| Jewelry has been around for thousands of years -in one form or another.
Object was -as the historians tell us- was to wear all you had -to protect it,
and show your neighbors just how rich you were, and then get buried in it and
thereby provide employment for archeologists and the like.
One wonders when people (women) accumulated enough of the stuff to actually need
a place to store the jewelry they weren't wearing at the moment. Or when
there developed an aesthetic of "Less is more." -jewelry-wise.
In any event, it must have been about this time that jewelry boxes got
invented.
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I offer a number beautiful Jewelry Boxes in a variety of woods and in a variety of sizes. Actually the footprint of the drawers are all the same and carefully set to fit standard Jewelry Box Inserts, but they are available with from 2 to 6 drawers. |
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I also offer Jewelry Salesman's Boxes. This is a wonderful little portable display case that is designed to allow salesmen to protect and display their wares and carry them about conveniently. These mini display case are particularly useful because they perfectly fit Jewelry Box Inserts,
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Finally, for your jewelry that looks so good you don't even have to wear it, consider putting it in a display case -and if it is specially valuable, I make a display case that locks too. |
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Interesting Links For Jewelry: |
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For the sentimental sort, Cherish Collectables has some lovely stuff. Hand done even! And they are very nice people.
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Joan Elias' Absolutely Vintage site is commercial, but has lots of well organized OLD stuff. |
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JewelrySupply.com |
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I must say that I'm a little disappointed in what I find on-line for jewelry collectors. Lots of sites tout information and articles but seem only to want to sell you stuff when you click to them. The ones above are honest in their intent to sell -and I respect that more them the old bait-and-switch. If you have suggestions for useful sites, please drop me an email. |
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