Guide To Finding the Perfect Jewelry Box
Simplifying your shopping experience
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So you just bought a nice new pair of earrings and unfortunately they just won't fit in your jewelry box. It might be time to get a new one. But what are you looking for and where should you look? Finding the right jewelry box isn't easy. There are so many types it can become confusing. There are jewel boxes, luxury jewelry boxes, leather jewelry boxes, wood jewelry boxes and an assortment of others. Once you decide which type of box best suites your tastes, it is time to figure out where to buy it. But how can you can find the best quality jewel boxes on the market? Search the Internet, it's fast, it's easy, and it's free. The Internet is your best bet to finding quality jewelry boxes at a good price.
Little girls love jewelry boxes, and you can find some really cute ones for this age category, some of those come complete with wind up music. It makes a unique gift for that special little girl.
Jewelry Brands
- The Shane Company, is known around the world for their quality diamonds and jewelry products
- Kay Jewelers is a magnificent place to go to find memorable and quality jewelry, and like they say: "Every kiss begins with K."
- Zales Jewelry is a leading competitor of The Shane Company, and their products are of the highest quality
Tips for Finding Quality Jewelry and Jewelry Boxes
Buy from someone that you know. Buying from a friend is not only easier but, the situation itself has a lot more credibility. Someone that you know and trust will almost always give you a better deal, and won't sell you bad product, because they have to see you in again in a social setting.
Ask about the quality mark or the trademark. With gold jewelry, the karat mark or quality mark indicates the purity of the piece: "14K" means 58.3% pure gold; "18K," 75% pure. In other words, in a piece of 14k gold jewelry, 14 of its 24 parts are pure gold; the other 10 are alloy, which could be any number of different metals, added for strength and sometimes to change the color (to rose gold, white gold, etc.)
When buying gemstones always ask about the treatment of the stone. Treatments like heating are industry standard but should be disclosed to the buyer so as to realize the steps need to care for the stone.
Jewelry has always been used as tokens of love and affection; and as long as jewels have existed so have fakes. True gemstones and pearls originated from the east and were bought chiefly by the Italians. These Italian merchants then sold the goods on in Europe. Good glass imitations were often used and sometimes with intent as in royal funerary robes and children's jewelry.
Precious gemstones were prized less than flawless, round, natural, and large white pearls. The finest of pearls were provided by South India and the Persian Gulf. The Italians, particularly the Venetians and people from Murano, could make imitation glass gems and pearls that were very good likenesses of the real jewels. Recipes for false pearls existed in 1300 when white powdered glass mixed with albumen (egg white) and snail slime, produced beads that were used as imitation pearls.History of Jewelry