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 [...]

As regular readers here know I love going to auctions and thats where I buy much of my vintage jewellery.  At a recent auction I acquired a parcel of jewellery which had this unusual antique penannular cloak pin in it and Id like to find out more about this piece. What I know about this [...]

  I love victorian brooches and often come across sentimental pieces from the Victorian and Edwardian eras. Mizpah brooches were given between parted lovers – they all have one thing in common the word “Mizpah” and the legend ” may the Lord watch between me and thee when we are absent one from another”.  I didnt quite understand [...]

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 [...]

Enamel brooches 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 are a coloured glass applied to [...]

Silver Gilt is also known as silver gild, gilded silver, gilt silver or by its French term Vermeil.  What ever term it is know by the jewellery is made of silver and has a think layer of gold over it to give a gold appearance. Silver gilt has been used in jewellery since ancient times however [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Vintage jewellery buyers sometimes come across pieces of jewellery with the number 800 stamped in the back, just like this pair of Vintage cuff links: The 800 stands for 800 grade silver or 800 parts of silver per 1000 parts.  This standard of silver has been heavily throughout Europe including France, Belgium and Germany for many years. [...]

Looking for some vintage jewellery to go with your summer outfit? Silver looks good in the sun and because its cheaper than gold you can afford something much chunkier.  Some lovely pieces of vintage silver jewellery can be found from the 1970s which goes great with boho and rock chick fashions. How about a silver [...]

Vintage silver jewellery is becoming increasingly sought after. As the price of gold rises it is making the cost of heavier pieces of gold jewellery rise too and become too expensive for every day wear for many of us. Silver jewellery wears well and as it ages it acquires a lovely soft patina as long [...]

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 [...]

The featured vintage jewellery at antiquesavenue this week is all made of silver.  Silver has long been a favourite material to make jewellery from as it it takes a shape well, is quite durable and looks good when it is being worn. Silver was used widely throughout the Victorian and Edwardian eras. You can find [...]

Some special silver charms ready to add to your own silver charm bracelet: Devil in Dustbin charmAntique Charm silver devil in dustbin openingAntique Charm – This silver charm is in the shape of a dustbin, you open the lid and out pops the devil complete with horns and red eyes. How very unusual. I believe [...]

Vintage Chams info is the new blog dedicated to charms and charm bracelets of all kinds brought to you by Anne from AntiquesAvenue. I will never sell  you a new charm, all are genuine vintage pieces which I have carefully sourced from arround the UK. Today I would just like to introduce you to the [...]

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 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 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 [...]

Have you a collection of small Georgian silver? Has it been aquired recently and if so how do you know it is real? The Antiques Trade Gazette is telling the tale of the largest forger in recent times and also details some of the makers marks he was forging. I would be particularly concerned if [...]

Here is this weeks What am I? Do you know what these are? These special type of scissors have gone completely out of fashion these days but were regularly seen in fashionable Victorian and Edwardian households. You can also see them at banquets and in the poshest restaurants. Very collectable these days – especially in [...]

This is AntiquesAvenue’s guide to charms where I will be collecting all my charm articles together. Antique charms , vintage and contemporary designer charms. Silver, gold and costume jewellery charms including enamel travel shields- completely charming Charms for sale  Vintage Charms: Chim Charms Vintage Charm Bracelets Gold Charms Nuvo Charms Enamel Travel Shields Costume Jewellery [...]

I have chosen a very special Give Away for Januarys free gift.  Here is a silver charm made on the shape of a penny farthing bike by the sought after charm manufacturer Nuvo. This vintage silver charm dates from the 1970s and would make an excellent addition to your silver charm collection. This charm will [...]

I’ve been saving this special vintage silver charm to show you at Christmas. Here is Father Christmas on  standing on top of a Chimney pot with his sack of presents including a sparkling blue glass gem.  This vintage  sterling silver charm dates from the 1960s / 1970s and would have graced a special charm bracelet. [...]

The rich Victorians loved to have an array of specialist cutlery at the tables of their large banquets and developed a piece for every possible use: Salt spoons, Caddy spoons, butter knives, cheese knives, fish knives, ladles, scoops and picks. Here’s a pretty piece of Victorian silver I thought you would like to see: This [...]

As regular readers know I am fascinated by vintage silver charms and charms bracelets especially english charms including antique victorian charms and silver charms from the 1960s and 1970s. Recently I have aquired and interesting selection of silver charms which are set with coloured and faceted glass crystals. These charms on the larger side 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 [...]