T R E A S U R E

Our stone setter took over the family business from his father who started out as a bench jeweler in the 1940's. We've now been working with him for a number of years & value his level of craft honed over a lifetime of work. As we've been bringing him more & more antique pieces to work on, recently he pulled out a drawer from his desk & handed it to Rebekah saying - 'maybe there's something in here you can use?'. Later that night when we had a chance to open it up we could hardly contain our excitement! Within are countless envelopes of precious, semi-precious & old synthetic stones as well as hand carved cameo's dating back to the 1800's. So rare to find a beautiful (& useful) time capsule like this. Expect to see a steady stream of unique pieces coming into the stores as a result..

 

 

 

Paste Jewelry

Paste jewelry is a term used to describe cut leaded glass that is faceted to have the same appearance as gems or precious stones. It can be traced back to 18th Century France, where paste jewelry became very popular, even among royalty. Nowadays paste has become quite the collector's item!