The Vintage Scamp – Jewelry Store

We have some elegant choices for vintage wedding jewelry. In our Sets Category, you will find many matching pieces and in our Refashioned Category, you will discover unique creations which would complete your wedding wardrobe perfectly.

Look at this piece that we just finished. The pendant is a very French looking hand painted porcelain brooch (still viable) on a vintage faux pearl bib necklace. Notice the rhinestone hair pieces.

A stunning vintage Lisner brooch is set into  six strands of vintage pearls to produce the latest Vintage Scamp Original. The Lisner company was famous for the use of choice Swarovski crystals and this piece is a perfect example of the outstanding craftsmanship expected of the Lisner name.  This piece can be found on our website in the Refashioned Jewelry Category.

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Sneak Peek: Dreaming of Dior by Charlotte Smith

Click here More.com to read excerpts and to see some of Grant Cowan’s illustrations.

For every clotheshorse, the closet tells a story. Charlotte Smith, curator of The Fashion and Textile Gallery in Sydney, Australia, takes inventory of her sizeable collection—5,000 pieces strong—in Dreaming of Dior. Read more on Charlotte’s blogs, Dreaming of Dior and The Darnell Collection.

Illustration by Grant Cowan, courtesy of Simon and Schuster

Signed Coro

This vintage brooch by Coro is one of the finest that we have in The Vintage Scamp collection and is offered at a very expensive $124.99. It will stay in the eBay store for a few weeks and, if not sold by then, will return to our online shop at The Vintage Scamp.

Coro designed this brooch using shades of green, pink, salmon enamel over metal and finished it off with clear rhinestone centers.  The brooch is a stunning 3 inched in diameter and makes a great statement piece for spring or summer or just to add to your Coro collection.

The brooch is in great wearable vintage condition and is signed Coro.

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Vintage Coro Brooch

The Vintage Scamp attempts to recycle any and all materials.

Our refashioned jewelry is constructed from broken pieces of vintage jewelry as well as brooches, necklaces, chains and “steampunk” pieces that are in great vintage shape and add a fashion flair to whatever we are making at the time. Whatever we use, the purpose of our jewelry is to help preserve a memory, a dream, a moment in a time gone by, a family heirloom or the lovely work of a designer who has left a legacy behind.

In addition and to further emphasize a commitment to staying green, each of our orders now comes to you gift wrapped in lovely silver 100% recycled gift boxes.

Also, the flat rate shipping boxes that are supplied by the USPS are made from recycled materials.

These practices are  good for our customers and good for our environment.

This BSK vintage brooch was just added to my eBay store. It measures just under 4″ and is a truly stunning piece of vintage jewelry. This is an old brooch with that lovely old world look and feel to it. Elegant and understated, this will look great on your Easter outfit or find a special spot in your collection.

And, this lovely Lisner vintage brooch has all of the refinements that is expected of the Lisner name – highest quality, look of refinement, traditional styling and an ever present fashion that does not change with trends.

These lovely brooches as well as many other vintage jewelry pieces can be found in my eBay store–

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At the bottom of the pile of my vintage jewelry bundle from this week’s auction was yet another fascinating find! This pair of vintage earrings designed and signed by Kenneth Jay Lane are stunning to say the least! The chandelier design with turquoise stones and clear rhinestones make a fabulous combination and remain stylish and currently modern even after many years of having been worn by some lucky diva of dazzle. Coming soon to our Vintage Earrings online shop.

Auctions are such fun! Trying to imagine the use of some of the old vintage and antique gadgets brings smiles to even the most stern faces and this week there were a lot of smiles as each item confounded us all. In the end, I carried away over 10 pounds of vintage necklaces feeling certain that, stupidly, I had just bought a pile of junk. Then, I started sorting, untangling, scrubbing, and inspecting my finds when I discovered a vintage treasure! This Castlecliff necklace came from the fashion conscious days of the 1940’s when elegance was a way of life.

Castlecliff was a manufacturer of some of the finest vintage jewelry of the 20th century until, in 1970’s when the jeweler became part of Carnegie Industries. Castlecliff was sold in the finest department stores and the quality stands apart from most of the other designers of its time. Somehow, there is just not a dull moment when I go to auctions. The fascination does not end with the last bang of the gavel, however, and when I get home and start to sort through the treasures, there is always something exciting and fascinating to share. Enjoy these pieces as much as I do and you can find them for sale right here on The Vintage Scamp website. Thanks for visiting. The search for vintage jewelry continues next week at the next auction! Until next time!