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<BODY> <P><FONT FACE="Arial"> Antique jewelry, vintage watches, antique engagement rings, vintage jewelry. European antique jewelry store specializing in vintage jewelry mainly Art Deco antique engagement rings and Art Nouveau vintage watches. Antique jewelry is something made in an earlier period and collected and valued because it is beautiful, rare, old or of high quality, vintage watches and precious antique engagement rings are sample of vintage jewelry or related to the buying and selling of such items. Costume jewellery is jewellery made from artificial jewels. Creations of the Art Deco movement used materials for antique jewelry suitable for expressing the new stylistic language. Preference was given to the smooth, polished, satined surfaces of precious vintage watches metals or even of steel. Diamonds and other precious stones were used in antique engagement rings sparingly, functioning largely as chromatic accents. In the same piece of vintage jewelry, coral could be combined with diamonds. Some collectors enjoy antique jewelry for its historic or academic value, but most also appreciate jewels from a bygone era that still serves to flatter modern styles and at the same time add that inimitable touch of antique charm. Predominant design themes employed in Victorian jewelry borrowed from natural origins, flowers, trees, and birds. <a href="http://www.antique-shop-online.com">Italian antiques and collectibles</a> <a href="http://www.salvatore-fiume.com">works by Salvatore Fiume</a> <a href="http://www.european-antique-jewelry.com/garnet-jewelry.htm">garnet jewelry</a> <a href="http://www.european-antique-jewelry.com/estate-jewelry.htm">estate jewelry</a> <a href="http://www.european-antique-jewelry.com/3702948325.html">antique jewelry links</a> <a href="http://www.european-antique-jewelry.com/37029748326.html">antique jewelry resources</a> </FONT> </P> </BODY>