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How Can You Identify The Age Of A Piece Of Costume Jewelry?
Home » Jewelry » Costume Jewelry » How Can You Identify The Age Of A Piece Of Costume Jewelry?There are usually clues that can help you identify what era a piece of jewelry is from, the styles, the material, and the type of piece.
Jewelry reflects styles, designs, colors and stones of an era. From 1910 to 1930 silver was the favorite color for metal, so jewelry was found in platinum, white gold, silver or a base metal colored to look like silver. By World War II, gold was popular again but in short supply, because it was vital to the war effort. The gold that was available was made into very thin sheets and usually bonded to silver before being turned into jewelry.
By the 1930s, rhinestone’s popularity was increasing in Europe. Rhinestones were not available to the Americans until the 1940s. As a result, many of the pieces from this period tend to feature lots of metal and a single stone or a small cluster of tiny rhinestones.
Costume jewelry styles of past years are now becoming very fashionable and many are being reproduced. Even among costume jewelry there is a difference in quality. Many of the new pieces do not have the vibrancy in the stones or the weight of the older pieces.
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