_________________________________________________ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ COLLECTIBLE JEWELS NEWSLETTER & UPDATE NOTIFICATION "Jewelry Spanning 100 + years...into the Millennium. Charlotte Cicale char@collectiblejewels.com _________________________________________________ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ A Nice Warm Welcome from "COLLECTIBLE JEWELS NEWSLETTER". You are receiving this newsletter because you requested a subscription. To unsubscribe, see the instructions at the end of this newsletter. _________________ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ IN THIS ISSUE _________________ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ => Newsletter frequency => Jewelry History => Designer Spotlight - "AMCO" => Jewelry Update => Handmade Jewelry => Classified Ads => Personal Tidbits => Subscribe/Unsubscribe information _________________ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ NEWSLETTER FREQUENCY _________________ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Ok, so I bit off more than I could chew. I had originally planned on this newsletter appearing monthly, however, I've found that I've not had the TIME to do so. With that in mind, I've decided not to try and rush a newsletter each month, but have instead chosen to make this a quarterly newsletter. However, I will be notifying you in between the newsletters of any updates to the website, if they should occur. ________________ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ JEWELRY HISTORY Art Nouveau and the Arts and Crafts & Pearls _________________ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Pearls were immensely fashionable, and remained extremely costly. Very good imitations were available, but of more lasting significance were the attempts by Kokichi Mikimoto of Japan to produce cultured pearls from the 1890s. His technique involved introducing a small bead into the oyster shell, where it would be coated in nacre as in nature. Long pearl necklaces became more affordable, and the great rarity of large natural pearls was undermined. A new group of customers, wealthy industrialists and financiers, greatly stimulated the jewelry trade both in Europe and America at a time when many of the aristocratic families of Europe found their inherited wealth to be dwindling. They amassed both historic and new pieces: when the American heiress Consuelo Vanderbilt married the Duke of Marlborough in 1895 she wore pearls that had once belonged to Catherine the Great and the Empress Eugenie. Many of the wealthiest Americans chose to buy their jewelry in Paris; otherwise, Tiffany & Co. in New York were the most international and prestigious of the American firms. Pearls date back to Ancient times...300 BC. Late Roman jewelry from North Africa, part of a treasure of c. AD 400 belonging to an eminent family of Carthage in Tunisia. Polished sapphire, natural hexagonal emerald crystals, and PEARLS make up the necklace. SEE it HERE. http://collectiblejewels.com/archives/400ADRomanNeckNorthAfrica.jpg A great site to learn about the HISTORY of PEARLS: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/pearl/time.html VERY informative! _________________________________ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ DESIGNER SPOTLIGHT "AMCO" _________________________________ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ AMCO is the trademark used by A. Micallef and Co., Inc. founded in 1919 in Providence, RI. The company manufactured gold, gold filled, and silver jewelry including rings, cameo brooches, carved ivory jewelry, pendants, bracelets and earrings. I've always compared their jewelry to Van Dell, in quality and design. In my travels I've not come across the AMCO gold jewelry as much as I have the gold-filled. They seem to have produced some of their finest jewelry during the 1940's... and like Van Dell, their jewelry holds up well over the years, which is why I started collecting it. Not only do their designs seem timeless, the jewelry has the look and feel of fine jewelry. I don't think they are still in business and would love any information on this. Not many of the collectible jewelry books have information on Amco, so most of my knowledge has been seeing the jewelry and the styles and designs. *-*-*-*-*-*-*-DID YOU KNOW?*-*-*-*-*-*-* That cultured pearls feel like fine grit against your teeth? The hollow blown glass pearls are smooth, like glass. The inside of the pearls are filled with wax. This became very evident after being under the hot lights of a display case, and the wax started to melt. When the wax melts, all you have left is a little thin glass shell. I think these are known as old "wax beads" or "wax pearls". *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- __________________________________ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ REVIEW: JEWELRY UPDATE/SALE APRIL __________________________________ This is for you update members ONLY! Everything on the site is 25% off for the entire month of April. [This doesn't include Consignment areas and handmade areas and the bookstore, of course!] PLEASE REMIND ME WHEN YOU ORDER THAT YOU ARE A MEMBER OF THIS LIST! _________________ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Handmade Jewelry _________________ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Besides adding the "Girl's" Section to the site, be sure to check out Cele's Handmade Jewelry Cele uses semi-precious stones in most of her creations, as well as vintage glass and beads and her designs are beautiful! This area will be updated shortly with more item... she's made so much I don't know where to START! However, there are few new creations up there now until I find more time. http://www.collectiblejewels.com/CeleJewels.html My handmade area with collage pins from vintage pieces has a few new pieces as well! Char's Designs http://www.collectiblejewels.com/Handmade.html _________________ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Feel free to email me your thoughts! ---------------- CLASSIFIED ADS ---------------- Would you like to receive free earrings? All you need to do is pass this newsletter on to a jewelry friend and if they like it and want to join the list, I'll send you a free pair of earrings! Email me the name, email address of your jewelry friend, your name, address and preference for earrings: clips, screwbacks or pierced. I will your friend an invitation to join...if they accept, I'll ship out your earrings and notify you via email. -----===(*)===----- Looking for a Professional looking Website? 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It took her two weeks to attempt the stairs and now she acts like she is in the circus flying up and down them. However, she is STILL afraid to go down the basement stairs! Go figure! On sunny days when I'm sitting here working, you'll find my buddy Sheba, upside down in my bedroom, on the bed, with the sun shining on her chestnut and black hair, paws just hanging there... What a sight! ________________________ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ Copyright Information COLLECTIBLE JEWELS NEWSLETTER İ Copyright 1998, 1999, 2000 All rights reserved. ________________________ ŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻŻ ======>> Please Pass this Newsletter on! *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- How to Subscribe http://www.collectiblejewels.com/cjcgi-bin/mailing_list/mailing_list.cgi *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- How to Unsubscribe To unsubscribe, write to REMOVE@collectiblejewels.com *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- => Online issues can be found at => http://www.collectiblejewels.com/archives __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ Charlotte Cicale char@collectiblejewels.com CC Enterprises www.collectiblejewels.com http://www.collectiblejewels.com Jewelry spanning 100+ years... __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/ __/