Vintage Jewelry Research: A How To Guide

The history of jewelry is fascinating, and I hope these pages will help you increase your knowledge. I often receive email requests from people who visit this site asking for information about a specific piece of jewelry they own. While I do not have the time to answer each request, I have created this resource center to help you find answers to your questions.

The "Jewelry History - Links" page below can help you to investigate your jewelry. It brings together sites that explain jewelry terms, have silver hallmarks & maker's marks, help to identify colored gem stones, study cameo jewelry, let you look up patent numbers, and it has links to jewelry discussion forums you can join. There is a section for "Research Books about Jewelry: Costume, Collectible, & Vintage", it showcases the books that I use on a sometimes daily basis. I also have links to other websites that sell vintage and collectible jewelry. Finally, I have written 5 short articles that share some of my jewelry knowledge.