Vintage and Antique Jewellery
Turquoise Native American Cuff Bracelet, 1960s
Price: £125Taxco Silver and Copper Bracelet, c1940
Price: £95Taxco bracelet with Aztec mask motif, 1940s
Price: £85Silver Lapis lazuli collar necklace, probably Taxco Mexico, c1990
Price: £75Fun 1950s pendant and chain commemorating 25 years of service at Ford
Price: £35Art Deco Scottish agate necklace
Price: £120Heavy silver curb collar necklace, Mexico 1970s
Price: £150Operculum shell demi parure
Price: £50An operculum is a calcareous structure created by many sea snails that serves as a little “trapdoor” to safely close them inside their shell. When, say, the tide goes out, stranding a sea snail too far from the water, the gastropod can draw itself deep into its shell and pull the operculum closed behind it.
Jade roundel bead necklace
Price: £35Lovely Bakelite bloom pendant on chain
Price: £20Art Deco rock crystal bead necklace
Price: £35Victorian Whitby jet mourning brooch
Price: £45French cockerel brooch 1920s
Price: £75Charming pair of silver piglet earrings
Price: £25Unusual Victorian style earrings
Price: £20English silver filigree floral necklace
Price: £25Modern twist on classic gate link bracelet
Price: £25Stunning opera length string of rock crystal beads
Price: £150Art Deco glass bead necklace
Price: £25Unusual 1950s puka shell and coral necklace
Price: £30Beautiful Chinese carnelian silver bracelet
Price: £65Carved Chinese brown jade necklace
Price: £50Pair of Taxco Mexican silver earrings, c1980
Price: £75American Art Deco silver and marcasite brooch
Price: £75Small Bakelite buckle
Price: £15Modernist Silver White Anthurium Brooch, Mexico, 1970s
Price: £30Taxco bracelet set with carved obsidian stones c1950
Price: £65Round pendant set with turquoise, Mexico, c1970, the chain later.
Price: £45Taxco charm bracelet, makers mark Castelan, 1950s
Price: £95Taxco butterfly brooch with abalone, makers mark EL 1960s
Price: £55Taxco silver bracelet, c1980
Price: £75Taxco clamper bracelet, attr. to Justo or Jorge Castillo, 1940s
Price: £350Justo and Jorge Castillo come from the Los Castillo workshop. Los Castillo was an influential and ongoing design and manufacturing enterprise established in 1939 by Antonio Castillo and his brothers Justo and Jorge and their cousin Salvador Teran. Los Castillo is known for sterling jewellery and fine pieces in "married metals" combining various metals such as silver, copper and brass. Castillo who arrived in Taxco in 1923, began his long career working for William Spratling at Taller de las Delicias. He married Margot van Voorhies prior to opening Taller Los Castillo bu they were later divorced in 1946. (see The Little Book of Mexican Silver Trade and Hallmarks, 2013)
Taxco grape motif necklace, c1980
Price: £350Native American turquoise cuff bracelet, 1960s
Price: £275Grand tour Italian filigree silver bracelet 1900
Price: £55Wedding Cake style glass bead necklace, Venetian 1930s
Price: £25Two long infinity strands of cultured pearls
Price: £50Two lacquer bird brooches 1980s
Price: £15Silver Monogram Celtic Style Brooch Hallmarked 1878/1879
Price: £45An advert for Edwin Umfreville appeared in 'The Bazaar, The Exchange and Mart - 19th April 1879' where one of his pieces is described. "Like all the “ E. U." jewellery that we have seen, the workmanship is first-class, and the design most tasteful."