Estate Jewelry

Estate jewelery's collection of antique luxury jewelery comes from many time periods. The most popular time periods are: Georgian; Early Victorian; Mid-Victorian; Late Victorian; Arts and Crafts Era; Edwardian; Art Nouveau; Art Deco; Retro; and Art Organique. In the later time period jewelry was also made differently. The gold was heavier, and stones were cut different.

Georgian-era jewelry is handmade and very rare. This era often features nature inspired designs, such as leaves, birds, and frequently includes precious stones. Like jewelry of the Georgian era, early Victorian-era jewelry also featured nature-inspired designs. Frequently, these designs were delicately and intricately etched into gold. Lockets and brooches were popular everyday jewelry during the early Victorian era, whereas colored gemstones and diamonds were worn during the evening.

In the Mid-Victorian era Jet, onyx, amethyst, and garnet are frequently found in jewelry from this period. Compared to previous periods, Mid-Victorian-era jewelry feature highly creative, colorful designs using shells, mosaics and gemstones. During the Late Victorian or Aesthetic period, jewelers used diamonds and feminine, bright gemstones such as sapphire, peridot, and spinel. Star and crescent designs as well as elaborate hat pins were also popular.

Due to the Industrial Revolution, many jewelry designers rebelled during the arts and crafts jewelry, returning to intricate jewelry designs and handmade craftsmanship. It was common for jewelry of this era to be simple in pattern, being made of colorful, uncut stones. The Edwardian period began upon the death of Queen Victoria when her son Edward became king. During this period many of the Edwardian-designed pieces incorporated more expensive gems such as diamonds, emeralds and rubies in elaborate designs.

As time went on more and more styles and gemstones became popular. Large Cocktail rings, watches, bracelets, and different necklaces are just a few pieces of jewelry that grew over the years. Everyone has their on person interest, and more people still wear these Victorian pieces and other jewelry from the later time periods.

Most people have a huge collection of later jewelry that was passed on to them and inherited. Some people you will find appreciate it more than others. If someone doesn't have an interest in keep their jewelry they come into our store and sell it. Due to this we have accumulated a wide variety of estate jewelry that we sell in our store. We have pieces from opera glasses, to cameos, and different types of ring styles or pins.

If you have a passion for estate jewelry come by and take a look, you'll be amazed by some of our intriguing styles.