This past week at Richard Ogden

Hello sweetheart!  So I love looking through the photos on my phone and seeing what lovely jewellery has crossed my path in the past week, and today is no exception!  We will start with this beautiful turquoise, pearl and gold necklace from the 1880/90s that one of our dealers showed me the other day:

Stunning necklace ca 1880/1890s

 

Gold, pearl and turquoise necklace ca 1880/1890s – sorry about the shaky picture, I must have been so overwhelmed by the beautiful design that I just couldn’t keep my hand steady! 

It is a typical English design with a nature motif, which was so very popular toward to the turn of the last century, which is when this necklace is from.  I had a chat to one of the dealers about whether it was an Art Nouveau piece or not, and he didn’t think so as it doesn’t quite carry the specific design of Art Nouveau, but he did say that there are some very pretty scroll work in the piece.

I obviously adore it especially because my grandmother loves the combination of gold and turquoise – and with the pearls it just becomes so delicate and romantic.  I would love to wear it with a nice and light summer dress, oh and speaking of which: I can’t WAIT for summer to come around, I am sure you feel the same way!!!

Gold bracelets from Richard Ogden, BADA Antiques & Fine Art Fair

And I spent this morning looking through our stock from the BADA fair and got stuck dreaming away on these chunky gold bracelets from Harvey & Gore.  They have some pretty exquisite jewellery, so if you are ever walking down the Burlington Arcade, do take a look in our windows, and you will see the Harvey & Gore collection in our last window down towards Piccadilly.  Everything is obviously beautiful, but these guys have some exquisite period pieces that are so much fun to look at!

So there we are dearest, I should be back again on Tuesday next week, as I am bit tied up on Monday.  I hope that you have a wonderful weekend and I can’t wait to bring you some more beautiful pieces next week!

Extraordinary antique jewellery weeks

Good morning my lovely, it is almost the weekend after this four day bank holiday week!

Burlington Arcade

These past two weeks I have spent working in one of the antique jewellery shops in the beautiful Burlington Arcade, and it has just been such a treat!  I am just writing a couple of in-depth posts but just wanted to let you know that it has involved learning about everything from the history of the monarchy here in the UK and how it affected jewellery designs; we have also looked closer at cuts and colours of diamond and what to look for when you are buying an engagement ring (yup, full post coming up on that too!)…

Diamond rings at Richard Ogden in Burlington Arcade

… how to tell if an emerald is an emerald or a fake stone posing as one and I have seen one of the most intense green emeralds of my life:

Antique emerald ring from Portugal – Harvey & Gore at Richard Ogden

… and I have been able to wear my special antique jewellery every day:

Wearing my antique pearl necklace

… so this is just a preview of a few upcoming posts, so you can probably understand my excitement!  For now I wish you a lovely weekend and look forward to bringing you more sparkling beauties next week!