This is one of my favorite charms and rarely found with both of the almond halves intact and included inside. It’s a Victorian love charm with double meanings; it can signify the equivalent of ‘2 peas in a pod’ two souls together and the sweetness of almonds or it can have a must more risque […]

Look at this pendant quickly – what do you see?  A man’s portrait? Three women? Something abstract? Check this Mephisto Metamorphic Illusion Pendant listing for more images of this charm. This is one of the Victorian puzzle charms, an early Rorschach test, and a way to be a little crazy in public. This example is […]

This is a British version of the American ‘Lite-a-Charm’, very popular in the 1950-70’s. Check our Vintage Catalog section for many versions of lamp charms. When hearing aids and watches started using these small batteries, jewelers jumped on it make lighting charms – and this one still works! Check the full listing (along with more images […]

Let me start by saying this is a lovely charm, a very desirable charm, it is a charm I would love to own. This is not, however, a pool of light charm… It may even be rock crystal, although it is far more likely to be crystal glass, but Pools of Light are globes of rock […]

One of the rarest charms, the statue of the Rape of the Sabine Women was an incident in Roman mythology in which the men of Rome committed a mass abduction of young women from the other cities in the region. The statue, created by Giambologna, stands in the Loggia dei Lanzi in Florence. This would make a prime charm for a Florence or […]