Edwardian Style Closes the Door on Victorian Jewelry

In the History of Jewelry Edwardian Style Jewelry was made between 1901 - 1914.

Investing in gold and diamond, antique Jewelry from the Edwardian period can be both profitable and very enjoyable.

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Edwardian Style Jewelry is often overlooked in the family of antique 'joules'. A bit like a middle-child. Sandwiched between two magnificent decorative periods, namely, Art Nouveau and the Art Deco period.

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The classic elegance of design, means that pieces, in good condition, are very wearable today and compliment fashion and beauty in a way that shames modern mass produced jewelry.

Many pieces, you will notice, will often carry characteristics of two distinctive styles from the same period.

Abstract motifs and geometrical forms are quite typical for the Art Deco period while the fineness of line and lacey aspect of the piece are typical for the Edwardian period.

Both styles can run concurrently and may carry both influences.

Queen Alexandra and Edward VII's pursuit of luxury and enjoyment set the mood of the period in the second decade of the 20th century in art history.

The Princess of Wales, Alexandra (known as Alix), was the Princess Diana of her day. She was beautiful - tall, slim and elegant and able to wear clothes and jewelry with grace and style. Nowhere is this style of antique jewelry better represented than in the jewelry Alexandra wore!

Pearl dog-colars, diamond star and crescent brooches, delicately colored gem set pendants with a hint of Art Nouveau.

The British monarch encouraged the use of sporting motifs and his good luck stone, the peridot, resulted in some remarkable peridot jewelry.

The elegance, beauty and superb craftsmanship in the Edwardian belle epoche remains unparalleled.

By the time Art Nouveau jewelry had began to wane, true Edwardian Jewelry was in full swing in Britain as Art Deco was under way on the Continent.

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