Top American Modernist Jewellery Designers . A guide for collectors to some of the key names and less well known names in mid century modernist jewellery design.

Illustrated article about vintage designer fish brooches, focusing on the designers who made the brooches, and materials used.

Guide to the key Mexican Silver Jewellery designers from the 1930's onwards including William Spratling, Antonio Pineda, Valentin Vidauretti and others.

A guide to bird brooches, including history and symbolism of the brooches, key vintage designers who made the brooches, and materials used.

Our illustrated guide cover the history of butterly and dragonfly brooches, the symbolism behind the brooches, key designers who made them, and materials used.

Brooches have been worn for centuries and have been having a resurgence over recent years.  Our illustrated guide covers the different types of antique and vintage brooch styles.CELTIC BROOCHESCeltic brooches were a style of brooch developed in Early Medieval Scotland and Ireland. The penannular brooch, a very common type of ancient Celtic jewellery, was representativ..

  Interested in British modernist jewellery design? Check out our illustrated guide to British Post War Jewellery Designers including designer history , concepts, and beautiful examples of work. 1) ANTHONY HAWKSLEY Anthony Hawksley (1921-91) studied at the Maidstone School of Art, before later training as a silversmith at the Royal College of Art, London..

  Interested in Finnish silver jewellery? Check out our illustrated guide to the top jewellery designers from Finland  1) Bjorn Weckstrom/Lapponia  Bjorn Weckstrom (1935 -)  was a Finnish jewellery designer and sculptor. He originally wanted to train as a sculptor , however family opposition resulted in a change in direction. He studied at Helsinki's Goldsmith sch..

EARLY LIFE Georg Jensen was born in Raadvad, Denmark in 1866. The town comprised a small cluster of houses situated in lovely countryside around a knife factory north of Copenhagen, His father worked as a grinder at the factory and his mother was a housemaid.  Jensen worked alongside his father at the factory from an early age. He did not have much schooling. His family recognised h..

Interested in Danish silver jewellery? Check out our illustrated guide to the top jewellery designers from Denmark1) ANTON MICHELSEN Anton Michelsen was born in 1809 in Copenhagen, Denmark. His family had been metal smiths for generations. He undertook a goldsmiths apprenticeship in 1939 before moving to Copenhagen where he continued his training at J B Dalhoff's workshop. He w..