Vintage Necklaces and Vintage Lockets

Vintage Anton Michelsen silver starburst pendant Denmark £220.00 unusual old red bead wooden necklace costume jewellery £22.00 costume jewellery vintage flapper glass bead necklace £40.00 1970s gold diamond ruby flower necklace £50.00 Unusual banded agate silver pendant £25.00 Vintage Wedgwood black jasper dancing lady pendant £35.00 Huge vintage silver locket on chain hallmarked 1977 £45.00 Vintage silver marcasite necklace £18.00 Charles Horner art nouveau pendant HM 1911 £65.00 Vintage clear emerald diamante necklace earrings bracelet £50.00 vintage chrysoprase bead necklace silver clasp £45.00 Vintage lamp glass necklace with colourful birds £60.00 Vintage lamp glass necklace with blue birds £45.00 Vintage flower spray glass bead necklace circa 1930s £35.00 Vintage art deco blue glass pendant necklace £120.00 Vintage arts and crafts silver pendant on chain £65.00 Vintage art deco blue art glass bead necklace £28.00 Vintage art deco coral bead necklace £85.00 Vintage double strand cultured pearls flower clasp £140.00 Vintage 3 strand faux pearl necklace diamante clasp £25.00 John Hart silver enamel bird pendant 1980s £30.00 Vintage 2 strand cultured pearl necklace silver clasp £145.00 Vintage silver Scandinavian style fish pendant £35.00 Silver enamel art nouveau style pendant £35.00 Vintage arts crafts silver enamel flower pendant £40.00 Vintage French Jet necklaces and earring set £25.00 green enamel diamante gold tone necklace 1980s £18.00 black glass millifiori bead multi strand long necklace £24.00 vintage pendant - silver daisy flower 1973 hallmark £22.00 Wedgwood blue jasper lion pendant boxed silver chain £28.00 Wedgwood blue jasper fishes pendant boxed silver chain £28.00 Wedgwood blue jasper silver sheep pendant boxed £28.00 Wedgwood black jasper classical lady silver pendant box £35.00 Wedgwood blue jasper pendant - twins silver mount boxed £30.00 Blue Topaz silver pendant diamond shape £30.00 Vintage 1960s daisy flower citrine pendant 9 carat gold £48.00 1970s stylish gold citrine pendant £35.00 Vintage crystal drop pendant necklace glass beads £20.00 Blue enamel silver lavalier - vintage art nouveau £65.00 Vintage Pools of Light Quartz bead necklace & earrings £125.00

About Vintage Necklaces

Vintage Necklaces come in a huge variety of shapes and sizes here is a brief overeview of some of the types available:

Necklace: This is the general term used for any piece of jewellery hung around the neck and so you will often find a necklace reffered to by what it is made of: Gold necklace, pearl necklace or glass bead necklace for example. Vintage Necklaces come in all sorts of sized from the very short chocker to be worn round the neck to a full length flapper necklace which is worn way below the waist. Here are some of the names given to the different vintage necklace lengths: 

14- 16 inches - Choker - worn around the neck

18 inches - Princess - Sits over collar bones

20 - 24 inches - Matinee - Sits over clothing

30 - 36 inches - opera - this can be worn single or double

Longer than this up to 60 inches is a Muff Chain Popular in Victorian times or a flapper necklace can be longer.

Locket : Lockets are made to hold something, a photo or a small momento such as a lock of hair or a pressed dried flower given by a loved one. These can be opening so that the contents are hidden or have two glass isdes so that the contents can be seen. Lockets are normally hung from a chain or a ribbon arround the neck

Pendant: A pendant hangs on a chain or ribbon arround the neck but would not normally open like a locket. Pendants vary in size from small charms about 1 cm long to several times that length. They can be made of virtually any material imaginable as long as they are stylish, decorative or have sentimental value to the wearer.

Chain: Chains arround the neck are usually made of Gold or Silver, sometimes several chains of differnt lengths are worn together depending upon the desired effect.

Lavalier Necklace: The lavalier was popular in Edwardian times and the art deco era. It is a fancy pendant often set with tiny gems and hangs from a chain.