Bangles
A small range of solid gold bangles, handmade using pre-owned gold brought locally.
Family owned & operated for more than a century.
With over 100 years of heritage, we are a truly passionate family-run business.
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Two of our diamond set T-bars in gold. These are antique 9ct rose gold T-bars taken from old watch chains and made up as pendants using old traditional fittings. The swivels allow for pairing with larger chains or clipping on to individual links.
The diamonds used are reclaimed / repurposed natural diamonds and hand set in-house.
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This is a modern 18ct yellow gold wedding ring that was purchased in-store, early 2024. Having been asked for similar items, we took the decision to make use of some reclaimed diamonds taken from a scrap item and set them in this alternating rub-over set pattern. This has created what we consider to be a very affordable diamond set wedding ring which is also a more sustainable alternative to a new wedding band.
Metal: 18ct yellow gold.
Marks: CG & S. Birmingham 2001.
Measurements: 3.4mm wide.
Stones: Twelve brilliant-cut diamonds. Each approximately 0.015ct. 0.18ct total. Colour G/H. Clarity SI.
Weight: 3.46 grams.
Condition: Excellent.
Finger size: M 1/2. US & Canada 6 1/4.
A vibrant diamond cross-over ring, crafted from 18ct gold and platinum, circa 1950s. The ring features two brilliant-cut diamonds and eight smaller eight-cut diamonds, creating an elegant design with a perfect balance of sparkle and style.
Metal: 18ct yellow gold and platinum.
Marks: PLAT. 18ct.
Measurements: 10.5mm x 10mm. The shank measures 1.7mm.
Stones: Two brilliant-cut diamonds in the centre, 0.37ct total. Colour G/H. Clarity I1.
Eight eight-cut diamonds on the shoulders, 0.08ct total.
Weight: 3.3 grams.
Condition: Excellent.
Finger size: UK P 1/2. US & Canada 7 3/4.
Description: A synthetic sapphire and diamond ring with fine mill-grain detail crafted in 18ct yellow gold and platinum. This ring is a lovely alternative to the classic solitaire engagement ring for anyone who loves both sapphires and diamonds together.
Metal: 18ct yellow gold and platinum.
Marks: Partially stamped 18ct gold.
Measurements: 9.4mm X 9.4 mm. Rises 3.3mm. Knife edge shoulders widening to 2mm D shape shank at the back of the finger.
Stones: Square synthetic sapphire. Twelve old-cut diamonds, 0.01ct each, colour H/I, clarity SI. Total diamond weight 0.12ct.
Weight: 3.35 grams.
Condition: Excellent.
Finger size: UK O1/2 - US & Canada 7 1/4.
Description: A 1793 guinea coin showcasing the fifth laureate head of King George III facing right. The reverse side features the shield design, giving the coin the nickname ‘spade guinea’.
Metal: The guinea is 22ct gold. 9ct yellow gold scroll top.
Marks: Unmarked.
Measurements: Diameter of 24.3mm. With the scroll and jump ring, it measures 34mm.
Weight: 8.82 grams.
Condition: Very good. The scroll top is crafted in 9ct and is attached to the coin which does devalue it from a collectors point of view. We have however obviously priced this accordingly.
Description: An emerald and diamond cluster ring in 18ct yellow gold featuring a rich green emerald framed by ten diamonds. Crafted entirely in 18ct yellow gold the ring dates to the early 1990s. This ring is a smaller size coming in at I 1/2 but there is good scope to size up 5-6 fingers sizes.
Metal: 18ct yellow gold.
Marks: C. LJ. London 1993.
Measurements: 14.8mm X 12mm rising 7.5mm. The shank measures 2mm wide.
Stones: Emerald-cut emerald of good colour, approximately 0.74ct. Ten brilliant-cut diamonds approximately 0.08ct each, colour F-H, clarity VS.
Weight: 5.01 grams.
Condition: Excellent.
Finger size: UK I 1/2 - US & Canada 4 1/2.
New little bundle of items uploaded to our website. Pick of the bunch in my opinion is the sweet little 9ct knot pendant set with a diamond, £99.
Please note that only one of the chains is stock. It was modelled with others for IG purposes but please let us know if you have any other neckwear requirements. Heads up, more diamond set T-Bars coming soon.
Click the link in our bio to navigate to our website where full descriptions, including prices, can be found.
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Timeless and classic - the diamond stud earring in a four claw setting is a daily staple or reserved for formal occasions.
Just shy of half a carat overall, colour G/H, clarity Si 1&2 mounted in yellow and white 18ct gold.
On the homepage of our website - £795.
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Here is why we have been absent from the socials in the past few weeks... 👇
It’s been manic. We have been doing so much buying lately. The price of gold is high and we have been inundated with loads of interesting items offered to us.
There have been plenty of days where we have brought more than we have sold.
The vast majority of the items you see here, we have purchased in the last 6 weeks. It’s loads of work firstly making competitive offers. We’ve then got to clean and polish where necessary. Restoration work galore still needs to be done on plenty of the pieces. List in the stock book and ticket. This is all before photographs for the website and descriptions!
Loads of gorgeous items coming soon.
Profit from scrap gold.
Pretty much every traditional jewellery shop will buy scrap gold. There really is not as much profit in it as many people might think. Granted, in the time it took me to put this video together the price of gold has gone up £1.40 a gram on 22ct but as quickly as that goes up, it can and will inevitably come down. Sit on it long enough and those margins will no doubt increase.
Scale it up and it can be very profitable but it is essentially gambling. I once spent £14,000 on a 22ct gold parcel. In the 24 hours it took me to get it to my refiners, the price dipped and I made a loss of £90.
You win some, you lose some.
Very happy with how these are coming up. We have dubbed these ‘antiques enhanced’ and other items include diamond set padlocks. Worth a quick browse of the website.
If you follow modern high-street fashion jewellery you will no doubt be aware of a brand selling gold-plated T-bar necklaces between £295-£350. Why not have the real deal for just a little bit more. This is online now for £405. Solid gold and antique meaning it ticks the sustainable and ethical boxes but at the end of the day, the best thing about this is that nobody else will ever have one the same. We have more on the way similar but nothing will ever be identical.
Happy Friday.
This collection perfectly represents the eclectic mix of preowned items we stock.
1. Vintage 1970s 9ct gold 20-inch chain - £1125
2. 1980s court profile wedding ring - £245
3. Boar’s head signet ring - 395
4. Modern preowned diamond half eternity style seven-stone diamond ring - £875
5. Vintage 18ct &b Plat three stone diamond ring - £225
6. Single diamond earring - £595
All of these can be seen in greater detail on our website. If you are local and wish to come in and try any of these items on (excluding the earring), we will happily reserve them for a short while until you can get in.
Have a great weekend.
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These items can be seen in more detail by heading to our website.
A couple of people have said our website is not working 100%, but the website people say it’s fine. If you browse our stock online and find any missing links or problem pages, please let me know.
Cheers,
Alistair
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We love a T-bar pendant. These two T-bars are set with recycled diamonds. I cannot remember when we last purchased a brand new diamond from a diamond dealer. Most of what we make use of is purchased over the counter, such as the diamonds used in these pendants.
Set in-house, we do have some more lined up and I have even got a lovely matching pair of stunning blue sapphires to make use of. Prices start from £265 which will get you an antique 9ct gold T bar set with 0.05ct of diamond. Small print; please note that the chain is additional.
If you are local and in the city tomorrow, pop by and see them in the window.
Finally getting around to uploading some newly acquired pieces. Lovely little bundle of pre-owned vintage diamond items which can now all be seen on our website in greater detail.
Three stones were a pretty big seller in the run up to Christmas last year so nice to have something a bit more substantial back in the window again. Art Deco is always popular so the single stone with diamond set shoulders is a nice addition. It isn’t old by antique standards but that does mean it is more appropriate as a daily engagement ring where true antique art deco rings might not be. The horseshoe necklace is a pretty thing. Very wearable and perfect for layering if you are looking for that stacked neck-mess coming into the summer months.
As always, if you are looking for something specific, send us a DM or email because not all of our stock is listed on our website.
This stunning deep blue natural sapphire is currently away being certified. Fingers crossed for a un-heated report and that perhaps a more accurate set of gemstone scales will tip the weight into the 2.50ct threshold.
What are we going to do with this sapphire? Check out the handmade page on our website and that should give you an idea of where we are going with this stone.
Be sure to check back in with us in a week or so to see the results once I have picked the sapphire up.
An eclectic range of brooch to pendant conversion pieces which we have completed in recent weeks. It is always a bit painful making the decision to mess around with an antique piece of jewellery but it is nothing new. Jewellery has been converted, reworked and re-purposed for centuries. As long as it is done honestly, I cannot see a problem doing so if it makes a piece more wearable and suitable to current tendencies.
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A lively and bright diamond takes centre stage in this unique period engagement ring. Graduated stepped shoulders place this engagement ring firmly in the Art Deco era of jewellery design and manufacture. The central diamond is set using four claws split into a 90 degree angle giving a square mirage to the piece. The upper tiers or the shoulders are set with two square diamonds with a further one in each side in the lower tier. These diamonds are a sort of chequer board cut which feature a small table and a small selection of upper girdle facets. A handmade piece circa 1920 / 1930, significant attention to detail has been paid despite being a fairly simplistic ring. The claws have been finished with a small diamond in each one giving extra brilliance to the overall appearance of the ring.
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These earrings were originally the bar for an art deco bar brooch. As brooches are no longer really sought after, the main aspect of the brooch being and aquamarine and diamond cluster was converted to a ring. It made an excellent ring and gave the piece a new lease of life as well as creating these fantastic pair of earrings. Old cut diamonds at the base of these earrings in a platinum topped setting. There is a platinum layer along the narrow bar dropping form the articulated fittings. The ear wires are new an crafted in 9ct yellow gold. A wonderful pair of drop earrings with excellent movement.
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This is an in-house conversion piece, originally a brooch we have turned this into a very wearable diamond pendant. An excellent show of old cut diamonds in the typical multilayered formation as seen in these highly popular brooches of the Victorian era. As means of keeping all metal with this piece original we made use of the pin for the brooch to make the bale at the back of the pedant to accommodate a chain. Please note, although images are shown with a chain, the pendant does not include a chain. If you require a chain, these can be purchased via our website.
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Starting off 2024 with an excellent parcel of antique, vintage & pre-owned jewellery. Lots of work to be done getting these ready for the website - stocked, descriptions written, photos taken and then uploaded. Feel free to drop us a DM to register an interest in any item you see here and we will let you know the specifics as soon as we have them all worked out.
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There are hundreds of variations of these Victorian rings. From all diamond to coloured gemstone ones such as this, every now and again one will just jump out at you. The emeralds seen in this ring exhibit a highly desirable depth of colour, elevated when paired with bright and lively diamonds.
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As it says in the video, these rings perfectly represent the eclectic variety of items that we stock. It is a pleasure to be able to handle such rings and even more so to bring them to the market.
We go to great lengths to photograph and accurately describe every item on our website so please head over there to view any of these rings in greater detail. If there is any additional information we can provide you with please do not hesitate to ask.
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All of these and more can be found on our website by following the link in our bio.
The really interesting one is the black enamel mourning ring. Inside it is engraved ‘In memory of Alice Leeoviitt, died Dec 4th 1889, aged 88.’ I wonder who she was and who she was to the person who had this ring and the engraving commissioned.
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New (recently acquired) stock online now.
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Sold.
For those who registered an interest 😃
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1/5 - FOUND ✅🇨🇦
There are currently five Willows out there waiting to be found. These are physical coins out there in the big wide world, amongst the wildlife and rapidly changing seasons. Please be careful, sensible and mindful of the environment and weather conditions. This is the first batch of Willows we have hidden for a while so for new followers, here is what it is all about.
These coins are one ounce of pure silver. We only had 50 minted and there will never be any more of these particular ones making them possibly one of the smallest batches of silver bullion coins ever created. I hide them, post a video, picture or clue, and then it is game on. Finders keepers. These five are physical treasure hunts but the next ones will be digital meaning you will only have to figure out the clues and I will then send the Willow to you. If you don’t know, Willow is my dog, she features on the coin.
Since starting this treasure hunt, I made the decision to change the IG handle to include the term antique jewellery. It is terribly annoying that the Willows have our old handle on but hey ho. It just means that once all of the remaining Willows have been discovered, we will mint some new ones and keep the game running with a new batch.
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Edit: This has sold. With so much interest, we are going to look to replicate it. Scroll a good way back through our feed and you will see I have a loose rose cut diamond nearly identical.
A recent acquisition that I have been dying to show off. I don’t know what it is but I really love this ring. The facets of the diamond are razor sharp and reflect the light wonderfully. We do however have more work than we can actually handle right now so there will be a slight pause in new arrivals being uploaded to our website. Please do not hesitate to send us a DM or email though and we will get back to you as soon as we can. ✌️
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So happy to have all these wonderful pieces of history on our website. Most can be found on the new arrivals section of the homepage but make sure you head over to the individual categories for a closer look and some of the other items available.
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We do love an old cut diamond, but why have just one when you can have five. From the formation of the facets, these would really fall under the Old European Cut of diamond.
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Bit of ASMR? … probs not. Just a noisy melt up video.
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A superb example of an Art Deco ring set with aquamarine and diamond. Full details can be seen on the New Arrivals section of our homepage.
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A lovely variety of newly acquired items now online. Ranging from Victorian ear pieces right the way through to modern pre-owned and new items, what you see here and online is a just a fraction of the stock we carry.
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Gold earrings. Such a shame to see people spend the same amount of money on gold plated fashion earrings just because they have fancy branding.
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We have been doing a great deal of buying recently and here is a sneak peak of our three most recent acquisitions. Bot of work needed doing here and there such as re-tipping the three stone and having it certificated. It is a substantial enough ring to have the diamonds independently assessed. The eternity ring will be online next week as will the emerald and diamond once we have given it a gentle clean and polish and tightened some claws. Cannot wait for you all to see them in their full beauty as well as lots of other new things.
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Two recent uploads to our website. I’ve called them engagement rings but would you wear these as a ring, stacking or otherwise without the intention of it being an engagement piece? I would have said the rub over set is a good stand alone ring but the antique one is very much an engagement ring in my opinion. Thoughts?
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There shouldn’t be anything to fear about synthetic gemstones, so long as they are described as such. These gorgeous coloured gems are man-made yes but when you think this was achieved when most people were living by candlelight, it’s pretty impressive.
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Making use of a repurposed diamond is not only a highly sustainable practice but it can save a whole chunk of money.
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Not your average piece of jewellery.
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Both the earrings and ring can be found on the new arrivals section of our homepage. Hit the link in our bio to see them and many more unique items of jewellery.
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Lots of new things coming soon.
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Fell in love with this ring and couldn’t believe someone wanted to scrap it.
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A highly popular product.
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Four preowned diamond rings that can now be seen in the engagement ring section of our website.
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