Two rare and spectacular pairs of Queen Anne paste earrings from the early 1700s. Georgian era; at L

Marie Antoinette of France was known for her extravagance and frivolity, but was the infamous 'Affair of the Diamond Necklace' one of the catalysts of the French Revolution?

The Jazz Age was a time of change in all aspects of design, technology, and the way women thought and dressed. Experimentation and the pulse of a new modernity was captured in both America and Europe. The Jazz Age also represented freedom from the constraints of past decades’ clothing and jewelry. Not only did

Georgian set of Pink Topaz. From the book “Georgian Jewellery 1714-1830” Like the ladies of the previous centuries, and those of the future, 18th century women liked their jewelry! I like their jewelry too, collet necklaces, garnet parures, great sparkling stomacher brooches! After a long break from Closet Histories, lets ease back in by admiring some Georgian jewelry! Georgian ladies wore necklaces, earrings, and brooches, but also shoe buckles, jeweled buttons, and chatelaines! Not always…

Cowboys, calypso, pajamas and transistors were all the rage in the Eisenhower era. Flip through shopping pages of the past.

This gorgeous pearl has traveled the world under very mysterious circumstances.

Napoléon’s signet ring