The seller calls this charm a magician, I’ve seen it listed as a corpse in a casket, and I think it’s a groom in a hope chest. But tell me what you think? what every girl really needs in her hope chest charm- the GROOM!
Ah the sweet joy of young love, in a German enamel charm!
September 4, 2009 by Leave a Comment
You have to see this auction – it’s an example of research well done and fun to read. Charms of every vintage era become history lessons , and the more we collect and learn the more deeply we appreciate the past and use it to enrich the future. This is the very essence of a […]
The perfect Charm for Gothic, Day of the Dead, or Halloween
August 25, 2009 by Leave a Comment
Granted the painting isn’t vintage but isn’t it glorious? The idea of such talent using a lovely old frame for a memento mori is brilliant. This is a particularly nice skull in a gold frame of Victorian era. halloween or day of the dead – a classic either way
Charms of the Chatelaine
August 19, 2009 by Leave a Comment
This has some spectacular enamel charms on it – quite a collector’s piece and a joy to find while searching today. I think this is a 1920’s item, long past the time of the Victorian Chatelaines and purely decorative of course – but what fabulous charms! click here for more details of this spectacular chatelaine
Try to figure out which puffy heart charm on this bracelet is the Walter Lampl
August 3, 2009 by Leave a Comment
I lust after so many of these hearts, but this hidden treasure is fun because you really have to search to be sure which is the marked Walter Lampl one. have fun! so many wonderful puffy heart charms on this bracelet, a treasure hunt for the lampl
