Unsigned jewellery beauties for COW Jan 2013

Merry suggested this months jewellery COW of unsigned beauties for the Jewelry Ring forum on Yahoo. There is a huge amount of vintage brooches, earrings, necklace, scarf clips, bracelet and many more pieces that are unsigned. Here is our gallery of photographs on just some of the ones we have. If I have counted right there are 37 different unsigned beauties to view below.

   Huge blue and green rhinestone vintage clip earrings - sorry but already sold.

Ceramic vintage clip on earrings - brooches like this can also be found - unsigned.

Butterscotch clip earrings

Big drop clip earrings with turquoise coloured cabochon.

Spiky vintage clip on earrings - very large.

Love the colours in this large rhinestone vintage brooch.

Spiked rhinestone brooch.

This is a superb vintage brooch with a rich yellow gold plate.

Another unsigned beauty with a safety chain.

You don't often see many vulture brooches and this one is on the larger size.

Enamel and tin acorn brooch - so detailed.

Horse brooch with plique a jour detail.

Love these cute rabbits on this enamel brooch.

Think this one is so stylish and pretty - unsigned.

The colours on this gorgeous rhinestone brooch with a faux opal middle are just stunning.

This is in my own collection from my grandmother and so colourful star fish brooch.

Very pretty rhinestone flower brooch with pale yellow, topaz and amber coloured stones.

Not sure what this animal is but unusual and unsigned.

Silver vintage marcasite brooch of a peacock.

Unsigned trembler flower brooch. 

Large shoulder brooch of a panther - unsigned.

Enamel and marcasite flower brooch - just a bit unusual!

In own collection - three headed dragon brooch.

Another one from my own collection - a flying horse enamel brooch.

Cranberry red glass rhinestone and clear rhinestone brooch.

This one is a bit different star shaped brooch with clear stones and a silver tone setting.

Large flower basket brooch.

I do like the colour green in this rhinestone European brooch.

Enamel floral brooch in bright colours.

Vintage scarf clip with faux pearls and detailed conkers and leaves.

Unsigned mens tie clip and a pair of buttons with red cherry detail.

Copper and red enamel cuff bangle - not sure how old this is but a beautiful unsigned artisan piece.

Treble strand glass bead necklace in blue and pearl. Like the blue beads with bits on the outside, not sure what this technique is called?

Pretty clip earrings think there are necklaces to match available but unsigned.

Aquamarine coloured necklace.

Last but not least a lion necklace.

All the above are unsigned beauties. Thank you for looking.

Changes to Jewels & Finery UK for July 2012

Good morning, now the sun is out so everything is bright! This month my husband and I have finally decided about making some changes to our websites. So it is with a heavy heart that we have closed our craft site and information one. It was just too difficult to keep up with adding new products or information as well as running our main website Jewels & Finery UK for vintage jewellery. There are just the 2 of us and we wanted to expand, so this was our final decision. Jewels and Finery will continue to sell genuine vintage jewellery as well as antique Victorian jewellery, pre owned and brand new jewellery. But we do have plans for the future that we are very excited about. But much more of that at a later date.

Just some of the latest additions;

Genuine black vintage bead necklace with graduated beads of glass. Complete with a brass screw clasp. Long necklace circa 1930s.

Vintage cameo brooch by Sphinx. The cameo is on a mock carnelian background with a rope decorated frame. Signed designer jewellery from Sphinx of the UK.

 Butterscotch coloured vintage clip on earrings. Love these as so vintage in style of the 1950s.

You will not see a lot added over the next 2 weeks as we are having a redesign. But watch this space for more exciting news. lets just hope the sun continues to shine down on all of you this week.
   

Huge and big clip on earrings

Now you either wear clip on earrings or not. Useful if you have not got pierced ears but also can be worn if you do. Clip earrings first came into fashion in the 1930s and enjoyed about 50 years of popularity before a gradual decline in use. Many people still use clip earrings, although finding them is difficult as many jewellery companies no longer make them. 

Before the clip mechanism was patented, ears were pierced usually using a needle heated to sterilize. Then pushed through your ear with a cork placed at the back to stop the needle going too far! Now you had to trust your friend, sister or mom to make the hole in the right place and you had not to move.
So in came the clip earring that did not require surgery, although some pinched your ears and you had to make sure they stayed on. But help was at hand in the shape of earring accessories of pads and pillows. Pillows fitted over the paddle and not only cushioned but helped keep the earring on. Then pads fit into the hole on the clip paddle and again cushion and help to hold the piece of jewellery in place. 

In the late 1970s an new way to pierce ears came in - the piercing gun which revolutionised piercing ears. Well lets face it now days, everthing seems to be pierced!!

So back to the big and huge clip on earrings - very popular in the 1980s and 1990s when everything was over sized.

In the photographs are big pink plastic clip earrings, diamante delight earrings also quite big. Huge blue diamond vintage clip on earrings.Then above Peta Lure earrings circa 1960s by Sarah Coventry.  Below are copper and gold tone floral clip earrings circa 1990s that are also bigger than average.

  Of course there are more vintage earrings to wear on Jewels & Finery for pierced ears. 

24Th Wedding Anniversary

Most people get a bunch of flowers and a card for their anniversary from hubby. This year he gave me the flu! Have had a long weekend off together and he has been really ill - must have been for our teenage son to notice!! Now I feel achy and the start of a cold coming - the joy!!

The weather was glorious 24 years ago, looking back to the many memories of friends and family who unfortunately are no longer with us today. My only regret would be that I did not keep a diary (memory not as it should be) and took loads of photographs over the years. Especially of my teenage years and early twenties. Yes I did wear a mini dress - lets face it most of us did, but it does not stop her father looking at our daughter's attire and saying is that a t-shirt or what! go and put some clothes on! My daughter takes so many photographs at every opportunity and  makes collages of photographs in books with messages or frames for friends birthdays.
I like the idea of keeping a scrap book to record our family history but so far have just brought a scrap book. Just need to start - something for my children and hopefully grandchildren at some point in the future.

So for my anniversary here are a few pieces of floral and wedding jewellery

Something blue for luck vintage brooch

Vintage costume jewellery pearl earrings

 Antique rhinestone earrings

Silver red rose pendant necklace