We all know trends tend to get recycled (are we ever going to be done with the ‘80s revival, people?!), but one thing that never goes out of style is a pretty piece of antique jewelry. For those of you who don’t have the opportunity to rummage through Mummy’s jewelry box for some spare baubles, here are some great online sources for antique jewels, true or faux.
In It To Pin It
Think brooches are best left to old ladies who lunch? Think again, sister! Pin on this
1890s Black Branch Brooch (1) ($50) from Erie Basin and party like it’s 19—er, 1899.
Bird’s the Word
Ruffle some feathers (in a good way, of course) with this 14k Art Nouveau
Peacock Pin
(2) ($850) from Doyle and Doyle, the legendary New York antique and estate jewelry shop that’s now available online.
The Green Fairy
Wearing
Demitasse’s Fairy Absinthe Spoon (3) ($390) from Catbird is the perfect way to celebrate absinthe being legal again, as it was in the time of Toulouse Lautrec, for whom this emerald-embedded spoon was designed. Now if only the wormwood extract was included…
Ivory Tower
This delicate
carved ivory pendant (4) ($956) looks antique but is actually from up-and-coming jewelry designer Becky Kelso, one of several at Brooklyn’s Clay Pot. Consider it proof that flower power was a phenomenon long before the ‘70s?
Time After Time
We know the "
tempest" pendant (5) from Shecky’s Girls Night Out designer
glitteryblue hasn’t kept time in a stretch, but who said fashion had to have a function after all?
Stick ‘Em Up
Need a new ‘do? Ditch that tired ponytail and sweep up strands with the
Vintage 3 Flowers Black Overlay Celluloid Hair Comb (6) ($65) from Susannah’s Combs, where you’ll find antique hair combs, antique hair combs, and yes, more antique hair combs.
~Courtney Stoutamire
