This week's blog offers some insight into the trend of Berlin Iron, the dark, lacquered metal that became internationally fashionable in the

This week's blog looks at the advent of cut steel in jewelry, a type of metalwork that became very fashionable between the late-18th and...

A collaboration between Antique Animal Jewelry and Heart of Hearts Jewels. Lovers of 18th Century Jewelry always fall head over heels for...

© Fine Art Images/Heritage-Images Joséphine de Beauharnais (1763-1814), born Marie-Josèphe-Rose Tascher de La Pagerie, was the first wife...

This week’s blog is all about jewelry and politics, and how they have been tangled-up together throughout several momentous events in...

This week's blog is about as spooky as it gets in the antique jewelry world. Skulls, coffins, urns... memento mori jewelry is the jewelry...

Sentimental jewelry is unlike any other; where gemstones and expensive metals usually denote value, the true worth of sentimental jewelry...

Getting to know hallmarks can seem like an intimidating task. What with assay office marks, maker's marks, time stamps, and different...

Signet rings come from an ancient tradition. There is evidence that signet rings have existed from as early as 1400 BC, and have been...

It seems that people have always had a fascination with conquering the heavens. Long before the world of space travel, airports and...

Mysterious, romantic, flirtatious: the Masked Lady pops up here and there in Georgian and Victorian antique jewelry. She often has...

Diamonds. They are forever; they are a girl’s best friend; they are the coal that did well under pressure. Is there a more iconic gemstone?

It goes without saying that jewelry can be, and often has been a powerful status symbol throughout history. Indeed, so have portraits....

Queen Victoria (1819-1901) was and is an iconic Queen. With the longest reign of any ruling monarch until that of Elizabeth II’s, it is...

When someone mentions the cherub, usually a distinctive image will spring to mind: a charming, chubby child with wings. Sometimes wearing...

Inspired by some new chatelaines that AAJ has sourced this week, today’s Wednesday blog will be all about chatelaines: the long-lost...

In last week's Wednesday Blog, we brought you Part I of AAJ's recommended jewelry books. This week, without further ado, we will finish...

Whether you’re a jewelry collector, wearer, buyer, or simply an admirer, a good way to expand your knowledge is by diving into some of...

Queen Charlotte (1744-1818), consort of George III, was said to have been a good-humored, faithful and lively queen whose legacy...

Every Jewelry collector knows that there is nothing better than finding a Georgian or Victorian piece of Jewelry in its original box. The...