#jewelry recommendation

[xinyidecor]

Close your eyes and watch a collection of earrings worn by exquisite girls

[fashionsfromhistory]

Brooch

Marcus & Co. (New York City, New York)

c.1900

This exquisite brooch is one of the few extant examples of plique-à-jour jewelry made by the New York firm of Marcus & Co., whose reputation at its prime rivaled that of Tiffany & Co. Herman Marcus (1828–99), a German–born and Dresden–trained jeweler, arrived in New York in 1850 and worked for a number of prestigious firms before establishing Marcus & Co. in 1892. Following his death, the company continued under the direction of his two sons, George Elder Marcus and William Marcus.

The brooch is a superb example of Marcus & Co.’s work in plique-à-jour enameling, in which the "cells" of color have no backing, allowing light to shine through the transparent enamel, thereby creating the effect of stained glass. One of the only jewelry firms of its day to succeed at this challenging technique, Marcus & Co. followed the lead of such innovative French designers as René Lalique. The sensitive 3-dimensional sculpting of the sweet pea blossoms and leaves, as well as the naturalistic coloring of the enamels, reflects the Art Nouveau aesthetic that prevailed at the turn of the century. Indeed, close parallels can be drawn with the brilliant naturalistic work of Louis Comfort Tiffany, whose oeuvre is so well represented in the Met’s collection.

The MET (Accession Number: Accession Number: 2016.107)

[askjumblr]

I found out the jeweler I got my engagement ring from is a raging antisemite. Obviously won't be purchasing anything else from them. Does anyone happen to know any jewish-owned jewelers for wedding bands? I'd like to specifically spend my money at a Jewish business after all this.

Oof, sorry this happened.

[arthistoryanimalia]

#WorldSnakeDay bling 🐍:

vintage #Bulgari Serpenti bracelet-watches!

1. gold w/ red + green enamel & diamonds, c.1965 2. gold w/ polychrome enamel & emeralds, 1967 3. gold w/ red + yellow enamel & rubies, c.1967 4. model photo 1967 (published in US Vogue, 1971) [images via Bulgari Heritage Collection]

Bulgari also curated an exhibition of the snake motif in fashion & art history called "SerpentiForm":

And there's a book!

Bulgari: Serpenti: The Power of Metamorphosis

[cosmic-chat]

Y’alll look at my Rainbow Monkey Earrings!! I made them!!

[darby-rowe]

looking back on photos of myself from late 2021/early 2022 and ughhh i miss my septum piercing so much 😔🤚

[stereopticons]

necklace

Stevie has never been a jewelry person. She had a nice pair of earrings once but lost them after a night of heavy drinking. Jewelry is just not a thing she ever thinks about. So when Patrick cornered her after the opening night curtain call and pressed a jewelry box into her hands and a kiss to her cheek, she was surprised.

Inside the box was a simple green pendant of looped metal and a note from Patrick that brought tears to her eyes.

She decides that maybe she can get used to the idea of having two best friends.

For the @schittscreekdrabbleblog word of the week

[bugsoda]

jewelry shops i think r cool bc why not

shop.kikay - my favorite shop, my friends and i have so many pairs of earrings from them. they sell cool acrylic earrings, charms, ear cuffs, + more. queer/asian owned and they are my favorite people <333 pricing is $5-$45

mild temperance - pretty bead jewelry :] sometimes ghibli themed which is cool!! price range is $18-$85

madeline handcrafted - such cool stuff. their main thing are these shiny like. butterly/moth/fairy wings and i have no idea what theyre made of but theyre cool as shit. also have pretty mushroom stuff!! pricing is $25-$435. i wish i had enough money 😭

ilia creations - polymer clay jewelry, pretty clouds/mushrooms/moons/flowers, that kind of thing :] latina owned, pricing i think $15-$48

fox treats - they have adventure time +over the garden wall stuff :33 prices $25-$50

sweet shop jewelry - flowers, berries, very spring/cottagecore. beads! unfortunately i dont know the pricing bc their shop is closed for a restock :/

+++++++++++++++++ thats all i can think of rn :P keep in mind i live in the USA so im not sure which countries they ship to

you guys should add on if you have shops you like bc i wanna see >:3

[casuallyceltic]

Just wrote a WOW (witnessing outstanding work) for myself lol

I told myself that I’m proud of me for not crying at every inconvenience.

Let’s see who notices first and who thinks it’s funny and who thinks otherwise.

I personally think it’s funny because I do outstanding work that no one seems to acknowledge.

[deklo]

slowly trying to get more gold jewelry and it’s come to my attention. that gold jewelry is very expensive :/

[xinyidecor]

Natural Pearl Series｜Each model reveals unique elegance and charm

[pillow-femme]

Got my left rook and my second lobe piercings today >:3

[drowninginyourtouch]

all this jewelry on me, i dont know why i got holy stones in my necklace that dont even shine i wear jewelry inside cuz im shy when i saw you in the mall, i knew you had to be mine

[radioactive-earthshine]

I got one of those medical tables for my bed so I could write in my bed easier and now FB thinks I am dying 🤦

[lady-harrowhark]

so my birthday is in two months, and since i’m turning 30 i decided i could be a little extravagant with regard to birthday gifts to myself this year. and i just got the notification that my Extravagant Gift has shipped, way earlier than i anticipated.

i bought myself an “engagement ring”. i’m not engaged. i don’t think that’s in the cards for me. but i saw this ring ages ago and immediately thought it was the most beautiful ring i’d ever seen. and i kept going back to look at it, and then they had a sale for black friday...

i had been thinking for a while i wanted to buy myself a ring for my birthday, and i had been looking at just tons of different ones, but i just kept coming back to this one. and i kept having these nearly-subconscious objections to buying it, like, “you don’t want to get That Ring right now, don’t you want to save that to be your engagement ring?” and “wouldn’t it be a shame if someday you did get engaged and you didn’t like that ring as much as this one? so you should pick your next favorite.”

and one day i was looking at rings online yet again, still internally debating. and i realized that what those thoughts were really getting at was, “you have to settle for second best because you’re single.”

which is not a perspective that i want to give any sort of power to. i felt kind of silly when i put it into actual words and i feel kind of silly admitting it, but whatever, it’s not like i internalized that of my own free will. i’m not gonna deny myself nice things on the basis that i’m waiting for some hypothetical person to maybe someday give it to me. like. that’s bonkers. i have the money for it, and if i’m spending that kind of money it’s going to be on what i want, not my second choice because i reserved my first pick for a figment of my imagination.

it was projected to take about a month to make plus shipping time, so i hadn’t expected it to be ready, let alone shipped, until january, but right now the tracking number says it’ll be here on saturday, barring any delays. i’m very excited but also not looking forward to people assuming it’s an engagement ring. i’m planning to wear it on my right hand but that’s easy enough to mix up and in fairness, it looks like and is marketed as an engagement ring. so i’m anticipating a few (well intentioned, i’m sure) questions about it but like ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[blackirishweab]

I made some liver of sulfur and used it to darken all the low spots of the ring so now the pattern can be seen properly.