A Wonderful and Insightful Overview Of Victorian Jewels

I found this to be an interesting and very informative Victorian jewelry site. It also deals with some other aspects of the Victorian Era, as well as including information on the eras pre and post.

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Hand-Wrought Jewelry Well-Designed, Well-Made, In Demand

A Treasure of Time Honored Techniques On Making Jewelry!

Hand-Wrought Jewelry
was created by authors
who lived what they taught.

From the Introductory:

While the general fad for anything and everything handmade, no matter how crude, has been tempered with better judgment, there still remains a strong, rapidly, increasing and discriminating demand for well-designed, well-made, tasteful hand-wrought jewelry.

The Authors:

Samuel Jesse Vaughn was the Head of the Manual Arts Department at Illinois State in DeKalb, Illinois in 1916. This school became Northern Illinois University which still teaches jewelry making within the Art Department.

Henry Richard Sorensen, a former Kalo silversmith, was proprietor of The Orno Shop in DeKalb. This shop is no longer in operation. There is limited knowledge about the shop but any pieces from there are considered rare.

Though the designs in this book aren't stictly Victorian, the methods are esentially the same. When you read this book, you get a glimpse of how the masters create their beautiful works.

If you want to delve further into this book, it is available in ebook form here. It must be bought. It'll show you how Art is born.

Victorian Jewelry: Beautiful for All Ages

Jewelry never goes out of style.

It is historical.

It has influenced sensibilities.

World trade can be at its mercy.

It espouses the ideal of exerting ones dominion through sight. Seeing is believing.

It is power.

Victoria wore hematite jewelry after the death of Albert. The popularity of hematite soared.

Fashions have changed since the Victorian Age.

There is always a way to fit in what you like when it comes to jewelry.

Especially Victorian styled pieces. Or the real thing.

Bling!