Jewellery Factory
All designed in the UK and manufactured in the UK or Thailand to a high quality meeting all regulations.
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Our jewellery include necklaces, earrings, brooches, cufflinks, bracelets, charms, rings, business card holders, tie pins, money clips, bangles and much more.
Create your own exclusively designed jewellery
All jewellery is currently designed by Nicholas Humphery-Smith, who has many years of experience designing inspired jewellery for the V&A Museum, Royal Horticultural Society, Royal Ballet and many others.
We currently design and produce jewellery for The British Museum, Westminster Abbey, Edinburgh Castle, The National Gallery and many others. The quality of our jewellery is very high as expected for such prestigious customers. Whilst we specialise in costume/fashion jewellery, we also offer fine silver and gold jewellery design at a higher price tier.
Many customers ask if we can produce replicas and whilst this is possible, in our experience, we have found that to produce a true replica the exact materials and size are required and this would require very detailed drawings and may not always be possible. It can also take a very long time going backwards and forwards with samples to ensure the curatorial staff are happy with the finished item. We would therefore always suggest that we would work on an inspired piece of jewellery which would be more commercial and be able to use modern finishes, crystals and techniques. The finished item can be very similar to the original if required or developed into a fully inspired piece enhancing a chosen aspect of the original object.
So, how do you proceed to get your own designed range of jewellery?
Stage 1. Send us clear instructions together with high resolution images of the object/s requiring being turned into jewellery. If fashion jewellery then this can be created to look like fine jewellery if price is an issue.
Stage 2. We will turn the image/s into a simple interpretation of what the jewellery would look like, advising on stones/crystals and finishes. Draft drawing Timescale 7 -10 days.
Stage 3. Client would view the draft-drawing and make any comments / changes. A possible re-submission will be required until client is happy.
Stage 4. The draft cad drawing will be accurately drawn with sizes and relevant stone / crystal codes and a cost price will be prepared. Timescale approximately 3 – 5 weeks.
Stage 5. Client to consider the drawing carefully, make any changes at this stage. Any re-drawings and re-pricing will take place at this stage until client approves. Any re-drawings can take a further 2 weeks. Once drawing is approved the client is committed to the project and minimum order subject to receiving a satisfactory sample.
Stage 6. Manufacture of model and first sample 6 – 10 weeks depending on complexity and assuming that first sample is accepted. Changes at this stage can take a further 4 – 6 weeks.
Stage 7. Client approves samples and places order.
Stage 8. Manufacture of production pieces and supply to client 7 – 10 weeks.
The minimum order quantity for a specific design does depend on each item but would be between 25 – 50 pieces per item. As long as the minimum is ordered, there is no charge for the design or modelling. If a piece does not go through to ordering stage then there could be a charge for the model.
All fashion jewellery is made using lead free pewter and Austrian crystal elements. For fine jewellery, Silver would be hallmarked (where required) Sterling Silver in the UK and Gold hallmarked (where required) jewellery would be hand set with either diamonds, precious stones, cubic zirconia or Austrian crystal elements as directed depending on price.
We can also discuss packaging solutions for you either specific to your need or using our generic box and pouch. Most of the jewellery we produce tells a story. Therefore we do like to produce a provenance or story card to go with each piece as telling a story really does make the jewellery special and collectible. We can help you with the story card, if required, and provide finished printed cards on the same small quantity as the jewellery using our own in house printing processes.
To get an idea of some of the jewellery we have produced in the past under licence for various museums please visit www.inspiredtreasures.co.uk. This site gives full retail prices at good margins.
If in the first instance you would like to receive an opinion on the item/s you are interested in then please send images with your thoughts. If you require any further information, please contact anc@ancestors.co.uk