Scrimshaw Double Heart Mourning Pendant

Scrimshaw double heart mourning pendant, 1807

“Beauty and youth in vain to these you trust

For youth and beauty shall be laid in dust.“

This quote is so true. Growing old gracefully rather than trying to turn back the clock is quite a challenge at times. 

Antique Pendant with Blue Bird

I am not much of a jewelry person but I would happily wear this little beauty on a gold chain. I wonder if it's engraved on the back? via

Mozart Locket Sold at Sothebys

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

LOCK OF THE COMPOSER'S FAIR HAIR, CONTAINED IN A 19th CENTURY GILT LOCKET, WITH A 19th CENTURY MANUSCRIPT NOTE OF PROVENANCE. SOLD. 35,000 GBP 

See auction post here, scroll down for description.

Love the Ruff

This is such a gorgeous detail of a painting. Love the ruff and the earrings. The quilted fabric too. via

My Favorite Necklace

This is practically the only jewelry I ever wear other than my pearl earrings. The necklace seems perfect with everything. It was a thrift shop find purchased years ago and it remains my favorite. 

my iPhone photo

Carpenter Gothic Cottage - Artist's Studio

This small 19th-century white clapboard house in Bangall, NY doesn’t look like a workplace, but the jewelry designer Gabriella Kiss’s studio is located inside. You are in for a real treat. There is a wonderful slideshow of the inside compliments of The New York Times. via

L'Odyssée de Cartier

This is the most amazing commercial I've ever seen.

Click here if you can't see it. I promise you will be blown away!

Georgian Wedding Ring

This is absolutely gorgeous, agreed? via

Family Album Necklace

This ancestry necklace would definitely be a conversation piece wherever it was worn. via

Cartier’s 100th Anniversary in America, a Sparkling Collection Goes on Show . . .

Dazzling Menagerie of antique animal, reptile, and insect jewels by Cartier.

Read the entire article that appeared in May 2009 Architectural Digest.

Thanks for stopping by the cottage to view some amazing jewelry. ♥Rosemary