Just like our fashion and trends, ancient civilization also have their own customs and traditions. Their believes and cultures are reflected in jewelery and other accessories also. Antiques jewelry are best example of their creativity and styles. Antiques jewelry were mainly made of using gold, silver, platinum, diamond and sometimes gemstones. Other items such as pearl,
precious and semi precious stones were also found in antique jewelery pieces.
Antique jewelery not only reflects beauty, it also visualize the history of its time. Most of the jewelery articles valued with their time span as it characteristics unique and beautiful motifs. Some of jewelery articles are valuable for their craftsmanship. Antiques jewelery is treasured for its rich past rather than its monetary valve.
What can be termed as Antique?rnAntique are generally those jewelery which are about hundred years old.
Antique jewelery can be necklace, pendent set, pair of earring, rings, brooches, anklets, bracelet and so on. Victorian choker necklace, Tumble necklace, Designer peacock pendant set, Pandora necklace, Thewa necklace, Tiffany bangle are some of the popular antique collections.
Usually, antiques collection have a defined historical time frames. Oldest one is Late Georgian. Jewelery before the Late Georgian period is hard to found. Victorian, Art Nouveau, Edwardian, Art Deco and Retro are the other time frames of golden times. Out of these most popular collections are confined to Victorian, Art nouveau, Edwardian and Art deco era.
Most popular types of Antique Jewelry:
Victorian jeweleryrnVictorian period is the time span in between 1830s to 1900s. The jewelery designs of this period is inspired by the nature that was elaborated in gold. Their jewelery items also include multicolor gem stones, dark stones, bright colors gemstones and diamonds in lockets, brooches and other items. Crescent and star designs jewels were very popular during that period.
Art nouveau jewelryrnArt nouveau' collection was popular in late 1890s. Motifs resembling snakes, dragons, butterflies, orchids were popular collection of that time. Designs were also made using semi precious and other precious gemstones, horns, tortoise shells, copper shells, see shells and ivory. In course of times, these jewelery designs lost their value due to the mass production of these enameled jewelry. In recent years, such collections are again gaining their popularity.
Edwardian jewelryrnTime span in between 1900s to 1916 referred as Edwardian era and various filigree patterns design were common in that era. Various types of diamond jewelery and pearl-platinum jewelery were popular during the Edwardian era of jewelry.
Art deco jewelryrnThis period is known as period of sapphires, emeralds and rubies. Most of the jewelery were elaborated with these fine bright colors jewels. Art deco was the period in between 1920s to 1930s which was very famous for long straight lines and bright colors designs. Diverse range of long earring was highly demanded in that era.
Retro jewelryrnRetro jewelery includes designs of recent origin of 1940s. These collections are highly excel in craftsmanship and are inexpensive as compared with new collections. Pink gold jewelery, floral design jewelery, big colored gemstones and other stylized geometric forms jewelery are some of the popular collection of that era.
Buying Antique jewelery is a big challenge. Especially for those who have little knowledge of antique items. Most of the antique jewelery pieces are highly priced, so it is important to check for its authenticity before buying. However, Some sellers provide the certificate of authenticity with antique jewelery. But, who knows how genuine is the certificate. Thus, always do some research for guessing the age of jewelery and its value.