A very well made 18ct gold chain that has been set with nine opals. The opals are a beautiful colour displaying flashes of red, blue and green. The gold links are an interesting design with canted sides. It was made in France circa 1900-1910.}

This is a really beautiful 18ct gold French chain that was made in the early 1900s. It has long enamelled batons in translucent eau de nil blue colour enamel with engraved detail beneath and white enamel bands on either end. In between are natural pearls. It is a good medium length so would be ideal to wear over a tee shirt or a jersey.}

This is a highly decorative chain to wear. It is 18ct gold and was made circa 1880. It is composed of long ovoid links with circles within and flat round links interspersed with smaller square links with circles within. It is a good medium length so it can be worn over jumpers in the Autumn.}

An unusual 15ct gold chain that was made circa 1900-1910. It has figure of eight links interspersed with smaller decorated figure of eight links and a secure barrel clasp. It is such a pretty chain so it can be worn on its own or with a pendant.}

A useful Victorian chain which is a good medium length and can be worn on its own or layered with other chains and pendants. It has a dog clip attachment so that you can hang pieces from it like watch keys, seals and charms.}

A superb example of a late Georgian 18ct gold guard chain that was made circa 1820. It is composed of straight pierced links interspersed with double joined scalloped design sections. It has a barrel clasp which is set with four turquoise beads within flowers. It has most unusual links and is a rare example of a good early chain.}

A continuous silver "Prince of Wales twist" thick chain. It does not have a clasp. It is the ideal length for wearing over jerseys or a shirt.}

A stunning necklace set with alternate pale blue and white pastes. It was made circa 1920-1935 and is typical for the period when long dresses were worn with sautoirs or chains such as this example.}

A fabulous thick silver long snake link guard chain. It was made circa 1880. These guard chains were popular during the Victorian era. They were used to hang accessories such as a pair of scissors or keys from. They are also known as "Muff Chains" as sometimes a muff was hung from them so that you could keep your hands warm in cold weather and not lose the muff. They are worn nowadays either full length, doubled or trebled up, or even knotted and look very decorative.}

A lovely 9ct gold long guard chain that can be worn very long or round the neck twice or three times. A Prince Of Wales chain consists of a twisting chain made of small circular links, where each single link has no less than four others joining into it. It is a strong chain and was made circa 1900-1915. It is in very good condition.}

An unusual 15ct gold long guard chain that was made circa 1900-1910. It is a Prince of Wales twist design with nine sections set on both sides with turquoise and natural split pearls. It can be worn once, twice or three times around the neck.}

This is a beautiful chain. It is 55 inches long and has 23 long tubular sections enamelled in black with white dots. Interspersed are 24 natural pearls. The chain is two different thicknesses, which is intriguing, but it does not affect the overall look.}

A useful chain that has alternate gun metal and gold plated twist links. It was made circa 1914-1920.}

A useful 14ct white gold chain with box links. It can be worn on its own or with a pendant.}

A pretty two colour 9ct gold chain that can be worn daily. You could also attach some charms or small pendants on to it.}

A pretty silver collar with an unusual design using interlinking sections. It was made circa 1900-1910 most likely in Austria.}

An attractive long chain composed of faceted glass beads. It was made circa 1880 when Queen Victoria was in heavy mourning for Prince Albert and set a fashion for black jewellery. This material is sometimes called French jet which is somewhat confusing as it is not jet. However it is shinier than jet and tougher and was a very popular alternative.}

An attractive long chain composed of faceted glass beads. It was made circa 1880 when Queen Victoria was in heavy mourning for Prince Albert and set a fashion for black jewellery. This material is sometimes called French jet which is somewhat confusing as it is not jet. However it is shinier than jet and tougher and was a very popular alternative.}

A good looking and useful silver necklace with interlinking links. It can be worn daily.}

A fantastic chain which is oxidised and polished silver in alternate sections. It was made in Germany around the 1980s. The links are large like a mayoral chain!}

An unusual Albert (or watch) chain with fine woven hair terminating in to three heart shaped 9ct rose gold sections. The Victorians had quite a morbid passion for braiding human hair, but pieces are keenly collected today as examples from the period. It was made circa 1860.}

A wonderful and very long 9ct gold guard chain that can be worn twice or three times around the neck. The links are interlocked safety pin style interspersed with round links. It was made circa 1890-1900.}

A good Russian 14ct gold long guard with pretty decorative knot links. It was made circa 1880-1900 and is in lovely condition.}

A well made early Victorian 9ct gold chain with lantern and plain faceted link design. It looks good worn long or round the neck twice. This type of chain was made in Birmingham in the mid 1800s.}

A good plique-à-jour silver chain that was made circa 1900-1910. It has six evenly spaced Plique-à-jour panels. Plique-à-jour literally means in French "letting in daylight". It is a vitreous enamelling technique where the enamel is applied in cells, similar to cloisonné, but with no backing in the final product, so light can shine through the transparent or translucent enamel. It is in effect a miniature version of stained-glass and is considered very challenging technically. The technique is similar to that of cloisonné, but using a temporary backing that after firing is dissolved by acid or rubbed away. In the Art Nouveau period this technique was very popular and pieces in good condition such as this chain are hard to find.}

This really long silver chain interspersed with graded rock crystal beads. It was made in the Art Deco period in France and can be worn single, double, treble, and quadruple, depending on your mood.}

A good early 19th century guard chain that was made circa 1820-1840. The dog clip has a secure screw mechanism. The chain is very detailed with hand made links and pierced lantern shaped sections. It can be worn single, double or treble around the neck so is very versatile!}

A pretty 15ct gold and opal chain. The spacers between the opals are faceted rock crystal. It was made circa 1900-1910 when opals were in fashion. It looks really lovely when worn.}

For all horse lovers out there! A great silver and niello chain with a horseshoe pendant attached. It was made between 1910-1920. Niello is a black mixture of copper silver and lead sulphides used as an inlay on engraved or etched metal. It is a complicated process and the end result is lovely. It is in good condition and has a small gold applied sections throughout.}

A good long silver and niello guard chain made circa 1910. It looks fabulous on the neck wound round twice.}

A good 9ct gold Victorian guard chain which has smart rectangular sections at intervals. It can be worn double or treble around the neck.}

An interesting Victorian 9ct gold guard with decorative links which are  a bit different from the normal chain link.}

A really good, heavy Georgian pinchbeck chain with zig zag engraved links and a turquoise glass set barrel clasp. Pinchbeck is a form of brass, an alloy of copper and zinc, mixed in proportions so that it closely resembles gold in appearance. It was invented in the 18th century by Christopher Pinchbeck, a London clockmaker. Since gold was only sold in 18 carat quality at that time, the development of pinchbeck allowed ordinary people to buy gold 'effect' jewellery on a budget. The inventor allegedly made pinchbeck jewellery clearly labelled as such. Pinchbeck jewellery was used in places like stagecoaches where there was a risk of theft. Later dishonest jewellers passed pinchbeck off as gold. Nowadays these original chains are very sought after. It was made circa 1800 and is in lovely condition.}

A very good looking long Pinchbeck chain which was made circa 1830. Pinchbeck is a form of brass, an alloy of copper and zinc, mixed in proportions so that it closely resembles gold in appearance. It was invented in the 18th century by Christopher Pinchbeck, a London clockmaker. Since gold was only sold in 18-carat quality at that time, the development of pinchbeck allowed ordinary people to buy gold 'effect' jewellery on a budget. The inventor allegedly made pinchbeck jewellery clearly labelled as such. Pinchbeck jewellery was used in places like stagecoaches where there was a risk of theft. Later dishonest jewellers passed pinchbeck off as gold. Nowadays these chains are sought after in their own right as they ae extremely decorative to wear. It has unusual interlinking patterned sections and looks stunning when worn.}

An impressive chain which can go around the neck twice or be worn long. It was made in the late Victorian period circa 1890. Vulcanite is a hard, readily cut and polished rubber, obtained by vulcanizing rubber with a large amount of sulphur. It became widely used in the later Victorian period in the manufacture of mourning jewellery.}

A Prince of Wales twist chain which was made in the Regency period, circa 1820. Pinchbeck is an alloy of zinc, copper and tin and does not tarnish over time unlike brass. Pinchbeck is a form of brass, an alloy of copper and zinc, mixed in proportions so that it closely resembles gold in appearance. It was invented in the 18th century by Christopher Pinchbeck, a London clockmaker. Since gold was only sold in 18-carat quality at that time, the development of pinchbeck allowed ordinary people to buy gold 'effect' jewellery on a budget. The inventor allegedly made pinchbeck jewellery clearly labelled as such. Pinchbeck jewellery was used in places like stagecoaches where there was a risk of theft. Later dishonest jewellers passed pinchbeck off as gold. It is a neat and smart look when worn.}

An unusual silver chain with a tassle which was originally worn across the chest on a man and called an Albert chain. The dog clip would have held a seal or a watch or both. Nowadays these chains can be worn around the neck and are very decorative. This example is particularly pretty with the enamelled flower plaques.}