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Vonja Gentle Jewellery Mikimoto Pearls
Pearls were
very fashionable, but still very, very costly. After the 1890s Kokichi Mikimoto
of Japan produced highly acceptable cultured pearls by placing a small bead into
an oyster shell. The bead coated itself with nacre (mother of pearl) and so good
looking pearl jewels became more affordable.

When I see Mikimoto pearls
today I always think their lustre far surpasses any other pearl made this way.

Hollywood Influence
By the 1940s and 1950s American culture was very
dominant in Europe. The influence of movie films and the prominence of film
stars set the fashion in manners, make-up, hair and clothes. People wanted look
alike copies of outfits and jewellery worn by screen idols. It was widely
believed that Hollywood glamour would rub off on you if you had the clothes and
developed the look.

The Second World War in Europe halted production of
fine jewellery when metals were rationed. New estate type, fine precious metal
and gem jewellery was simply not available. Quality costume jewellery which was
flourishing in America, became much more acceptable and was a real alternative
to fine jewellery.

Because of technical advances in production methods,
a huge range of styles was available from America, and since it was so popular
the market became dynamic and inventive and affordable.

Vonja Gentle
Jewellery : Handmade
Literally, made by hand, without the aid of
mechanical devices other than ordinary hand tools. The major components,
including joints, settings, etc., are handmade from plate, bar or wire. No
manufactured parts may be included for an item to be labeled "Handmade."

Cast
The method in which metals are poured or forced into molds
which have cavities in the shape or form of the articles to be produced. Of the
various casting processes, lost-wax casting is the one most commonly used.
Lost-wax casting means the item is first sculpted from wax. The original wax
sculpture, or a copy of it, is then used to make a mold and is lost in the
actual casting process (thus the name lost wax casting).

Gold jewelry
never goes out of style, and for good reason, because gold is as wearer-friendly
as it is beautiful. Pure gold doesn't react with other elements to create
tarnish, the residue that accumulates on some metals before transferring to your
skin as a stain. Sometimes people have allergy or staining problems with metals
that are combined with gold, but the gold itself is rarely a problem.

Gold can be worked into nearly any shape, including tiny strands that do
not break easily. One ounce of gold can even be hammered into an ultra thin
sheet that's ten feet square. Gold can be manipulated nearly any way the artisan
desires.

Vonja
Gentle Jewellery : The fresh initiative is timed to keep pace with the
rising preference for using celebrity and precious stone jewelry as a fashion
and style statement. The website launch is scheduled for June 2010.

"We
are exited to be providing customers with the latest trends in celebrity,
fashionable, cubic zirconia and precious stone jewelry at affordable prices. We
will carry an assorted stock of fashionable jewelry designs that hold a promise
to make the wearer Shine like a Star,"said Vonja Gentle, CEO of Karat Gold.

Karat Gold will showcase a huge variety of ear rings, rings, bracelets,
sets, and necklaces etc. that are inspired by some of the world’s best jewelry
designers. Karat Gold will have a user friendly and easily navigable website
that makes browsing and jewelry shopping a pleasurable experience for the site
visitor.

The recently initiated enterprise operating out of Rio De
Janeiro will have a user friendly return policy in place in that just in case
one is dissatisfied with one’s purchases one can return most items in their
original and unworn condition within 30 days for a refund or exchange excluding
shipping and handling fees that are non refundable.

About Karat Gold

Established in 1980, Karat Gold is a family-owned jeweler that offers high
quality, hand-crafted jewelry in sterling silver, gold and gemstones. Based in
Rio De Janeiro, Karat Gold maintains over 800 designs in the active product
line. Each design is originated by skilled men and women in the Karat Gold
design studio and then finely crafted and produced by skilled artisans
predominantly.

17th Century Fake Pearls and Strass Paste Gems
In the
1630s large quantities of pearls were used as clothing accessories. To be truly
fashionable pearls needed to be worn in abundance. In the C17th, Jaquin of Paris
patented a method of making fake pearls. He coated blown glass hollow balls with
varnish mixed with iridescent ground fish scales. The hollow balls were then
filled with wax to strengthen them. This method made Paris the main producer of
fake pearls for over 200 years.

Paste is a compound of glass containing
white lead oxide and potash. Paste jewellery was usual in the 1670s and was worn
at court. The best and most long lasting paste jewellery was produced after 1734
by Georges Strass. Most fake jewellery was Paris led. Just about any kind of
fake gem could be made, including fake opals. Many pieces of fake jewellery have
survived in their original setting, but fine estate pieces of real gems were
often broken up for resetting into more fashionable styles of the era.

After 1760 the production of fake jewellery spread to London and to
Birmingham. Steel which was produced easily during the industrial revolution was
used for settings for marcasite and jasper ware cameos. Glass and Wedgwood
porcelain paste cameos were made in English factories and were very popular too.

Ornate shoe buckles of paste, steel and tin were part of fashionable
dress. A similar fad at this time were elaborate paste jewelled buttons,
fashionable in British society. As well as fake jewellery gaining popularity,
semi precious jewels such as uncut garnets became usual as part of less formal
day dress.

Vonja Gentle Jewellery Queen Alexandra's Pearls
Most
fine jewellery in the 1900s was white and made from either diamonds or pearls.
Queen Alexandra initially wore dog collar chokers, called a 'collier de chien'
to cover a small scar on her neck.

For state occasions and formal events
she plastered herself in arrangements of pearl necklaces. The rarity value of
real pearls then was such that an American skyscraper exchanged hands for the
price of a pearl necklace.

This is not so ridiculous as it seems, as
fine south sea pearls still command a high price.

We Use Nickel-Free
Palladium White Gold
We use 18 carat white gold alloys for most of our
diamond ring settings. Our policy is to use only white gold alloys containing
palladium, and which are nickel-free.

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