23 June 2007
Mmmm….Antiques Shopping
Posted by Alison under: Antique; BlahBlahBlah; History; Jewellery .
Having a day off from the castle this week. I’ve got family coming to stay on Monday, and I promised myself I’d spend some time sorting myself and the house out.
Of course, that didn’t stop me doing a little shopping in between. My favourite antique shop is in the next large town which is about 20-30 minutes away by car. The owner is really helpful and helps me date my brooches and offers general advice. She also has the most beautiful antique ring collection I’ve ever seen - and she lets me play with them to see how they look. 
She knows I love Victorian jewellery, and was sorting out all her Victorian rings for me to look at. I’ve also got the tiniest fingers ever and it causes problems for me, so we christened them my ‘Victorian hands’ as Victorian rings nearly always fit me! No visit is complete however, without me leaving with something nice, so I have a ‘new’ ring added to my collection from 1892.
Must sort out that cleaning and tidying up now, *sigh*
2 Comments so far...
Alison Says:
26 June 2007 at 7:56 pm.
No, I think I’ll just admire then from afar, I don’t think they’d like dusting!
