U K Fashion Jewellery White Gold Pendent Earring.

U K Fashion Jewellery White Gold Pendent Earring.

By Mannan.

New technologies and non-precious materials, including plastics, paper and textiles, have overturned the notions of status traditionally implicit in jewellery.

London Jewellery Fashion Diamond Party Earring.

London Jewellery Fashion Diamond Party Earring.

By Mannan.

Since the 1960s the boundaries of jewellery have been continually redefined. Conventions have been challenged by successive generations of independent jewellers, often educated at art college and immersed in radical ideas.

U K Jewellery Fashion White Gold Diamond Earring.

U K Jewellery Fashion White Gold Diamond Earring.

By Mannan.

This brooch commemorates the breaking of the World Land Speed Record by Captain George Eyston in 1937. The car depicted is Thunderbolt, which Captain Eyston designed, built and drove. It was powered by two aero engines made by the firm of Rolls-Royce, which presented the brooch to Captain Eyston’s wife.

London Jewellery Fashion Diamond Earring.

London Jewellery Fashion Diamond Earring.

By Mannan.

Artists and designers from other fields also became involved in jewellery design. Their work foreshadows the new directions jewellery would take.

U K White Gold Jewellery Diamond Wedding Earring.

U K White Gold Jewellery Diamond Wedding Earring.

By Mannan.

Dense concentrations of gemstones are characteristic of Art Deco jewellery. From about 1933 gold returned to fashion, partly because it was cheaper than platinum.

London Gold Jewellery Wedding Rings.

London Gold Jewellery Wedding Rings.

By Mannan.

Art Deco jewellery to the 1950s New York now rivalled Paris as a centre for fashion, and European jewellery houses could expect to sell to, as well as buy from, the Indian subcontinent.

London Wedding Fashion Jewellery Necklace Set.

London Wedding Fashion Jewellery Necklace Set.

By Mannan.

Sharp, geometric patterns celebrated the machine age, while exotic creations inspired by the Near and Far East hinted that jewellery fashions were truly international.