Archive for the ‘jewelry’ Category

Egyptian and Assyrian jewelry

Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009




From the W. Struse Collection at Old Book Art.

Jakob Bengel

Monday, March 16th, 2009

The Jakob Bengel Company began in a Germany as an engineering and metalware manufacturing firm, but is now best known for the Deco jewelry they produced in the 1930s, using chrome and a casein plastic called galalith (that’s Greek Roots for “milkstone”).

For that futuristic barbarian superhero princess look:




All via eBay seller natparis.

Vintage Lanvin costume jewelry

Sunday, March 1st, 2009

Before Lanvin jewelry meant pearls and fussy ribbons, it meant huge chunks of Eurotrash modernism.


Maybe five years ago you could still pick this stuff up for almost free, but now you will made to pay. All via eBay.