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The Key to Keeping Jewellery Secure - Clasps, Catch and claw

Holding it all together: The Key to Keeping Jewellery Secure

A missing diamond from the Princess of Wales’ earring proves that even well-cared-for jewellery isn’t immune to mishaps. Discover how regular checks and simple fixes can prevent loss and keep your precious pieces safe.

Silver's time to shine

Silver’s Time to Shine: How Rising Prices and Unique Pieces are Reviving the Market

Over the last few years, the silver market has perhaps been viewed as a rather quiet part of the art market, reliable but somewhat disregarded. You may remember Woody in one of the later Toy Story movies. Silver, like Woody, is proving that you should never write off something just because it isn’t quite as [...]
an image of 3 oympic medals in bronze, silver and gold from Paris 2024.

From Wreaths to Gold: The Evolution and Value of Olympic Medals

The 2024 summer Olympics in Paris is the 33rd Olympics of the modern Olympiad and the third time that Paris has hosted the event; the previous occasions being in 1900 and 1924. Paris is only the third city to have put on the games three time, the other cities being London and Los Angeles. This […]

Easter Eggs

After extensive, but not wholly onerous research, I have found that the must have luxury chocolate Easter egg for 2024 is the Grande Easter Egg from Betty’s in Yorkshire. Your £375 will allow you to acquire over five kilos of Grand Cru Swiss chocolate made from Venezuelan criollo cocoa beans. Your egg will be applied […]

Rubies

Ruby is the birthstone for July The name comes from the Latin ‘ruber’ meaning red. It is seen as a symbol of love and commitment. In Asia particularly, it is associated with luck, passion and power. Burmese warriors had rubies set into their armour, as they believed they would offer them protection in battle. Some […]

What to wear for Wimbledon

For Ascot it’s all about hats, at Henley it’s blazers, but what to wear for Wimbledon…? Let’s start with jewellery and what more fitting piece than a tennis bracelet. One of the most sought after easily worn pieces in any capsule jewellery collection and beyond, this now ubiquitous item came to prominence in 1987 when, […]