Antique Jewelry

As you know, sapphires come in all shades of the rainbow except for red which is ruby.  Padparadscha sapphire range in color from light to medium pinkish orange to orange pink and should be light in saturation.  It’s easier to imagine the color as being a beautiful sunset or a ripe guava. Iron, titanium or chromium causes its unique color hue.  Untreated padparadscha sapphires are beautiful and very rare. Because...

White or Colorless Sapphire vs. Diamond It’s easy to find Colorless or White Sapphires. More often you will find colored sapphires of every shade in the rainbow.  White or colorless sapphires may have hints of gray, yellow, brown and traces of blue.  The closer a sapphire comes to colorless, the more value it has. In the 1990’s, white or colorless sapphires became the substitute for diamonds.  They actually doubled in...

The Modernist art jewelry takes after the Arts and Craft Movement in the late 19th century and early 20th century, where craftsmen worked together to complete a piece of jewelry, such as brooches, necklaces and rings.  Handcrafting was emphasized. In the 1930’s and 1940’s, the Federal Art program supplied a stipend to artists for their talent and work projects.  After World War II, veterans took advantage of the G.I. bill...

Amber, emerald, ruby, marcasite, ivory and bakelite were the most popular materials of the Art Deco Period. Amber is fossilized tree resin.  The trees grew along the shores of the Baltic Sea and during the Glacier Age, it caused these trees to be swept into the sea.  It solidified under ice and pressure.  Amber sometimes surrounds a dew drop and often has insects, petals of flowers, seeds or bark inside. ...