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Accidental Antiquarian

Here for the Old World Sparkle. Design, history, jewelry, antiques.

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A Pretty Little Pinch

I was browsing auctions the other night for cool antique lamp shades for my imaginary chateau (as one does) and I accidentally stumbled on a lovely collection of fine 18th and 19th century snuffboxes, vinaigrettes and etuis. So of course, I...

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Is Antique Jewelry Trend Proof?

I’ve been selling antique and vintage jewelry long enough to have taken a few loops around the trendy-fun-time-ferris-wheel. The cyclical journey where vintage jewelry is hot, or not(?). Sometimes a specific item has a moment, sometimes it’...

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Old Jewelry on Old Paper: Understanding Jewelry Through Antique Catalogs and Ephemera

Stuff on my desk

I have an insatiable obsession with jewelry and jewelry-business adjacent ephemera, particularly printed catalogs and illustrations. As an art director turned someone-who-researches-jewelry-daily for my job, these old book...

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Queen Victoria's Jewelry: A story of Love and Memory


If you’ve made it here, you probably already know that Victorian-period jewelry is wildly interesting, loaded with rich history, and imbued with cultural symbols. Queen Victoria and her personal jewelry preferences set the stage for...

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Monogram Jewels of the Renaissance

Portrait of a Woman by Ambrogio de Predis, c. 1490, with an IHS pendant from the Art Institute of Chicago, 1575–1625.

Today we will look at a Renaissance jewelry style that we see across many historical portraits and engravings: the monogr...

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