What Can I See in Candice Hern's Regency Collections?

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Candice Hern's Regency Collections are viewable on CandiceHern.com, in the site's Regency World section. The collections consist of Georgian and Regency period antiques from the late 18th and early 19th centuries—the era when Jane Austen lived. According to the site, the collections include fashion prints, fans, jewelry, silhouettes, perfume bottles, and "many others."

Collection Categories Listed on the Site

The site explicitly names these categories:

  • Fashion prints — a new one is posted every week
  • Fans — including brisé fans, which are also the subject of one of her presentations
  • Jewelry — specifically sentimental jewelry of the period
  • Silhouettes — shades, shadows, and profiles
  • Perfume bottles
  • "Many others" — the site does not enumerate the full list

Two individual collection items are featured on the homepage as examples:

Item Description from the site
Half Dress, January 1820 "A round dress composed of velours épingle; the colour is difficult to describe..."
Vanity Étui "An étui with two scent bottles and a few other personal vanity items..."

How to Browse the Collections

  1. Go to CandiceHern.com.
  2. Navigate to the Regency World section (linked from the main navigation and from the "Visit the Regency World →" link).
  3. Browse the collection categories there.
  4. For individual items, click "Read More →" on any featured entry to see the full description.

Candice also shares items from her collections on Instagram (@candicehernauthor), which the site links to directly.

Getting New Fashion Prints by Email

Candice posts a new fashion print every week. The site states you can have it "arrive in your inbox" by signing up through the Get Updates link on the Regency World page.

Related Context

These collections support her IN THE TIME OF JANE AUSTEN presentation series, which draws on her period expertise. Topics include fashion in Jane Austen's time, brisé fans, sentimental jewelry, silhouettes, reticules, mourning practices, ladies' magazines, and valentines. She has presented to libraries, book groups, writers groups, women's clubs, college classes, museums, and Jane Austen organizations.

One thing to note: the site describes the collections as shared "here on this site," but it does not state how many items are in each category or whether any items are for sale. If you want to know the full extent of a specific collection, the Regency World section and her Instagram are the places to check.