Category Archives: History

Rubies Mean that Summer’s Here!

By Toronto Antiques on King | Published: July 15, 2011
Half-way into July (I’ll say it again, half-way into July!!!) and I’d say it’s about time to do a ruby post. With its intense raspberry colour, ruby is birthstone for July. The ruby is one of the most prized gemstones in history. It was thought to promote power white warding off evil. The ruby represents [...]
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A Vintage Wedding

By Toronto Antiques on King | Published: June 28, 2011
Do you ever wonder how to use your favorite vintage items? Check out how Mango Studios used items from the Cynthia Findlay collection  in their vintage wedding shoot. Mango Studios borrowed the antique lockets, the brass and glass heart shaped box and the brass elk antlers (which is the base to an inkwell). The photography [...]
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Georgian Jewellery: A History

By Toronto Antiques on King | Published: June 21, 2011
Ever since that last Art Deco post I’ve been dying to write more about the history of jewellery, starting with the Georgian period. Georgian refers to jewellery made between 1714 to 1839 in England. Jewellery made during this time but outside of England is often also called Georgian because of the aesthetic similarities. We have [...]
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Art Deco: A Lesson

By Toronto Antiques on King | Published: June 7, 2011
Only in retrospect was art deco design called “art deco.” When the founders of the art deco movement, The Society of the Decorator Artists, met in Paris in 1925, they called their new design “moderne.” Modern art is a much more fitting name for the art deco movement, which tried to aesthetically represent the technological [...]
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From Ochi to Sochi (with a little bit of Toronto in the middle)

By Toronto Antiques on King | Published: March 23, 2011
We made a new friend who’s going places. Like most good influences, he is bringing a whole team with him. Cliff Johnson is the manager of the Jamaica Ski Team and he is bent, bound and determined that a member from his team will be at the 2014 Russian Olympics. The name of his campaign? [...]
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