Jewelry signature · Soft colour, old cuts, meaning
Every piece you own has a story, and you can tell it.
Rose gold, morganite, old-cut diamonds, a grandmother’s ring re-set, lockets and engraved bands. You buy for sentiment and softness, you love antique settings and hand-finished detail, and you would choose a rose-cut with history over a flawless brilliant without one.
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Stone, setting, metal, budget
How to choose an engagement ring from the stone to the setting: budget rules that make sense, natural against lab-grown, solitaire against halo, prongs against bezel, ring size, timing and how to buy with a jeweler on your side.
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Georgian to mid-century
How to recognise Georgian, Victorian, Edwardian, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Retro and mid-century jewelry, which signatures multiply value, what condition and originality mean and where to buy and sell old pieces.
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Lustre before size
The four pearl types compared: size, colour, lustre and price. How pearls are graded, what a good strand costs, how to spot fakes and how to keep pearls alive.
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What your budget buys
See what an engagement ring budget buys in three directions: balanced, bigger stone, finest quality, natural and lab-grown, with setting and metal included.
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You wear what will still be right in fifty years.
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You wear jewelry the way you wear a good white shirt.
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