Gifts for people who love vintage

The hard part of buying for someone who loves vintage is that they already have opinions and probably already own the obvious thing. A sealed jar sidesteps it: you are giving them the sorting, not a specific piece, and the jar says on the outside what is inside it, so the gift explains itself without you having to.

By budget

The themed mixes are the entry point and the smallest jars; the silver Classic is the one most people mean when they say 'a jewellery jar'; the Deluxe jars and the Grand are the serious presents. Prices and what is on the table right now are on each jar's page — the lot book shows what can be bought this moon, and anything sold out can be waited for.

By what they are actually like

Somebody who wears jewellery: the silver lines. Somebody who collects, restyles or makes: the volume jars, where the per-piece price is the point. Somebody who likes objects more than jewellery: the themed mixes — Desk Ritual is stationery, Midnight Reader is a second-hand novel and what surrounds reading one, Coastal Drift is sea glass and brass.

What to tell them

That it is sealed and neither of you knows what is in it, that the number on the jar is exactly how many pieces are inside, and that opening it is the entire product. The jar does the rest of the work — it is a better object to hand over than a box.

Practicalities

Dispatch is within two working days, delivery 2–3 working days in Spain and 4–8 across the rest of Europe, so order with a week of margin. Shipping is €4.95 flat and free from €48. Unopened jars can be returned within 14 days, which makes it a safe gift to get wrong — but once it is opened, that is that.

The jars