Vintage Links of London Lipstick Charm Necklace in Sterling Silver with Red Enamel

Some designs are remembered because they were large, elaborate or technically ambitious. Others endure because they captured a mood perfectly. Our vintage Links of London Lipstick Charm Necklace belongs firmly to the second category. Small in scale but instantly recognisable, it transforms one of our most memorable miniature charm designs into a finished necklace that is ready to wear from the moment it is chosen.

Vintage Links of London Lipstick Charm Necklace Sterling Silver Red Enamel

The original Lipstick Charm has long held a particular place within the Links of London world. It takes an everyday object associated with ritual, glamour and self-expression and renders it in sterling silver, reducing it to miniature scale without losing its character. In this version, the polished silver body is finished with a vivid red enamel tip, giving the piece its unmistakable identity and preserving the clean contrast that made the design so distinctive in the first place.

This example is especially appealing because it is New Old Stock. The charm remains unused and unpolished, with its original red enamel fully intact. Measuring approximately 16mm in length, 20mm including the jump ring, and approximately 4.5mm in width, it retains the neat proportions of the original design while taking on a slightly different presence when worn at the neck. What was once a bracelet charm becomes, in necklace form, a compact pendant with graphic clarity and a quietly playful edge.

Vintage Links of London Lipstick Charm Necklace Sterling Silver Red Enamel

We have presented the charm on a sterling silver oval link chain measuring approximately 2mm in width and fitted with a 5mm bolt ring clasp. That pairing gives the piece a proper finished identity as jewellery rather than simply a charm supplied separately. At the same time, the construction remains versatile. Because the charm is attached through the clasp, it may be removed or interchanged with other compatible charms if desired, allowing the necklace to sit within a broader charm wardrobe rather than as a fixed and permanent composition.

Vintage Links of London Lipstick Charm Necklace Sterling Silver Red Enamel

The charm itself retains the standard oval Links of London bail, measuring approximately 9mm by 7mm and carrying the three-ring logo. The bail is laser-marked RV 925, a mark found on a number of final production pieces. Together with the original SKU 5030.0349, this supports the provenance of the design as a genuine late Links of London example from the final production period. As with other pieces from this phase, the absence of a traditional assay date letter is consistent with later laser-marked production rather than a cause for concern.

Vintage Links of London Lipstick Charm Necklace Sterling Silver Red Enamel

As a necklace, the Lipstick Charm feels both familiar and newly resolved. The design’s wit is still present, but the shift in context gives it a more composed and self-contained character. The bright enamel tip draws the eye immediately, while the silver keeps the overall effect controlled and refined. It is a small piece, but not an insignificant one. It carries the kind of concise design confidence that made Links of London’s charm collections so enduringly popular.

There is also something particularly fitting about this design in necklace form. Lipstick, after all, has long occupied an unusual place in personal adornment. It is not jewellery, but it belongs to the same wider language of presentation, ritual and finishing detail. To turn that object into silver and wear it at the neck is to compress those associations into something concise, polished and collectible. It is that quiet intelligence of translation from object to ornament that gives the piece its lasting appeal.

For collectors, this necklace offers several layers of interest at once. It preserves an authentic Links of London charm in untouched New Old Stock condition, it presents the design in a format that is immediately wearable, and it retains the interchangeability that made the original charm system so engaging. It is therefore both a finished object and part of a larger collecting language.

Vintage Links of London Lipstick Charm Necklace Sterling Silver Red Enamel

Within The Vault, pieces such as this help show the breadth of Links of London design beyond the purely sentimental or decorative. The Lipstick Charm is playful, certainly, but it is also precise, urbane and surprisingly disciplined in its execution. That balance between wit and control was one of the house’s strengths, and it remains visible here.

Vintage Links of London Lipstick Charm Necklace Sterling Silver Red Enamel

The Vintage Links of London Lipstick Charm Necklace in Sterling Silver with Red Enamel brings together originality, condition and wearability in one compact design. It is a piece that works beautifully as a finished necklace, while still preserving the flexibility and collectable character of the original charm from which it is formed.