Featured Jewelry made from vintage china

This is not my photo, but what a great idea!
I might have to try this next time I break an old dish!

 

I have seen this done with shards of Chinese porcelain. Generally very pretty.

 

I sell silverplate and sterling flatware by the piece and at one time sold a lot of china dinnerware. What to do with all of those cutlery boxes and chipped china???
I made jewelry/cosmetic boxes for my 7 granddaughters, covering the lids of the boxes in mosaic china themes that suited their own special interests. I tore out the cutlery spacers, replacing them with plastic divider bins and glued a mirror to the interior of the lid. It was a labor of love, I could never recoup the time spent if I ever wanted to sell them but it was a good feeling to recycle something that may otherwise found it's way to landfill.

 

An antique French piece.

Debora

 

Hi,
In the past a bowling alley threw out several dozen bowling balls into the trash. I took several of them and covered them with broken china pieces. I used them in my garden and put a few up on old bird bath pedestals. The blue and white china ones were my favorites.
greg

 

The broken bits turned into wonderful jewelry. Very pretty!

 

I think a link type bracelet with stations of all flow blue
backstamps would be fabulous!

 

A neighbor of my dad's edged all his flower beds with brightly colored bowling balls, au naturel.

 

Yup! This became an industry in itself. Old and not so old China if no particular value is broken, then mounted. Other than pendants, they make bracelets, earrings and boxes with China decorating the lids. Some come out really nice and they aren't all that expensive either.

 

Years ago I sent a box of broken china to a woman who made jewelry. It was really beautiful when she was done.

 

I have a Victorian plant table and the top is made like this.

 

Just wanted to share this pretty pin/brooch made from broken china. I just came across it while sorting through the backlog (I knew this post was sparking a memory)...it is even signed, but of course I didn't get very far researching. I believe the maker was/is primarily an artist of the painting type (watercolor maybe?).

 

I was given a brooch and matching earrings in blue and white china said to be made of china shards from the Atocha. I get more compliments on them when I wear them.