Care & Materials

Each piece carries an aura.
Treat it as you'd treat a memory — softly.

Materials we work with

Solid gold — 14k and 18k, sourced from estates and ateliers across decades. Each piece arrives with its own quiet history. Patina is welcomed; we polish only what asks for it.

Sterling silver (925) — soft, lunar, given to oxidising into deeper tones over time. The darkening is not damage. It is age, and age is the point.

Gold-filled — a heavy layer of gold bonded to a base metal. More forgiving than plate, less precious than solid. Wears beautifully against skin.

Vintage brass — copper-warmth, ages into a dusky gold. Some pieces date back generations and carry the marks of hands long gone.

PNP (pewter-nickel plated) — the technique behind J.Crew-era costume pieces of the late 20th century. Lightweight, tarnish-resistant, often unsigned. We carry them for their cut, not their carat.

Stones, gathered for character

Each stone is chosen one at a time, often for the way light moves through it rather than the cleanness of its grade. Slight variation from photograph is the nature of natural stone.

Amazonite — the soft sea-green of dawn
Emerald — deep and quiet
Sapphire — in the blues and the rarer hues
Unheated ruby — for those who prefer their fire untouched
Black onyx — full of depth
Labradorite — holding its private storm
Lapis lazuli — the colour of distance
Garnet — the slow burn of pomegranate
Quartz — in many forms

Lab-grown & glass

Lab-grown gemstones, including diamonds — chemically and structurally identical to mined stones, with a smaller footprint. We say so when we use them.

Cubic zirconia & Swarovski crystal — for sparkle that costs less than carats but loses none of the shimmer.

Glass pearls — hand-formed, each one a little different. Not the same as cultured pearl. Wearing them is like wearing a small, captured light.

Mother-of-pearl, real pearls & antique tokens

Mother-of-pearl — organic, breathing. Dulled by perfume, salt, and time. Wipe gently with a soft cloth after wear.

Sea shell pearls — cut and polished from natural shell, soft-lustred, each one carrying the curve of where it came from.

Freshwater pearls — real, river-born, never quite round. Worn warm against the throat, they brighten with skin oil.

Baroque pearls — irregular by nature, never twins. We choose them for the way each one refuses to be perfect.

Antique coins & tokens — sometimes centuries old. Worn by hands long gone. We do not restore them.

To wear, and to keep

Wear it often. Stones and metals soften with skin contact; this is how a piece becomes yours.

Remove before water — bath, sea, hot spring. Salt and chlorine are not friends to silver, pearl, or any soft stone.

Keep perfume and lotion at a distance. Apply first, dress after, jewellery last.

Store quietly — separate pouches, away from light and friction. A small soft cloth and a closed drawer is enough.

Polish only when needed, and only with care. For silver, a dry cloth. For gold, the warmth of your skin is usually enough. For stones and pearls, never chemicals — only soft fabric, lightly damp.