Types of earring fastenings
24 de mayo de 2013 (11:34h)
With this simple blog entry we are going to review the different types of earring fastenings. PUSH ON CLIP FASTENING This is the most commonly used fastening due to its convenient comfort and because it is a kind of clasp that nearly everybody feels good with. The back part can be closed simply by pressing [...]
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Posted by: María López-Linares
Etiquetas: earring, icono vintage, jewellery, jewelry
Verrocchio
17 de julio de 2012 (10:06h)
Andrea of Verrocchio, born Andrea di Michele di Francesco de’ Ciono, known simply as Verrocchio, was born in Florence in 1435 and died in Venice in 1488. His father was a roof tile and tile manufacturer although he would later become a tax collector. Andrea started working as a goldsmith in Giulio Verrocchi’s workshop, from [...]
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Posted by: María López-Linares
Etiquetas: earring, jewellery, vintage
Vintage tiara
A Tiara designed by Miriam Haskell from 1930
25 de abril de 2012 (09:50h)
When we choose a piece of jewellery for our shop, it is because it transmits something special and magical to one of the three of us. It seems incredible, yet we usually coincide in our choices. It is curious that being so different we always coincide at the hour of choosing the pieces that are [...]
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Posted by: María López-Linares
Etiquetas: broach, earring, jewellery, jewelry, tiara, vintage
Reproduction in silver gold.
Girl with a Pearl Earring (J. Vermeer 1632-1675)
18 de abril de 2012 (11:27h)
After seeing a certain painting in different publications or art catalogues so many times, when the moment finally arrives to find myself face to face with it for the first time, I am flooded by a sense of disquietude and nervousness. The image is so familiar to me that I don’t think I will be [...]
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Posted by: María López-Linares
Etiquetas: earring, jewellery, vintage
Illustration by Pipprisstella
The ‘Garçon’ Look (1920-1930)
18 de abril de 2012 (11:26h)
The Twenties gave way to the beginning of our emancipation. The fact that we achieved the free vote for the first time in this decade, after a great struggle meant that we would free ourselves from numerous restrictions to which we had always been subjected. The freedom to vote came hand in hand with the [...]
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Posted by: María López-Linares
Etiquetas: earring, jewellery, vintage
A silver reproduction of Bia di Medici’s earrings.
Bia di Medici
18 de abril de 2012 (11:07h)
These earrings arrived to our space by pure coincidence; however I fell in love with them as soon as I saw them. The elegant tone of their quartzes and the small hanging pearl inspired me from the first moment. I immediately started to look for information about the first owner of this delicate piece, it [...]
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Posted by: María López-Linares
Etiquetas: earring, jewellery, jewelry, vintage
Vintage pearls and amethyst earrings
3 de abril de 2012 (17:01h)
Pearls and Amethyst earrings inspired on Renaissance Period. Made on gold plated silver 75€. This piece belongs to our collection of Renaissance Period reproduction jewelry and will be available very briefly on our shop online.
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Posted by: María López-Linares
Etiquetas: earring, jewellery, jewelry, vintage