Period Jewellery
From times immemorial Jewellery has always been defined in many different forms, and styles, reflected throughout the centuries by craftsmen and jewellers around the world. For easier understanding for people, we have compiled the following chronologically show in chart.
History and the Era
Jewellery has been used and worn by civilizations for earliest periods in history; In fact it dates back to the Stone Age civilizations where the jewellery was even made of bone. The bodies that were found frozen or entombed, were covered will all types of jewellery - amulets, bracelets, necklaces and earrings.
Estate Jewellery does not necessarily mean that a piece of jewellery is old, only that it is pre-owned. Collectable Jewellery usually means a costume piece that is no longer in production and Period Jewellery is a term that broadly covers jewellery from a specific chronological era.
GEORGIAN PERIOD 1714-1830
EARLY VICTORIAN PERIOD 1837-1860
MID-VICTORIAN PERIOD 1860-1880
LATE VICTORIAN PERIOD 1880-1901
ART NOUVEAU PERIOD 1880-1914
ARTS AND CRAFTS PERIOD 1890-1914
EDWARDIAN PERIOD 1901-1910
ART DECO PERIOD 1920-1935
RETRO PERIOD (WAR YEARS) 1935-1945
MODERN PERIOD 1945-TODAY
