage charms can be found in all shapes and forms and are made of a multitude of different materials. They are also called amulets or fobs ( perhaps a little larger than the average [...]

Sorting through  my vintage charms beginning with B, I notice that several of them are articulated or moving. Lets take a look: Four poster Bed charm Here is a very rare silver charm dating from circa 1960s. This articulated charm is of a couple in a four poster bed. Beneath the bed is a leaver [...]

Sorting through  my vintage charms beginning with B, I notice that several of them are articulated or moving. Lets take a look: Four poster Bed charm Here is a very rare silver charm dating from circa 1960s. This articulated charm is of a couple in a four poster bed. Beneath the bed is a leaver [...]

I have been lucky enough to find two vintage silver charms both of which represent nursery rhymes / nonsense poems relating to cats. These are The Cat and the Fiddle and The Owl and the Pussy Cat. The cat and the fiddle Charm Hey diddle diddle, The cat and the Fiddle The cat and the [...]

I have been lucky enough to find two vintage silver charms both of which represent nursery rhymes / nonsense poems relating to cats. These are The Cat and the Fiddle and The Owl and the Pussy Cat. The cat and the fiddle Charm Hey diddle diddle, The cat and the Fiddle The cat and the [...]

Some time ago I wrote about vintage owl and pussy cat brooches in the shape of two of my favourite creatures owls and cats and this put me in mind of Edward Lears nonsense poem “The owl and the Pussycat” .  Imagine how delighted I was to find a vintage silver charm in the shape [...]

Here is the first of my look at vintage charms beginning with the letter B. Bacchanalia, A wonderful and rare Victorian antique charm which has been hand carved from bone . There is a lovely bacchanalian lady with flowing robes and grapes in her hair and in her basket. The carving is in high relief [...]

Here is the first of my look at vintage charms beginning with the letter B. Bacchanalia, A wonderful and rare Victorian antique charm which has been hand carved from bone . There is a lovely bacchanalian lady with flowing robes and grapes in her hair and in her basket. The carving is in high relief [...]