What is a station necklace? Our guide cover the different type of station necklace, including silver, gold, pearl and gemstone station necklaces.

Brooches have been worn for centuries and have been having a resurgence over recent years.  Our illustrated guide covers the different types of antique and vintage brooch styles.CELTIC BROOCHESCeltic brooches were a style of brooch developed in Early Medieval Scotland and Ireland. The penannular brooch, a very common type of ancient Celtic jewellery, was representativ..

  Interested in British modernist jewellery design? Check out our illustrated guide to British Post War Jewellery Designers including designer history , concepts, and beautiful examples of work. 1) ANTHONY HAWKSLEY Anthony Hawksley (1921-91) studied at the Maidstone School of Art, before later training as a silversmith at the Royal College of Art, London..

  Interested in Finnish silver jewellery? Check out our illustrated guide to the top jewellery designers from Finland  1) Bjorn Weckstrom/Lapponia  Bjorn Weckstrom (1935 -)  was a Finnish jewellery designer and sculptor. He originally wanted to train as a sculptor , however family opposition resulted in a change in direction. He studied at Helsinki's Goldsmith sch..

EARLY LIFE Georg Jensen was born in Raadvad, Denmark in 1866. The town comprised a small cluster of houses situated in lovely countryside around a knife factory north of Copenhagen, His father worked as a grinder at the factory and his mother was a housemaid.  Jensen worked alongside his father at the factory from an early age. He did not have much schooling. His family recognised h..

Interested in Danish silver jewellery? Check out our illustrated guide to the top jewellery designers from Denmark1) ANTON MICHELSEN Anton Michelsen was born in 1809 in Copenhagen, Denmark. His family had been metal smiths for generations. He undertook a goldsmiths apprenticeship in 1939 before moving to Copenhagen where he continued his training at J B Dalhoff's workshop. He w..

  Interested in Norwegian silver jewellery? Check out our illustrated guide to the top jewellery designers from Norway   1) DAVID- ANDERSEN  The David Andersen company is a fourth generation family owned business. David Andersen (1843 -1901) was the son of a Norwegian tenant farmer. At 19 he became an apprentice to a Silversmith in Oslo where he studied enamelli..

  What is Costume Jewellery? The phrase costume jewellery” was first used in the 1920s, however jewellery and ornamentation made out of non-precious materials have been worn since ancient times. While it is sometimes called fake or "fashion" jewellery, it often incorporates workmanship and materials on a par with, or even better than fine jewellery. The 20th centur..

ALL ABOUT MOONSTONE JEWELLERY Moonstone is the opalescent variety of orthoclase. Traditionally thought to be a good luck stone and linked to romantic passion, it was often offered as a gift between lovers. Moonstone  can be transparent with a stong blue hue on the surface, or it can be milky with the appearance of inner light . It can have a striking cats eye or star effect.The h..

  All about the Amethyst Gemstone    Amethyst is known to be a purple variety of the mineral quartz and is often used to make beautiful amethyst jewellery including necklaces, earrings, bracelets and rings. The name amethyst  comes from the Ancient Greek where it meant “not intoxicated”. This stemmed from the belief that the stone would protect the ..