Our Top Ten 'Jewels' for Valentine’s Day

The London Silver Vaults sells antique silver but also has a great selection of silver vintage jewellery and watches and even some new silver jewellery from today’s talented silversmiths.

You will find a good selection of jewellery and gift items on display in the three big cabinets in the downstairs foyer – these are the ‘shop windows’ for the Vaults. Here are ten items on display which our designer has selected. Any one would make a perfect Valentine’s Day gift.  See more from the display.

 

For Her

Diamonds and precious stones 

1.  Eternity ring set with three diamonds and four sapphires.

£450 Bruford & Heming, Vault 65 

2. 5cm wide cuff bracelet in plain silver. £270 William Walter, Vault 3

3. 1950s Danish enamelled silver bracelet. £225 Linda Jackson Vaults 53 & 55 

4. Modern, hand enamelled silver    ‘Wave’ earrings by Scottish silversmith Sheila Fleet. £87.   Nat Leslie, Vault 21 (enquiries to Vault 7)

5. Black Onyx & Diamond Necklace with white gold ‘kiss’

£1,950. Belmont, Vaults 48 & 50

6. Silver, marcasite & cubic zirconium necklace, £195.

William Walter, Vault 3.  

Contact details here

For Him

Gold for Him

1. Gold compass £150 Wolfe, Vault 41

2. Gold chain cufflinks £425 Wolfe, Vault 41

3. Silver model of vintage car £550. J Surtees, Vault 16

4. Martini cocktail stirrer, lemon zester and ice crusher in one.

£95. Linden & Co, Vault 7. 

Contact details here

Hand Mirrors Popular Again

The dressing table mirror is the ‘comeback’ item in a recent Kate Shapland beauty notebook for the Telegraph Magazine (10 December 2011). Remember them? A mirror with a long elegant handle, set in wood, glass or silver, that allows you to see your latest hairdo from the back if you hold it up to another mirror. At the London Silver Vaults there are some delightful hand mirrors to buy, either in decorated silver or with enamelled backs in whites, blues and greens. They date back to late Victorian times or the more recent Edwardian era and they were still being made in the 1960s. Prices are around the £200 mark or even half that for something less ornate. A very special Valentine’s Day present.

TOP FIVE VINTAGE SILVER VALENTINE PICKS

Here’s our top five picks for Valentine’s Day gifts from the London Silver Vaults’ cast of thousands. Buy her some gorgeous, colourful chunky jewellery. Try Belmont William Walter or Wolfe for semi-precious and precious stones in silver and gold settings as rings, necklaces or bracelets. shown here Seed pearls, peridot and gold earrings and bracelet by Wolfe Buy her pretty enamelled perfume bottles, hand mirrors, picture frames or trinket boxes in bright fruit drop colours at Linda Jackson, Choose a mirror or picture frame. Virtually every dealer has silver frames, heart shapes for her, ships for him. Three unusual picture frames by Barry Collins. The choice is huge.



For him there are vintage watches from all the big watch brands like, Rolex, Omega, or Patek Philippe. This stunning Omega Constellation with a solid gold waterproof casing in its original 1950s red leather box is from Anthony Green. And also for him a glass and silver claret jug is both a sophisticated object to own and a great way to accessorise the Shiraz. Most of the dealers sell these and Stephen Kalms has some very striking examples from the 19th and 20th centuries. Find the contact details for all the dealers and their specialities under Shop Details on the Silver Vaults website.