TRINKETS & WARES

Queen Victoria reigned, for 64 years, during the height of the Industrial Revolution. Her reign was also marked by a great expansion of the British Empire. Charles Darwin was an English naturalist who was famous for his theory of "natural selection"...

It was during the Industrial Revolution that the Victorian jeweller was able to tool up for mass production. Machines formerly powered by hand or water were turning over to steam and gas and the pace and scope of jewellery production was vastly increased...