Press Releases from chiltonsantiques (3 total)
Where to Get a Good Jewellery Valuation
I just recently inherited some jewellery and needed to get a jewellery valuation for insurance purposes. I had never been through this process and was overwhelmed by the many jewellery valuators in Sydney. I wanted someone who was good, had a great understanding of jewellery and would give me an honest appraisal of my jewellery. I asked around and heard multiple friends mention Chilton’s Antiques in Bondi, although they are…
Royalty Inspired Victorian Jewellery
Queen Victoria reigned over Great Britain from 1836 to 1901 and it is often believed that it was her love and affection for her husband and children that inspired the romantic and sentimental era of Victorian jewellery. It was a time of hugely contrasting classes, social responsibility and dictating etiquette and manners which was reflected in the era’s jewellery production.
Queen Victoria, and therefore Victorian jewellery, popularized mourning jewellery, jewellery…
Vintage costume jewellery
Nothing livens up an outfit more than a piece (or pieces) of vintage costume jewellery which I found out when I wondered into Chilton’s Antiques at Bondi (they’re also located in Miranda) and walked out with costume jewellery from a bygone era. I felt like I had stepped back in time to the early twentieth century with my new vintage necklace and earrings, and I was reminded of my childhood…
