The birthstone for July is the glorious red gemstone, ruby. With its rich red colour ruby has always been associated with, passion, warmth, red hearts and valentines. As well as being July’s birthstone we also use ruby to celebrate both the 40th and 15th wedding anniversaries. With its hardness and bright lustre...
A few years ago I visited an exhibition called the Cheapside Hoard. One particular exhibit, a 350 year old watch, stood out amongst all the others. Set into a carved Colombian emerald and cut from an emerald prism it had been discovered along with other treasure hidden under some floorboards by workmen centuries later! ...
I can remember as a little girl I was fascinated by an Amethyst however it was not a piece of jewellery but as an amethyst crystal that captured my attention. In those days my father was still running our original shop in Market Street where he used a variety of crystals as displays and...
I spend a lot of my time talking to customers about diamonds after all they are “a girl’s best friend”. As Diamonds are the birthstone for April I am going to take this opportunity and try and squeeze some quick points on what Christies Guide to Jewellery described as “Perhaps nature’s most perfect creation”...