A lady came into our store...

A lady came into our store offering us an antique silver chain. She knew it was antique because she had a dated picture from her grandmother wearing it. She showed us the picture and indeed when looking at the picture through our jewelers loupe we saw the same chain. The back of the picture gave away the dates 1911, 1912 and 1913.

Normally we do not deal in silver jewelry but this is so much more then “just jewelry”. This is what our trade is all about, the link between us and our ancestors documented on a dated picture. The lady sold us the chain together with the picture and we are proud to offer it here among our gold, platinum and diamond jewelry. The combination of an antique photograph with the original chain depicted on it is truly unique!

When looking closely at the picture we see a young woman with the, in those days fashionable, wasp waist and sautoir (long chain). The strong bound wasp waist was the ultimate standard of feminine beauty. Although a normal average waist measurements varied between 50 and 58 cm (20 and 23 inches), women tortured themselves with special corsets to measurements between 40 and 45 cm (16 to 18 inches).

We can also recognise the name tag she is wearing on her dress; Catherine. We do not think that granny Catherine would have ever imagined that people would still speak about her 100 years later.

Click the picture to get to the descriptive page of this chain.

Antiqualy yours,
The Adin team

www.adin.be

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An Easy Guideline To Buying Historical Jewellery

Historical jewelry is one thing that never goes out of vogue. Being really valuable items of jewelry and collectibles, they are a dream of every woman who wishes to don it at least once in her life time. The basic reason behind such enchantment with historical jewelry is owing to the fact that the jewelry that was designed in the bygone era was very fascinating and stylish. It featured dome of the most exquisite designs and patterns making it look really exclusive on the wearer.

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Penny Proddow, 65, Jewelry Writer, Historian

-- JCK-Jewelers Circular Keystone, 3/3/2009 8:14:00 AM

Penny Proddow, passed away peacefully at her home in New York, Feb. 28, following a short illness. She was 65. Her professional worlds included teaching at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, curating at R. Esmerian, Inc., and co-writing a monthly column for In Style magazine.

Educated at Bryn Mawr College as a classical archaeologist, Proddow wrote a series of children's books in the 1970s, bringing to life the world of Greek myths for a young audience: these writings would become the basis of her lecture series "Pause for Pegasus" given at the educational department at the Met in recent years.

Applying her knowledge of ancient art, Penny became a jewelry researcher and historian; her pioneer efforts assisted in organizing landmark jewelry exhibitions and co-writing articles and five books.

“Proddow was known by friends and associates for her gutsy creativity, her acute observation enhanced by historical and literary knowledge, and her laughter.

A private burial will be held in Nantucket.

From: www.jckonline.com

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