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A Practical Guide From a Long-Established Jeweller
People often bring us rings they’ve inherited or discovered while clearing out old jewellery boxes, hoping to learn where the piece came from and how old it might be. After more than two centuries in the trade, we’ve learned that every ring tells a story but those stories don’...
Growth, Trends & Collector Insights
Vintage jewellery is no longer niche. In 2025, more buyers see antique and vintage pieces as wearable art, long-term keepsakes, and a more sustainable alternative to newly-mined materials. Below, we unpack market context, regional dynamics, investment drivers, and collector behaviour and share how to buy with confidence.
Walk into any antique jeweller’s shop and you’ll notice something straight away: no two vintage rings are ever alike. One might sparkle with an old-cut diamond, another might hold a sapphire ring in a setting you...
Victorian jewellery is more than ornament. It’s a language of love, loss, devotion and taste, written in gold, gems and the tiniest of details. From coded messages set in stones to hair braided by hand and sealed beneath rock crystal, the period (1837–1901) produced jewels that still feel startlingly personal today.
Below, we explore the traditions collectors love hair...
The first peridot that really stopped me was a Victorian pendant with a soft, olive-green glow. It didn’t blaze like a diamond; it breathed. Under warm light the colour deepened, and the tiny seed pearls around it made the green look richer still. The customer who bought it later told us she wore it more than anything else she owned because it “looked friendly.” That’s perido...
