Trifari Costume Jewelry

Trifari Costume Jewelry

When it comes to vintage costume jewelry in the United States there is one company that usually stands above the rest of its competitiors and that is Trifari. Gustave Trifari was an immigrant from Italy and was the son of a goldsmith located in the Italian city of Napoli. Gustavo Trifiari would start his business [...]

Lalique Glass

Lalique Glass

Lalique Glass was a company that had a very interesting beginning. The founder and the namesake of Lalique Glass in Rene’ Lalique actually got his career started as a freelance jeweler and jewelry maker. It was the antique art and glass that Lalique Glass got their big worldwide name and fame from. Lalique was an [...]

Louisville Stoneware

Louisville Stoneware

Louisville, Kentucky is more known as being a hotbed for the breeding of thoroughbred horses and the infamous Churchill Downs where the Kentucky Derby is held. Another thing that Louisville is known for is art and stoneware and it is in the form of the one and only Louisville Stoneware. Louisville Stoneware is noted as [...]

Micro Mosaic Jewelry

Micro Mosaic Jewelry

Micro Mosaic Jewelry is a collectable that can trace its origins to the 20th century and noted collector of finer things in Sir Arthur Gilbert. Micro mosaic is also refered to as one term of micromosaic or micro-mosaic. Gilbert coined the term Micro Mosaic Jewelry to the mosaics of Roman origin that was made and [...]