People always comment how I’m lucky to work at Doyle & Doyle because I get to look at really gorgeous and amazing things all day. Why, yes, I do, and it is pretty nice.

The only thing is, I fall in love often, and then am left heartbroken (but uplifted?) when someone comes in, loves the piece that I love, and buys it. Right now, I’m in love with this Victorian Fluted Gold Necklace.

Victorian Fluted Fancy Link Chain, $2500

It’s fashioned from gold that has been ‘bloomed’, which means it has been dipped in an acid bath to produce the beautiful matte color that you see.

The Victorian era saw the onset of the Industrial Revolution, and some jewelry of the time was machine made. The links were most likely die stamped (which is what gives them that amazing texture), and the links themselves are hollow.

Although this piece is machine-made, as was popular during the Victorian era, manufactured Victorian jewelry still has a human influence, as the machines had to be supervised by an experienced jeweler. So, even machine-made jewelry from the Victorian era has that stamp of individuality that you don’t really see today.

But what I really love about this piece is that I’ve never seen anything like it before, in the store or anywhere else. That is what is particularly great about Victorian jewelry, and antique and estate jewelry in general – you see something new every day.

Tags: Necklace, victorian