Are English charms better than American ones?
No, especially when it comes to gold charms. But when it comes to silver charms made in the second half of the twentieth century, English ones are generally of better design and better craftsmanship than American-made ones. There are numerous exceptions to this, but it’s a valid statement in my opinion. What I often call, jokingly but seriously, the Great Age of English Charms lasted from the late 1950s to approximately the end of the 1970s; most of the clever, well-made English charms here date to that period. The Great Age of American Charms, to me, was the forties. And as for Victorian and Edwardian charms, no matter where they come from, they’re almost all magnificent.
