Vanity drove me to buy and thus collect good antique earrings in my early days of dealing. I was 28 and my face seemed more attractive when I added earrings, especially if they had movement. Rings weren’t for me – my hands have always been short and square with unloved nails. So, as a fledgling […]

      I often add a gold enamel locket on an antique snake-link chain, or a lily of the valley Essex crystal on a slightly finer snake chain. I bought these core pieces during the time I was a jewellery dealer in London, from 1978 until 1986. It was my great adventure, and my […]