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Vintage charms blog
Posted by: | CommentsRegular readers here will know that one of the Vintage Jewellery specialities of AntiquesAvenue is Vintage charms and Charm bracelets. I have no opened a special blog devoted to vintage charms over at http://vintage-charms-info.blogspot.com/
Do take a look, I’ve made a start on a Vintage Charms A-Z with A for Acorns and opening charms starting with A.
I’ve also being trying out Google’s new Knol system ( short for knowledge I think) and have written a five point guide on how to tell genuine vintage jewellery from modern reproductions
Anne
Vintage Charms, opening A charms
Posted by: | CommentsContinuing the A-Z of vintage charms we have lots to look at with the letter A.
Here are a few of my favourite opening charms beginning with the letter A:
Adam and Eve Apple charm
This Apple charm opens and inside you can see Adam and Eve. A cute silver charm made by Nuvo and dating from circa 1970s. This charm is in the shape of an apple. It opens and inside are Adam and Eve. The Nuvo makers logo is actually impressed inside the apple beneath Adam and Eve. This vintage charm measures about 1.5 cms wide
Vintage charm silver opening Asprins case
A nice vintage charm made of silver and in the shape of a case with the word ” Asprins” written on it. This is quite a rare charm and dates from circa 1960s / 1970s. It would be excellent to add to the charm bracelet of a Nurse, Doctor or other caring professional. This vintage charm measures about 2 cms high including the bail.
A cute vintage charm from circa 1970s made of silver in the shape of Aladdins lamp. This opens to find Genie asleep inside – genie is painted in blue enamels. This charm measures about 3 cms long
Vintage Charms A for Acorn
Posted by: | CommentsHere’s the first entry in the A-Z of Silver charms. A is for Acorns.
Here is an English sterling silver charm dating from circa 1970s, it was made by Nuvo having their manufacturers mark impressed. This charm is set with a faceted crystal making it particularly desirable – also the detail on this is of the highest quality
Approx Size:1 inch long
Approx Weight:5.2 grams
Country of origin England
Have you seen the range of vintage charms available from antiquesavenue.co.uk?
Vintage Charms A for Acorn
Posted by: | CommentsHere’s the first entry in the A-Z of Silver charms. A is for Acorns.
Here is an English sterling silver charm dating from circa 1970s, it was made by Nuvo having their manufacturers mark impressed. This charm is set with a faceted crystal making it particularly desirable – also the detail on this is of the highest quality
Approx Size:1 inch long
Approx Weight:5.2 grams
Country of origin England
Have you seen the range of vintage charms available from antiquesavenue.co.uk?
Vintage Jewellery occasions a-z, D is for
Posted by: | CommentsVintage Jewellery occasions a-z, D is for………….
Daughter, Driving Test, Divorce and Dances.
Vintage jewellery for your Daughter on any occasion. Girls like charms and charm bracelets, in silver or gold a charm bracelet is a perfect vintage jewellery gift as you can add to it over the coming years and you will never be short of a gift idea again. Charms do not have to be worn on a bracelet, you can put a charm on a chain around your neck or hang one from a handbag or key chain. How about a vintage charm on an ankle chain that would be quite original. Look out for vintage enameld charms like this ladybird which add colour too.
lady bird charm
Congratulations on passing your Driving Test. How about a charm or brooch in the shape of a car. Car shapes can also dangle from earrings.
Cheer up you friend who has just got divorced. Instead of just buying a vintage gift of jewellery why not go shopping for some instead. Vintage jewellery can be found at most antique fairs and a trip to one of the larger fairs makes a great day out. Look up your local fair in the “whats on ” section of your local paper or visit the antiquestradegazette website.
Vintage jewellery for Dances – take a look at the bridal and party section on www. antiquesavenue.co.uk for some excellent glitzy party pieces.
Vintage Jewellery A-Z, Christmas
Posted by: | CommentsVintage Jewellery A-Z, C is for Christmas, Christenings, Coronation and Children.
AntiquesAvenue’s continuing A-z of occasions and reasons to buy vintage Jewellery explores the letter C.
Christmas
Christmas earrings
As I have written previously there is a piece of vintage jewellery suitable for a Christmas present for everyone and I will come back to this again in December this year.
There is also vintage jewellery with a Christmas theme to collect. Brooches and pins in the shape of a Christmas tree, snowman earrings or farther Christmas hanging from a charm bracelet. The earrings in the picture above are in the shape of angels – how suitable for Christmas day.
Christenings, Children
Yes you can give vintage jewelry as presents for children and at christenings. Silver and gold without stones are both suitable and especially small pieces. Silver bangles are traditional christening presents for girls or how about a small silver purse? For a boy, how about a Vesta case, card case or a silver fob?
Coronation
coronation charm
Coronation jewellery souvenirs can be found from Queen Victoria onwards. I have not actually seen pieces from her coronation but the charm shown in the picture shows the coronation throne and was made to mark the coronation of King Edward VII. This silver charm depicts the coronation throne in Westminster Abbey and the charm has full silver hallmarks for 1901 the year in which Edward VII became king. The charm measures about 3 cms long . There are similar charms for the coronations throughout the 1900s.
A-Z Vintage Jewellery, Birthdays
Posted by: | CommentsA-Z Vintage Jewellery, Birthdays
The second part of AntiquesAvenue’s A-Z of occasions and reasons to give Vintage Jewellery. B is for Birthdays, Birth of Baby, Bride and Bridesmaid, Baptism .
Birthday Jewellery
When giving vintage jewellery for Birthdays the choice is made easier for us as each month has its own gemstone. You can give either a piece of fine jewellery set with the gemstones here or a piece of costume jewellery with glass stones of the same colour. Here is a list of the stones and their colours:
January – Garnets- blood red
February – Amethysts – mauve or purple
March – Aquamarine – Pale Sky blue or water blue green
April – Diamonds – Crystal clear
May – Emerald – Green
June – Moonstone or Pearl – Creamy white
July – Ruby – Red
August – Peridot – Apple Green
September – Sapphire - Blue
October – Opal – Multi white with blue, red and green flecks
November – Topaz – Golden Yellow
December – Turquoise – Pale Blue
Vintage Jewellery for Baby and to Mother on Birth of Baby.
Whilst Jewellery is not always the first gift we think of of giving to a baby the Victorians would often pin a name brooch on a baby or simply a silver brooch declaring “Baby ” like the one in this picture.
Baby Brooch
Vintage Jewellery for the Bride and Bridesmaid.
AntiquesAvenue offers a special range of vintage jewellery suitable for the ” Something Old” part of a brides outfit. This Bridal Jewellery is sparkling and very very pretty. You also have the added advantage of knowing that you are not wearing the same piece of jewellery as every other Bride this year. How wonderful would a bride look in these earrings?
Vintage glass pearl flower earrings:
Wonderful vintage earrings which would be excellent worn as wedding jewellery for the bride or bridesmaid. These are made of glass beads with a pearl finish and are wired on the the clip on type fittings. These earrings are vintage 1940s and measure a little under 3 cms long
AntiquesAvenue news update mid October
Posted by: | CommentsI’ve got a new blog
AntiquesAvenue blog was getting over run by vintage jewellery articles so I’ve opened a new blog dedicated to vintage and antique Jewellery to leave more room here for talk about antiques and the antiques trade. The new blog is www.vintage-jewellery.info and I will be updating it regularly .
vintage charm bracelet
Charm Week
If you’ve been reading this blog regularly you will know its charm week on AntiquesAvenue and I have a new video out on how to attach a charm to a charm bracelet. I’ll re-do this video if I can find a little help with the filming. As a special offer to readers of this blog you can have a 15% discount from any charm or charm bracelet purchased from antiquesavenue shop – www.antiquesavenue.co.uk between now and Monday 19th October 2009. Just mail me before you buy and I will sort out the discount for you.
eBay Auctions
Now that summer is over its time to start my eBay auctions again and I have some nice pottery and glass items up for auciton all at bargain prices and with UK postage included inthe cost. Do pop over and take a look: antiquesavenue
Antiques-Forum
The new antiques forum at antiquesavenue is starting to get a bit of interest – have you seen it yet? You just need to register with an e.mail address to comment , no further details are required. Want to find out about your antique ? well just ask a question on there and you may just get the help you need.
New in Stock
Fresh stock of vintage jewellery this week includes an excellent selection of vintage gold charms – these are much better quality than the equivalent new ones today and usually have a heavier gold weight. I also have more to add over the next few days including gold spinner charms, more gold cat charms and some nice gold ring charms
Denby jug
Antiques A-Z
Now I have largely freed AntiquesAvenue blog from vintage jewellery, I am going to start a new series antiques A-Z. The aim is a blog post a day – lets see if I actually manage this post rate. A is for Auctions, B is for Bakelite, C is for cups, D is for Denby – there is just soooo much to do. (Anyone want to help?)
Coming soon
Next week and until the end of October I am featuring vintage silver jewellery so watch out for features about silver and special offers on my silver jewellery including antique and vintage silver brooches. There is more pottery and glass going up for sale on eBay as well.
Thats all for now
Anne