Dear Vintage : Junk or History?

Dear Vintage : Junk or History?: Welcome to the first blog post of Dear Vintage.    Art Deco Ring from a friends ETSY store. 'Dear Vintage' was born from...

Junk or History?

Welcome to the first blog post of Dear Vintage. 

 

Art Deco Ring from a friends ETSY store.

'Dear Vintage' was born from our life long passion of antique and vintage items. Four years ago my husband set up his business selling antique and vintage china online. During those four years I've become quite knowledgeable in this field. So much so, that now I see a pattern or a cup shape and can correctly attribute it to it's rightful maker. (most of the time anyway)

We have attended many an auction and walked our little feet off finding treasures to fill up our vintage shelves. More often than not hubby's auction boxes have included job lots of vintage costume jewellery. Since then I've been collecting the best pieces and researching the ones with signatures. Slowly but surely, I've accumulated enough sparkles to finally set up my own website. 

I know there are many people who simply adore vintage jewellery as much as I do. Others might say junk, I say history. That vintage brooch you see in grandma's jewellery box could well be an Art Deco piece. Which would have been made during the reign of King Edward, the son of Queen Victoria. Smooth lines, geometric shapes, streamlined forms and bright colours were popularised during this era and eternalised in the form of jewellery, some of which command high prices today.

Langani Deco Revival Brooch

Every vintage item has a history regardless of being signed or not. We like to think that we are keeping history alive by sourcing these wonderful forgotten treasures and finding them a new home and an appreciative new owner.

Our new website is still in it's early days. But we aim to bring you genuine vintage jewellery and accessories. Where possible we will give you a brief history to boot. There has never been a better time to invest in your history, whether it's a simple piece of jewellery or an antique tea service.