Diamond Necklace

Vintage and Estate Jewelry

At Carson’s jewelers, we have had a long tradition of carrying a large selection of estate and period jewelry. Our collection includes many unique one of a kind of a pieces and we have an everchanging selection of beautiful pieces from different jewelry periods. Like fine art, architecture and design, jewelry periods in history reflect changes in society (such as peace time and war and materials that can be used), fashion (sometimes impacted by innovation such as the transition from gas lighting to electric lighting at the turn of the 19th century) and changes in economic conditions at the time. A summary of jewelry periods is as follows: