Jewellery

This rare skull stick or cravat pin was discovered at a valuation day in Oxfordshire.

A string of thefts from antiques shops in the Thames Valley, Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire has led to fears more traders could be targeted.

A 22ct gold Cadbury’s Conundrum egg made a huge return for the vendor when it reappeared on the auction block this summer.

Two people are appealing for help from the antiques trade and auctioneers after a lost brooch and a theft of rings occurred this month.

Thieves broke into The Lalique Museum in the early hours of July 5 and stole 27 items of jewellery valued in the region of €4.5m.

Duke’s latest Fine Jewellery, Watches and Silver auction in Dorchester was topped at £170,000 by this George III hexagonal pendant centred by a carved Columbian emerald within a border of graduated cushion cut diamonds.

An Elizabethan or early Stuart diamond cluster gold ring found in Wormington, Gloucestershire will be among 14 metal detected jewels offered for sale at Noonans on June 23.

A rare Roman gold ring, discovered alongside a hoard of coins, has been purchased by the South West Heritage Trust.

Antiques jewellery dealer Ian Towning and partner and co-owner Les Barrett have decided to close their shop in Chelsea after nearly 30 years.

North Yorkshire Police has issued a plea for information following the theft of antique and vintage jewellery from an antiques centre in York.

A jewel associated with an ancient Irish family has come on the market in London.