Annies Antiques Blog

I've a lovely collection to show you, lots of vintage costume Jewellery brooches and available as one lot so that you can keep a few and probably sell the rest at a profit . There are 25 brooches in this lot for £100 which makes them just £4 each including postage. Every one of these brooches is in excellent condition. They include gold and silver toned brooches, leaf and flower brooches, a cat brooch. There are diamante brooches, glass set brooches and brooches in the shapes of rose.

Cameo jewellery is often seen as brooches, rings and earrings. Less common but just as attractive are cameo charms, I suppose that these are found less often as a charm is small and therefore the picture is difficult to carve in miniature. Cameos are carved so that the picture stands proud of the background. Often but not essentially the design is in a contrasting colour to the background. Cameos can be made from all sorts of materials, normally we think of shell cameos as can be seen in this cameo charm: Other sorts of cameo charm include lava cameos which are usually carved in Italy from the lava from mount Etna . Here is a Victorian lava cameo charm Here is an antique charm - a lava cameo of a classical figure mounted in silver. This charm measures about 2.5 cms long and dates from the Victorian era. Cameos do not need to be made from natural materials, they can be made from glass, plastic or as in the case of this cameo charm by Wedgwood ceramic: Strangely

More gold charms beginning with C, Ive just been busy adding more vintage gold charms to AntiquesAvenue and found these lovely gold charms from my "C" collection. China man charm A lovely vintage gold charm made of fully hallmarked 9 carat gold. This charm is in the shape of a china man. The charm measures about 1.5 cms high and 1.7 cms wide. This gold charm is suitable for wearing from a gold charm bracelet. Champagne charm This gold charm is in the shape of champagne bottle in its champagne bucket. This is a fully hallmarked vintage gold charm and is made of 9 carat gold. This charm is quite large measuring about 2.4 cms high and could be either worn on a charm bracelet or on a necklace as a pendant Church charm This gold charm is in the shape of a church and when you open it there is a Bride and groom standing in front of an alter. This charm is made of 9 carat gold and is fully hallmarked. It is quite a chunky charm and measures 1.9 cms high Chick Gold C