The Archives

Bear with me, as this part of the website is and will always changing.

You can use this section to look and see what designer signed pieces we have in stock by a specific manufacturer, but I also created this section  or research.  When you look at one of these indexes, you will see that we have the items currently for sale by each designer near the top of the page, but we will also have pieces that we have we have sold mixed in as well.  We think that it's important to have a record of what we have sold on hand for research purposes.

Researching vintage costume jewelry can be a daunting task, and there never seem to be enough research sites out there to assist us jewelry collectors with identifying our unsigned precious finds, or to help us with pricing and determining ages of our jewelry.  Therefore, I'm hoping that this section can serve a dual purpose.

On this page you will find not only photo's of  our current stock, but also jewelry that I have sold over the past two years.   but also links to many of the research sites that I've used while attempting to make an identification of some of the unsigned pieces that I've acquired.  There are some great resources out there, and I'm pleased to be able to forward you on to those sites.

I've broken this part of the site down by designer names and jewelry manufacturers.  If you have any problems using this section, or would like to report a broken link, please email me at discerningblonde@iccmall.com. 

Thanks!

Research this site by Designer/Manufacturer

Links To Other Research Sites

MorningGloryAntiques By far one of the most comprehensive of jewelry sites.  I highly recommend this sites "Jewel Chat" section as a first step for researching all costume jewelry.  There, you can find information regarding manufacture, patent dates of jewelry hardware, and stone invention.  Very helpful and informative!	Jennifer Lynn's Timeless Jewelry Good site full of information.  Includes examples of designer works along with their patent information.  Lots of extras!  Good reference!
Discovering D&E (aka Juliana) Jewelry group On Yahoo! Do you have an amazing piece of vintage unsigned jewelry that you just know is special? It could be Juliana, perhaps the most extravagant of the costume jewelry types.  Join this Yahoo group and learn more about this highly sought after type of jewelry!	Costume Jewelry History And Jewelry Marks Illusion Jewels has a remarkable directory of vintage costume jewelry marks and valuable manufacturer histories and information.  You gotta bookmark this site...it's a must see!