Category Archives: Vintage Jewellery

Peridot – August’s Birstone

By Toronto Antiques on King | Published: August 4, 2016
There’s a new post on our main site about what make August’s Birthstone Peridot so saught after in antique and vintage jewellery. Please click here to have a quick read!
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Memorial Hair Jewellery

By Toronto Antiques on King | Published: March 28, 2012
“Hair is at once the most delicate and lasting of our materials, and survives us, like love. It is so light, so gentle, so escaping from the idea of death, that with a lock of hair belonging to a child or friend, we may almost look up to heaven and compare notes with the angelic […]
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Dearest and Regard Jewellery: Romantic Jewellery for Valentine’s Day

By Toronto Antiques on King | Published: February 10, 2012
In spite of Britain’s infamous reputation as a highly reserved people, Queen Victoria was a great romantic who wore her love for her husband and children on her proverbial shirt-sleeve. Queen Victoria’s love of her family inspired a wave of sentimental Victorian jewellery, which caused the British people to literally wear their emotions on their […]
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The Listening Season

By Toronto Antiques on King | Published: October 11, 2011
Although we try, we can’t really say it is the Christmas season yet. However, this year we are calling this pre-Christmas season the “listening season.” Tread quietly and you will hear the faintly whispered hints from loved ones. Be a good listener and you will be a good giver, which is really the best gift […]
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A Happy (Royal) Couple

By Toronto Antiques on King | Published: August 10, 2011
Who says only royalty can enjoy a royal life? Katherine and Darren have a romance story that rivals that of the Duke and Dutchess of Cambridge. First, the couple enjoyed high tea at Dalvay by the Sea, the resort where Prince William and Kate Middleton stayed on their recent trip to PEI. After their the […]
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Rubies Mean that Summer’s Here!

By Toronto Antiques on King | Published: July 15, 2011
Half-way into July (I’ll say it again, half-way into July!!!) and I’d say it’s about time to do a ruby post. With its intense raspberry colour, ruby is birthstone for July. The ruby is one of the most prized gemstones in history. It was thought to promote power white warding off evil. The ruby represents […]
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A Vintage Wedding

By Toronto Antiques on King | Published: June 28, 2011
Do you ever wonder how to use your favorite vintage items? Check out how Mango Studios used items from the Cynthia Findlay collection  in their vintage wedding shoot. Mango Studios borrowed the antique lockets, the brass and glass heart shaped box and the brass elk antlers (which is the base to an inkwell). The photography […]
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