If you have items of jewellery that you don’t wear what should you do with it? You could sell it, but then it may include old family pieces, with a lot of sentimental value, and you can’t bring yourself to get rid of it, so you just leave it sitting there year after year. Have you ever thought about having these old pieces re-modelled? Our jewellery designers are frequently asked to redesign clients’ old jewellery. This might involve taking a large item, and turning it into several smaller pieces that would be more wearable, and perhaps shared around the family. In other instances it can mean taking a collection of insignificant bits and pieces, (broken chains, odd earrings, spare bracelet links, and just any item of jewellery that does not get worn because it is old-fashioned or doesn’t fit) and combining them into something more worthwhile. In either case, the process is similar; we take the items, clean and check them, unset any gemstones, remove any not-precious metal parts, weigh and then melt down the remaining precious metal, which can then be turned into whatever is required, and the diamonds or other gems are re-set. The client still has the materials from the sentimentally valuable pieces, but they have been transformed into a beautiful new piece of contemporary jewellery that they will enjoy wearing.
Most people have bits and pieces of unwanted jewellery tucked away in a drawer, that they could be wearing, and enjoying. Our craftsmen work in gold and platinum, and we are always happy to discuss using clients’ own materials. If you don’t have enough gold to make what you have in mind, we can supply whatever is needed, but you will be making use of your unwanted pieces and saving money, a well as creating a little extra space in your drawer!
