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2020-12-27

Unexpected luck

Click the picture to get to see this Vintage Art Deco horse shoe brooch set with diamonds and emeralds.
Click on the picture to get to this Art Deco diamond and emerald horse shoe brooch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Endure, be strong and stay healthy!


 

 

 

2020-12-20

The Garden of Adin Weather Forecast

There's still a chance on a white Christmas

Click the picture to get to our antique jewellery collection.
Click on the picture to get to our vintage jewellery collection

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Endure, be strong and stay healthy!


 

 

 

2020-12-13

Zen in The Garden of Adin

Click the picture to get to see this Vintage romantic diamond engagement ring a so-called toi et moi.
Click on the picture to get to this Romantic "toi et moi" diamond ring

 

 

shadows of ripples
and stone reflecting in the
calmness of today

 

 

 

 

 

 

Endure, be strong and stay healthy!


 

 

 

2020-12-06

Autumn in The Garden of Adin

Click the picture to get to see this Belle Epoque diamond ring in Fleur-de-lis shape with fancy colour diamonds.
Click on the picture to get to this Belle Epoque fancy colour diamond ring

 

 

Art will never be able to exist without nature.

 

Pierre Bonnard
French painter 1867–1947

 

 

 

 

 

Endure, be strong and stay healthy!


 

 

 

2020-11-29

Autumn in The Garden of Adin

Twinkle, twinkle, little ear

Click the picture to get to see these Antique Victorian 18K gold earstuds with 18 rose cut diamonds.
Click on the picture to get to these antique Victorian diamond earstuds

 

 

 

As your bright and tiny spark,
Lights the traveller in the dark,
Though I know not what you are,
Twinkle, twinkle, little star.
Twinkle, twinkle, little star,
How I wonder what you are!

 

 

 

 

Endure, be strong and stay healthy!


 

 

 

2020-11-25

Autumn in The Garden of Adin

Acorns of gold

Click the picture to get to see these Antique Victorian 18K gold acorn motive earrings.
Click on the picture to get to these antique Victorian gold acorn earrings

 

 

 

"There is nothing more lovely in life
than the union of two people
whose love for one another
has grown through the years,
from the small acorn of passion,
into a great rooted tree."

 

 

By Vita Sackville-West (1892 - 1962)
English author and garden designer

 

 

 

Endure, be strong and stay healthy!


 

 

 

2020-11-22

The Garden of Adin

Pop Art in Jewellery

Click the picture to get to see this Vintage Seventies Pop-Art matching set gold bracelet and ring with coral and lapis lazuli.
Click on the picture to get to this matching set of gold Pop Art bracelet and ring

 

 

The design of this Pop Art Parure of a matching 18K yellow gold ring and bracelet with rock formations as theme through the impressive red coral and blue lapis lazuli is exemplary for the zeitgeist of the 1970`s.

As the King of Pop Art Andy Warhol himself once stated: “Everything has its beauty, but not everyone sees it”. We can wonder who of us is such a beholder of beauty, but this bracelet and ring simply transcend looks as they are true icons of their era.

 

 

 

Endure, be strong and stay healthy!


 

 

 

2020-11-18

Autumn in The Garden of Adin...

When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang

Click the picture to get to see this Belle Epoque diamond and emerald necklace.
Click on the picture to get to this Belle Epoque diamond and emerald necklace

 

 

That time of year thou mayst in me behold
When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang
Upon those boughs which shake against the cold,
Bare ruined choirs, where late the sweet birds sang …

 

 

From: Sonnet 72 - by William Shakespeare

 

 

Endure, be strong and stay healthy!


 

 

 

2020-11-15

Autumn in The Garden of Adin...

Why does it seem so inviting?

Click the picture to get to see this Vintage Art Deco diamond brooch set with 5.33 crt total diamond weight.
Click on the picture to get to this Art Deco platinum diamond brooch

 

 

 

 

 

Endure, be strong and stay healthy!


 

 

 

2020-11-11

The Garden of Adin Presents:

Even in the darkest moments there is light.

Click the picture to get to see this Vintage 1950`s Art Deco platinum diamond bracelet set with 220 diamonds.
Click on the picture to get to this Art Deco platinum diamond bracelet

 

 

 

 

 

Endure, be strong and stay healthy!


 

 

 

2020-11-08

The Garden of Adin Presents:

No matter how dark the season,
it will always pass to spring again

Click the picture to get to see this antique diamond set trembleuse branch brooch.
Click on the picture to get to this antique diamond set trembleuse branch brooch

 

 

 

 

 

Endure, be strong and stay healthy!


 

 

 

2020-11-01

The Garden of Adin Presents:

"I love you till eternity"

Click the picture to get to see our collection of vintage eternity bands.
Click on the picture to get to our vintage eternity bands

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Endure, be strong and stay healthy!


 

 

 

2020-10-25

The Garden of Adin Presents:

Signs of the Times

Click the picture to get to see this French Art Nouveau 18K gold pendant brooch with diamonds and pearls.
Click on the picture to get to this vintage ring with certified 1.25 crt. D-colour brilliant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Endure, be strong and stay healthy!


 

 

 

2020-10-18

The Garden of Adin Presents:

Signs of the Times

Click the picture to get to see this French Art Nouveau 18K gold pendant brooch with diamonds and pearls.
Click on the picture to get to this French Art Nouveau brooch/pendant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Endure, be strong and stay healthy!


 

 

 

2020-10-11

The Garden of Adin Presents:

Another Autumn Explosion

Click the picture to get to see this magnificent Vintage cocktail bracelet with 16 crt brilliant and 7 crt of Colombian.
Click on the picture to get to this Vintage diamond and emerald cocktail bracelet

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Endure, be strong and stay healthy!


 

 

 

2020-10-04

The Garden of Adin Presents:

Bangle from sneaky angle

Click the picture to get to see this Antique snake bangle set with diamonds and rubies.
Click on the picture to get to this Victorian gold diamond bangle

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Endure, be strong and stay healthy!


 

 

 

2020-09-27

The Garden of Adin Presents:

Autumn is bursting out!

Click the picture to get to see this Platinum Art Deco ring with certified pearl and diamonds (ca. 1920).
Click on the picture to get to this Art Deco certified pearl ring

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Endure, be strong and stay healthy!


 

 

 

2020-09-20

The Garden of Adin Presents:

A match made in heaven

Click the picture to get to see this 18th Century gold and diamond cross on necklace with table rose cut diamonds circa 1730.
Click on the picture to get to this 18th Century gold diamond cross

 

 

Look what ascended from the heavenly skies into the Garden of Adin this week: An angel statuette wearing this 18K yellow gold antique Georgian cross necklace!

Even though this chain, cross and its slider both with table cut diamonds are from around 1730, still they're in an immaculate condition: a true testimony of wonder. Where will this angel make its next annunciation of a heaven made match for this one-of-a-kind necklace?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Endure, be strong and stay healthy!


 

 

 

2020-09-13

The Garden of Adin Presents:

Luck is on its way!

Click the picture to get to see this Vintage enameled gold ladybug brooch with diamonds.
Click on the picture to get to this Vintage ladybug diamond brooch

 

 

 

 

Allow us to share the childlike joy of the wonder of being chosen for landing as a temporary safe haven by such an innocent earthling as a ladybug. All the way from Italy, this vintage bejeweled ladybug brooch fluttered down in our Garden of Adin.

Its adorable stature of 21 brilliant cut diamonds in 18K white gold is topped with marvelous 18K yellow gold guilloche engraved wings in transparent red enamel with black enamel dots. This one's all set for its following flight.

Will you be the next one chosen by this ladybug to be granted good fortune?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Endure, be strong and stay healthy!


 

 

 

2020-09-06

The Garden of Adin Presents:

A picture in perfect harmony

Click the picture to get to see this Original Dutch Vintage Art Deco white gold diamond and onxy bracelet.
Click on the picture to get to this Art Deco diamond and onyx bracelet

 

 

 

 

This Antique Art Deco 14K white gold Dutch bracelet from the 1920's is exactly what it looks like when pure harmony comes into existence through precious materials, design and craftsmanship.

There's just a perfect balance on the one hand between the complexion of nine colourless diamonds combined with white gold and nine black onyx links, and on the other hand between the horizontal rhythm of gold double strands across the onyx gems alternating with open squares bounded by two white gold bars.

A rare type of perfect balance that once in a while also can be found in a piece of music, or in a seamless working mechanism, or in the unfolding of a long-awaited moment.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Endure, be strong and stay healthy!


 

 

 

2020-08-30

The Garden of Adin Presents:

Aristotle about pearls

Click the picture to get to see this Large impressive Belle Epoque Art Deco diamond and pearl engagement ring.
Click on the picture to get to this Belle Epoque pearl and diamond ring

 

 

 

 

Aristotle (385 BCE - 323 BCE) attributed the pearl many healing properties. According to him pearls set the blood free from the black bile and pearls would have a healing effect on palpitations, shock, fear and anxiety. Pearls rubbed with ointments would heal sick eyes. Shaken vigorously in water, the pearls were even a remedy for the most terrible disease in the Orient, leprosy. When pearl water was rubbed on the white areas, the skin would be healthy again.

To Adin's chief philosopher, Mr. Elkan Wijnberg, this is an irrefutable proof that Aristotle had shares in the pearl industry.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Endure, be strong and stay healthy!


 

 

 

2020-08-23

The Garden of Adin Presents:

An antique good luck token

Click the picture to get to see this Art Deco Vintage engagement ring large marquise rose cut diamond and emeralds.
Click on the picture to get to this Art Deco ring with large marquise rose cut diamond

 

 

 

One good "Evil Eye"

 

It was already believed by the Greeks and Romans that an evil heart could get to the eye. They thought that the eye had an energy-producing power and ability to cast evil spells with just a glance. Because the ancients believed the evil eye could be counteracted with a 'good eye', myths about Horus arose.

The Eye of Horus, also known as wadjet, wedjat or udjat, is an ancient Egyptian symbol of protection, royal power, and good health. Talismans or amulets in this eye shape created to protect against the evil eye are still called "evil eyes".

 

 

 

 

 

 

Endure, be strong and stay healthy!


 

 

 

2020-08-16

The Garden of Adin Presents:

Corals are red my love

Click the picture to get to see this Typical platinum Art Deco diamond ring with coral.
Click on the picture to get to this Typical platinum Art Deco diamond ring with coral

 

 

 

Corals are red, my love,
Violets are blue-hoo-hoo,
Sugar is sweet, my love,
But not as sweet as you.

 

 

Freely after the song 'Roses Are Red'
by Bobby Vinton (1962)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Endure, be strong and stay healthy!


 

 

 

2020-08-09

The Garden of Adin Presents:

A Zen moment

Click the picture to get to see this French elegant Belle Epoque diamond engagement ring platinum.
Click on the picture to get to this Belle Epoque platinum diamond ring

 

 

 

Just for the pleasure of a nice picture

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Endure, be strong and stay healthy!


 

 

 

2020-08-02

The Garden of Adin Presents:

Noblesse Oblige

Click the picture to get to see this Most charming Belle Epoque diamond engagement ring.
Click on the picture to get to this Belle Epoque ring with large marquise cut diamond

 

 

 

Exquise Marquise

 

The marquise cut’s origin dates back to the 18th century when King Louis XV of France (1710-1774) commissioned a jeweler to design a cut shape that resembled the lips of his mistress, Jean Antoinette Poisson, the Marchioness Madame de Pompadour.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Endure, be strong and stay healthy!


 

 

 

2020-07-26

The Garden of Adin Presents:

Pearl Wisdom

Click the picture to get to see this Platinum Art Deco ring with certified pearl and diamonds (ca. 1920).
Click on the picture to get to this Art Deco ring with certified pearl and diamonds

 

 

 

“Pearls are always appropriate.”

 

 

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
(1929 – 1994)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Endure, be strong and stay healthy!


 

 

 

2020-07-19

The Garden of Adin Presents:

Can you solve this riddle?

Click the picture to get to see this 19th Century (freemasonry?) French brooch two sphinxes diamond set and star sapphire.
Click on the picture to get to this Freemason (?) sphinx brooch with star sapphire

 

 

 

As these two Greek sphinxes with a female bust, a lion's body and eagle's wings stand by the central star sapphire in this 18K yellow gold French antique brooch, do they guard this celestial gem just like their Egyptian relatives watch over the entries of sacred places?

However, the Greek sphinx isn't particularly known for their responsibilities as a warden, but for their wisdom demonstrated through riddles. So, it could just as well be that these Greek sphinxes are meant to embody knowledge. Not just any knowledge, in combination with the star in the sapphire, this brooch emanates enlightenment. This would lead us to the freemasons.

Perhaps you can enlighten us how to interpret this unique piece of art history?

 

 

 

 

 

 

Endure, be strong and stay healthy!


 

 

 

2020-07-12

The Garden of Adin Presents:

Poetry on Birch Bark

Click the picture to get to see this French Victorian antique hard stone cameo brooch/pendant in elegant enameled mounting.
Click on the picture to get to this French Victorian hard stone cameo pendant/brooch

 

 

 

 

Inspired by Charles Fletcher Lummis (1859-1928)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Endure, be strong and stay healthy!

 

 

 

2020-07-05

The Garden of Adin Presents:

The air was full of red spices.....

Click the picture to get to see this Art Deco ruby and diamond bar brooch.
Click on the picture to get to this Art Deco diamond and ruby bar brooch

 

 

 

 

 

Freely after Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849-1924)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Endure, be strong and stay healthy!

 

 

 

2020-06-28

The Garden of Adin Presents:

Green

Click the picture to get to see this Art Deco diamond and emerald engagement ring.
Click on the picture to get to this Art Deco diamond and emerald ring

 

 

The dawn was apple-green
The sky was green wine held up in the sun,
The moon was a golden petal between.

She opened her eyes, and green
They shone, clear like flowers undone
For the first time, not for the first time seen.

 

 

 

'Green' by D.H.Lawrence (1885-1935)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Endure, be strong and stay healthy!

 

 

 

2020-06-21

The Garden of Adin Presents:

Commencing a shared life filled with rose scent

Click the picture to get to see this Ruby diamond Art Deco engagement ring yellow gold.
Click on the picture to get to this Art Deco diamond and ruby ring

 

 

The rose has told
In one simplicity
That never life
Relinquishes a bloom
But to bestow
An ancient confidence.

 

 

 

From 'Venus Invisible and Other Poems'
by Nathalia Crane - American Poet (1913-1998)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Endure, be strong and stay healthy!

 

 

 

2020-06-14

The Garden of Adin Presents:

Towards an unhurried future...

Click the picture to get to see this Charming Belle Epoque ring with diamonds.
Click on the picture to get to this Belle Epoque diamond ring

 

 

What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.

 

From 'Leisure' by W. H. Davies (1871-1940)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Endure, be strong and stay healthy!

 

 

 

2020-06-07

The Garden of Adin Presents:

An Old Chinese Saying

Click the picture to get to see this Victorian A-jade certified bangle with 18K gold closure and hinge.
Click on the picture to get to this Antique A-quality Jade Bangle

 

 

 

执子之手,与子偕老。

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2020-05-31

The Garden of Adin Presents:

The Gardener's wife

Click the picture to get to see this Mario Buccellati Vintage Fifties gold and silver pearl neck jewel necklace with grape leaf motive.
Click on the picture to get to this Buccellati pearl necklace

 

 

When I saw
you,
I fell in love,
and you smiled
because
you
knew.




From Verdi's opera Falstaff for which Arrigo Boito wrote the text
(circa 1893)


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Endure, be strong and stay healthy!

 

 

 

2020-05-24

The Garden of Adin forecasts:

Click the picture to get to see this Vintage Art Deco Edwardian diamond engagement ring.
Click on the picture to get to this Vintage Art Deco Edwardian diamond ring

 

 

Forget about forecasts, live like it's spring.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Endure, be strong and stay healthy!

 

 

 

2020-05-17

The Garden of Adin presents:

In the Jungle

Click the picture to get to see this Art Deco Belle Epoque pendant with big brilliants and calibrated sapphires.
Click on the picture to get to this Belle Epoque diamond and sapphires pendant

 

 

In the jungle, the mighty jungle,
the pendant shines tonight


A-weema-weh, a-weema-weh,
a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh,
a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh,
a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh,
a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh,
a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh,
a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh,
a-weema-weh, a-weema-weh.

 

 

 

Freely after "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"
Originally written and recorded by Solomon Linda (1909-1962)

 

 

 

 

Endure, be strong and stay healthy!

 

 

 

2020-05-13

The Garden of Adin presents:

Dawn

Click the picture to get to see this Antique Belle Epoque opal and diamonds ring can be changed into a pendant.
Click on the picture to get to this Belle Epoque opal ring that can also be worn as pendant

 

 

Day’s sweetest moments are at dawn
Refreshed by his long sleep, the Light
Kisses the languid lips of Night...

 

 

 

From 'Dawn' by Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850–1919), American author and poet.

 

 

 

 

Endure, be strong and stay healthy!

 

 

 

2020-05-10

The Adin Museum Of Fairy Tale Artifacts proudly presents:

Princess Odette

Click the picture to get to see this Late Victorian, early Art Nouveau French brooch enameled swan on diamond lake.
Click on the picture to get to this French Victorian enamel and diamonds swan brooch

 

 

Princess Odette : I really am a human being. An evil sorcerer put me under a magic spell that turns me into a swan swimming on a lake of tears during the day.

Prince Siegfried : An evil sorcerer?

Princess Odette : Yes. I can only turn back into a human girl, after the sun goes down and the moon comes out.

 

 

 

Freely after "Swan Lake" by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)

 

 

 

 

Endure, be strong and stay healthy!

 

 

 

2020-05-07

The Garden of Adin presents:

The Power of Love!

Click the picture to get to see this Early-Victorian diamond brooch-pendant medallion large heart shaped garnet cabochon snake anchor and bow.
Click on the picture to get to this Victorian love heart medaillion

 

 

This Early-Victorian bi-colour gold-backed pendant from 1830 embodies a treasure of symbols through a deep pink cabochon garnet heart, a silver-topped bow, snake, cross and anchor encrusted with three European cut diamonds and with a total of 86 rose cut diamonds set on foil.

While the ruby-eyed snake wraps around the cross, its head emerges to the centre of the garnet and emphasizes the opulent heart-shape. This meaningful composition reveals the snake's role of protection, wisdom, hope and fertility when it comes to matters of the heart from deep within the garnet's core. This gemstone of love is topped by a cross which extends from behind the garnet into an anchor, resulting in an Anchored cross or also called a Mariner's cross. Generally signifying hope, this bejeweled imagery contributes even more to the message of promise and faith in this jewel.

To complete the message of hope and tenderness, the above-pictured piece with a 14K yellow gold back dangles from an adorable bow-knot with an 18K red gold back which literally depicts the strong bond of love. This bow particulalry grants you the possiblity to even wear this extraordinary jewellery piece as a brooch. For more information, please look below at the chapter with "Extra information".

It couldn't be more clear from the craftsmanship and the total design that this jewel doesn't just speak of promises and fairytales, but it truly achieves to convey the message of love.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Endure, be strong and stay healthy!

 

 

 

2020-05-05

The Garden of Adin presents

It's a new dawn, it's a new day
it's a new life...

Click the picture to get to see this Vintage platinum Art Nouveau pendant with diamonds and large opal.
Click on the picture to get to this Art Nouveau diamond and opal pendant

 

 

 

...and I'm feeling good

 

From the song "Feeling good" by Anthony Newley (1931 - 1999)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Endure, be strong and stay healthy!

 

 

 

2020-05-03

The Garden of Adin presents

Your future family heirloom

Click the picture to get to see this Large Art Deco diamond pendant with total 4.27 crt brilliant cut diamonds.
Click on the picture to get to this Art Deco diamond pendant

 

An everlasting memory of challenging times.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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2020-04-30

The Garden of Adin

presents

Click the picture to get to see this Late Victorian French gold hair comb set with diamonds and made from horn.
Click on the picture to get to this French Art Nouveau horn and gold hair comb

 

"The richness I achieve comes from nature,
the source of my inspiration."

 

Claude Monet, French painter (1840-1926)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Endure, be strong, creative and stay healthy!

 

 

 

2020-04-28

The Garden of Adin presents:

Groundbreaking New Customer Program

Click the picture to get to see this Antique rose cut diamond bar brooch.
Click on the picture to get to this Antique rose cut diamond bar brooch

 

 

Antwerp, April 28th - Forced by the current situation, Adin's Chief Ornithologist (bird expert) Mr. Elkan Wijnberg came up with several new approaches as how to attract more birds to The Garden of Adin.

Discussions are still running about the effectiveness of some of his ideas.

 

 

 

 

Endure, be strong, creative and stay healthy!

 

 

 

 

2020-04-26

The Garden of Adin presents:

Lilies and other beauties of our Valley

Click the picture to get to see this Vintage diamond and pearl platinum estate ring.
Click on the picture to get to this Vintage diamond and pearl platinum estate ring

 

And then someday spring again will call
And raise the living world out of its fetters.

 

 

 

From: "Lilies of the Valley"
a poem written by Tchaikovsky
December 1878

 

Endure, be strong and stay healthy!

 

 

 

 

2020-04-24

The Garden of Adin presents:

Flower Power!

Click the picture to get to see this Antique gold pansy pendant and brooch symbol of love and remembrance.
Click on the picture to get to this Victorian pansy, symbol of love and remembrance

 

Open up your heart
And let the sun shine in

 

 

 

From: "let the sunshine in"
by Gerome Ragni, James Rado, Galt MacDermot (1968)
from the musical HAIR

 

Endure, be strong and stay healthy!

 

 

 

 

2020-04-22

The Garden of Adin presents:

Come fly away with me

Click the picture to get to see this Victorian antique ring pink gold stone cameo angel.
Click on the picture to get to this Victorian antique ring pink gold stone cameo angel

 

 

 

Once I get you up there
Where the air is rarefied
We'll just glide
Starry-eyed
Once I get you up there
I'll be holding you so near
You might hear
All the angels cheer because we're together

 

 

From: "Come Fly with Me"
by Sammy Cahn & Jimmy Van Heusen (1958)
for Frank Sinatra at his request

 

 

 

 

Endure, be strong and stay healthy!

 

 

2020-04-19

The Garden of Adin presents:

Don’t run away from grief

Click the picture to get to see this Vintage 1970's ring with beautiful ruby and set with 12 brilliant cut diamonds.
Click on the picture to get to this Vintage Seventies diamond ruby ring

 

 

Don’t run away from grief, o soul
Look for the remedy
Because the rose came from the thorn
And the ruby came from a stone.

 

 

Rumi, 13th-century Persian poet (1207 – 1273)

 

 

Endure, be strong and stay healthy!

 

 

2020-04-15

The Garden of Adin presents:

Good Timber!

Click the picture to get to see this Elegant French Belle Epoque platinum diamond pearl necklace so-called négligé.
Click on the picture to get to this Belle Epoque diamond pearl necklace

 

 

Good timber does not grow with ease,
The stronger wind, the stronger trees,
The further sky, the greater length,
The more the storm, the more the strength.
By sun and cold, by rain and snow,
In trees and men good timbers grow.


 

 

From: 'Good Timber' by Douglas Malloch (1877 - 1938)

 

 

Endure, be strong and stay healthy!

 

 

2020-04-12

The Garden of Adin presents:

Don't quit!

Click the picture to get to see this Typical Vintage Fifties brooch bird of paradise tri-colour 18K gold.
Click on the picture to get to this Vintage Fifties bird of paradise brooch

 

 

When things go wrong as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudging seems all up hill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest if you must, but don't you quit.

Life is strange with its twists and turns
As every one of us sometimes learns
And many a failure comes about
When he might have won had he stuck it out;
Don't give up though the pace seems slow—
You may succeed with another blow.

Success is failure turned inside out—
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,
And you never can tell just how close you are,
It may be near when it seems so far;
So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit—
It's when things seem worst that you must not quit.

 

 

'Don't Quit' by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807 - 1892)

 

 

Endure, be strong and stay healthy!

 

 

2020-04-05

The Garden of Adin presents:

If only we could dream this night away...

Click the picture to get to see this Vintage platinum diamond ring with magnificent moonstone.
Click on the picture to get to this vintage diamond ring with magnificent moonstone

 

 

Come a little bit closer
Hear what I have to say
Just like children sleepin'
We could dream this night away

But there's a full moon risin'
Let's go dancin' in the light
We know where the music's playin'
Let's go out and feel the night

 

 

From the album 'Harvest Moon' by Neil Young (born November 12, 1945)

 

 

Endure, be strong and stay healthy!

 

 

2020-03-29

The Garden of Adin presents:

It is life in slow motion...

Click the picture to get to see this Art Deco pendant with large rose cut diamond.
Click on the picture to get to this Art Deco pendant with large rose cut diamond

 

 

It is life in slow motion,
it's the heart in reverse,
it's a hope-and-a-half:
too much and too little at once.

It's a train that suddenly
stops with no station around,
and we can hear the cricket,

and, leaning out the carriage

door, we vainly contemplate
a wind we feel that stirs
the blooming meadows, the meadows
made imaginary by this stop.

 

 

By: René Karl Wilhelm Johann Josef Maria Rilke
(4 December 1875 – 29 December 1926)

 

 

Endure, be strong and stay healthy!

 

 

2020-03-22

The Garden of Adin presents:

Time flies, and butterflies too...

Click the picture to get to see this Late Victorian gold butterfly with red strass stones and half seed pearls.
Click on the picture to get to this Antique Victiorian gold butterfly brooch

 

Endure, be strong and stay healthy!

 

 

2020-03-15

Best Wishes from The Garden of Adin:

Stay on the sunny side!

Click the picture to get to see this Antique Victorian hair clip brooch 18K gold dragonfly rose cut diamonds rubies.
Click on the picture to get to this Antique hair clip/brooch dragonfly

 

Even in these times, antique jewellery proves to be as contemporary as ever as carriers of powerful timeless messages. Take this 18K yellow gold Victorian dragonfly for example. In all freedom, it enjoys fluttering on the spring breeze and roaming over the pond's surface.

Whenever the time of day is cold, it will hold still between the bushes clipping its legs firmly around a branch while waiting until the sun is strong enough to warm the world again. But never will it allow itself to be caged in.

And so will we retain our spirit and guard our health without being caged, for the sun will break through.

 

Stay healthy!

 

2020-02-12

The Garden of Adin Presents:

Rolling to eternity...

Click the picture to get to see our vintage diamond eternity bands.
Click on the picture to get to our vintage diamond eternity bands

 

 

 

2020-02-09

The Garden of Adin Presents:

Rolling back the years...

Click the picture to get to see this Antique French diamond branch brooch with 165 diamonds.
Click on the picture to get to this Antique diamond branch brooch

 

 

 

2020-02-02

The Garden of Adin Presents:

Feeling blue isn't that bad.

Click the picture to get to see this Vintage Fifties design white gold ring with aquamarine and diamonds.
Click on the picture to get to this Vintage Fifties diamond ring with aquamarine

 

 

 

2020-01-26

Who is Violet?

A tensive piece of history
brought to you by Adin Antique Jewellery.

Click the picture to get to see this Art Deco vanity or cigarette case linked to General MacArthur and Charles Lindbergh?.
Click on the picture to get to this Art Deco vanity or cigarette case

 

The missing link between two different protagonists of the first half of the 20th century who dominated the headlines?

 

General MacArthur and Charles Lindbergh

The excitement that the business branch of antique and vintage jewellery brings about is after more than four decades still astounding to us. Even the thought "if only our collection could speak…" comes up once in a while, but we must remember that our jewellery pieces do communicate in their own way. Besides, it's one of the many fun bits of our job to unveil their past lives by chasing facts right there at the border of our imagination.

This mother-of-pearl-ish flourished gold and gilded silver with Japanese lacquer vanity or cigarette case uses hallmarks to inform us that it has been manufactured in France, made out of 18K gold and guilded silver, and that it has been imported in London in 1928.

However, it speaks volumes through its engraving on the inside: "To Violet from Major McArthur 3-12-1929". As everyone opening this box, we asked ourselves the question: "Who are Violet and Major McArthur?". And so our search began.

First and foremost, there's one famous Major MacArthur to be found: the 1st World War hero Douglas MacArthur. Is this the man who gifted this case to Violet? Moving on to Violet herself: she appears to be much more anonymous. However, there's one link between a certain Violet Sharp and the 'Major MacArthur'-result from our investigation: the famous Charles Lindbergh. We've listed the important data concerning this case below, so you can connect those dots yourself. To us, this case could be a memorabilium of an interbellum fling -or even a forbidden love. In any way, an impossible one according to these facts below.

 

Would you say that each moment of the timeline is just coincidence or too much of a coincidence to be a coincidence anymore?



Timeline:


     
  • 1922: MacArthur's marriage with Louise Cromwell Brooks, New York.

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  • 1922-1930: MacArthur's mission to the Philippines on command of General John J. Pershing, due to a negative evaluation and -according to Mrs. MacArthur- due to Pershing's interest in MacArthur's wife.

  • 1925: MacArthur's promotion to Major.

  • 1927: Lindbergh successfully performs the first transatlantic solo flight (from New York to Paris).

  • 1927: Lindbergh's receipt of the Medal of Honor for performing the first transatlantic solo flight.

  • 1927: MacArthur's receipt of the Medal of Honor for his action during WWI, which was originally meant for Charles Lindbergh.

  • 1927 - 1928: Import of the case in London.

  • 28/07/1928 - 12/08/1928: MacArthur's presence at the Olympic Games in Amsterdam as a US representative.

  • 18/06/1929: MacArthur's divorce from Louise Cromwell Brooks.

  • 3/12/1929: MacArthur's gift of the case to Violet.

  • pre 1930: Violet's married life in London until divorce.

  • 22/06/1930: Lindbergh's first son is born and Violet's appointed as a household maid for the Lindbergh family in Morris County, New Jersey (ca. 100km from West Point, New York).

  • 01/03/1932: Lindbergh's son's abduction. Violet is a strong suspect due to failing/refusing to name her alibi.

  • 10/06/1932: Violet's suicide.

  • 1930-1935: MacArthur's appointment to chief of staff to the United States Army. For this job, he was most likely stationed at West Point, New York.

  • 1935: MacArthur's meeting with Jean Faircloth during his travel to the Philippines for a new mission.

  • 1944: Lindbergh's and MacArthur's cooperation during WWII mission.

 

 

It is also interesting to know that Agatha Christie's "Murder on the Orient Express" (filmed in 1974 and its remake in 2017) was based on the abduction of Charles Lindbergh Jr.

 

 

And this is just what we like so much about our job.
The research of a piece can open unexpected windows into the past.
We hope you like the result of our research as much as we did.

 

 

 

2020-01-19

The Garden of Adin:

Celebrating 2020 with discount!

Click on the picture to get to our complete antique and vintage collection.
Click on the picture to get to our complete antique and vintage jewellery collection

 

To receive a discount of 20,20% use code "202020" at checkout.*

*) Valid from Jan. 14th until Jan. 31st 2020
Not cumulative with this or other promotions
Not valid on already discounted items
Free shipping!

 

 

 

2020-01-12

The Garden of Adin:

Art Deco necklace with real natural pearl!

Click the picture to get to see this Platinum Art Deco diamond necklace with natural drop pearl of 7 crts.
Click on the picture to get to this Platinum Art Deco diamond necklace

 

From the diamond marquise closure, 9 old brilliant cut diamonds lead up to an aura of 25 diamonds drizzling around a natural greyish white pearl. Besides such a grand entourage, this pearl's even crowned with its own set of rose cut diamonds.

Since this pink and green glowing ocean gem could grow into this magnificent drop with the calm of the sea and without any meddling of humans, it's only justified that this rare treasure of nature is enshrined in such an elaborate way.

Anyone with this platinum Belle Epoque necklace pearling down their neck could feel like the goddess of the deep blue realm.

 

 

 

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