Why Vintage?
We love antique and vintage jewelry. Here are some reasons why.
Aesthetic beauty
Compared with the lion’s share of contemporary jewelry, the variety of styles in vintage jewels — from sleekly tailored to feminine and fanciful, geometric to curvaceous, boldly rendered to ornately detailed, nature-inspired to purely abstract — encompasses virtually every design aesthetic under the sun.
Craftsmanship
There is no comparison between the expertly hand-fabricated, meticulously detailed artistry of jewels of the past and the mostly mass-produced, machine-made jewelry of today. You will frequently find that the reverse sides of yesterday’s jewels exhibit more time, effort, and attention to detail than the front sides of modern pieces.
Eco and ethical concerns
By definition, vintage jewels cause no new mining impact. There is simply no better guilt-free choice if you want extraordinary jewelry without commissioning newly extracted stones and metal.
Uniqueness
Although sometimes more than one of a certain piece was produced long ago, it is rare to run into a duplicate vintage jewel.
Diamonds and gemstones
The beauty of antique and vintage diamonds is the individual character of each stone. Cutters of yore viewed each rough crystal the way an ancient sculptor viewed marble, fashioning it according to nature and artistic impulse. Fine colored gemstones are still mostly cut by hand, and the original mines that produced the finest sapphires, rubies, emeralds, opals, and jade have long been exhausted or diminished.
Timelessness
In a trend-driven disposable society, if the appeal and value of a classic vintage jewel has lasted until now, it will continue to be coveted in the future.