Antique Suffragette Jewelry For Sale. But today the antique jewellery market is awash with so-called suffragette jewels in these colours, antique rings featuring what are quite obviously crudely swapped-in replacement gemstones. Is the jewelry often labeled "Suffragist (Suffragette) Jewelry" simply indicative of the fashion of the period or was it symbolic of a cause women (and some men) fought for passionately?

Green stood for hope, white for purity and purple for dignity.
Suffragette jewellery and medals were worn as a political statement.
But today the antique jewellery market is awash with so-called suffragette jewels in these colours, antique rings featuring what are quite obviously crudely swapped-in replacement gemstones. Our gorgeous collection of antique suffragette pendants carry the history of women's suffrage, with the code colours Green, White and Violet representing the words "Give Women Votes". Seeing them has made me very sceptical of all such pieces - I even ended up doubting that the women of the era wore their colours so openly.