Gold filled jewelry is abundant at Prather Beeland, and I wanted to share with you why we love it!
Gold filled jewelry is a great and less expensive way to start collecting antique pieces. In the Victorian era, gold was expensive, but skilled craftsmen were not, allowing for beautiful pieces made with impeccable attention to detail but more affordable than pieces made of solid gold. Although the price tag made gold filled jewelry popular with middle class Victorians, the level of craftsmanship and time put into these pieces made them desirable to aristocrats and royalty as well.
Gold filled jewelry is made using a rolled out layer of gold that is bonded to a base metal, often brass, with heat and pressure. This process leaves the pieces with a thicker layer of gold on the exterior compared to electroplating, a dipping technique that adds a very thin exterior layer of gold using electric currents. Antique gold filled items have beautiful patina that comes with age, but the gold does not easily wear like gold plated items do.
Below are just some of the gold filled pieces available at Prather Beeland - we hope you'll love them as much as we do!
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