Fashion Jewelry, Costume Jewelry, Vintage Jewelry

Vintage jewelry is the perfect accessory for casual to formal dress, and is a wonderful way to express your personality.    From antique jewelry of the 1800's and Mexican Sterling silver jewelry, to rhinestone necklaces dripping with glitz, you're sure to find vintage costume jewelry you must have at Illusion Jewels.

Fashion jewelry represents the talents of so many gifted people who dedicated themselves to the art of jewelry design.    Our large inventory of costume jewelry and antique jewelry and extensive jewelry history features are a tribute to their dedication.

Our collection includes jewelry from the late 1800's through jewelry designers of today.   Pieces range from the well known and readily available to rarer items, with affordable jewelry for every budget.

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Renaissance Jewelry Medieval Jewelry Find the perfect handcrafted Renaissance, Elizabethan, Tudor and Medieval jewelry for costumes, faires, re-enactments, theater productions, movies and Renaissance weddings.    Orders for custom handmade jewelry are always welcome. 1602 Portrait Renaissance Necklace Original Jewelry Designs Vintage & contemporary stones, beads & fligrees are used by Dorothea to create many wonderful one-of-a-kind art jewelry pieces. Christmas Tree Pins Dorothea's humorous after Christmas tree pins & elegant art glass trees are wonderful additions to Christmas tree pin collections.    Trees featuring your favorite animal or theme can be created.

Researching Costume Jewelry © 1998 - 2007 Dotty Stringfield & Pat Seal BEST OF THE NET according to Pam Wiggins Antiques guide for about.com RCJ is a widely recognized online resource on jewelry history with information on hundreds of fashion jewelry designers and companies, including pictures of jewelry marks and signatures.    Many companies used various signatures, often representing a special line of jewelry. Our cross-referenced list helps you locate a particular mark or signature and identify the company that used it.    In addition, we have a list of "mystery marks" you may help us to identify.    RCJ continues to grow and change as new information is uncovered. You will also find articles about designer jewelry written by noted authors in the field of vintage jewelry research, view special galleries full of beautiful pieces and browse through vintage catalogs of findings and finished pieces.    These are especially helpful when trying to date a particular piece of jewelry.