The internet now provides a new medium for consumers to get to grips with. Many consumers have the ability to surf through several different internet sites and compare prices at the flick of a switch, or a mouse in this case. And this is no different when it comes to jewellery boxes, making life easy for everyone wishing to purchase them.

Jewellery boxes are sold in so many different styles. Some are cheap and cheerful allowing those without the necessary funds to purchase for example you can buy a girl's pink pearl handled jewellery box for a mere £14.99. Others are made out of leather and pine and at the top end of the market your traditional gold and silver styles which retail at very high prices. For a short while, jewellery boxes were made out of ivory, although these are now extremely rare and tend to be passed down through generations.

And with changing times in the modern era, consumers now have the ability to make informed decisions about where

Jewellery boxes can be traced back to the Pharaohs in ancient Egypt where many considered these almost as if it were a piece of jewellery in itself. However, they were always few and far between and it wasn't until the Industrial Revolution that mass production decreased the cost and therefore the superiority of such an item. As the years went on they became very common in many households across the globe.