General Knowledge on Jewellery

The Celtic traditions and heritage are paramount to the history of the United Kingdom. Celtic design is instantly recognisable and no more so than in this white gold Celtic engagement ring complete with a 12 point diamond. ...read more

The Ogham Alphabet is known as the tree alphabet and was used from the 4th to the 7th century AD in Scotland, Ireland, England and Wales. ...read more

Celtic symbolism was influenced by the many people they came in contact with such as Egyptians and the Vikings. When they encountered the Greeks they were known as the 'Keltoi' and in more familiar terms as the 'Gauls' in ancient Rome. This is how it came that the celts inhabited many parts of Europe from the 8th century to 1 AD. ...read more

Gold and Silver Prices

We don't think the price of silver or gold is coming down but you can see on the live charts for yourself what the day to day prices are. So what do you do if you can't afford gold anymore? We look at a couple of alternative suggestions for wedding rings for you that will fit your budget. ...read more

Handmade Silver Jewellery for Ladies

Nature has provided man with many natural items such as shells to create primitive jewellery with. Ancient man was able to craft all manner of ladies jewellery such as bracelets, necklaces an earrings. ...read more

Like any woman needs to employ a whole range of different assets in order to maintain her beauty, the perfect look of your jewellery also depends significantly on how you care about it. Whereas our personal fight for beauty consists of many operations, fortunately with jewellery you can limit the work to cleaning only. ...read more

Traditionally rings were engraved by hand. The jeweller would use specialised hand held tools to engrave in a hand written script style. Technology has however stepped in to the world of jewellery engraving in the form of lasers. ...read more

Titanium is used to make alloys and is a very light substance. Even though in appearance the metal is grey it is also lustrous and can be polish finished to produce very bright and mirror reflective jewellery. ...read more

Silver Jewellery on the Internet

As the global financial crisis deepens, many people are abandoning the dollar to buy instead, precious metals such as silver and gold. This has inevitably pushed the prices of these metals up to record levels. One industry where this has impacted is the jewellery trade with many people now unable to afford quality gold pieces of jewellery. ...read more

Everyone these days seems to have a digital camera but probably most of us won't realise just how much modern digital cameras are capable of and this includes photography of your gold and silver jewellery. In this article we hope to dispel some of your fears when taking pictures of jewellery which professionals already know but tend to keep a closely guarded secret. ...read more

Should we worry as to whether the consumer has the right to choice when it comes to shopping on the internet? ...read more

People have worn jewellery ever since time began including necklaces. Originally the word jewellery itself was anglicised from an old French word “joule” (jewel) but it does also date further back in history and is linked to the Latin word plaything. ...read more

UK made Diamond Engagement Rings for men are now in vogue

Traditionally when couples got engaged it was usually the woman that received a diamond ring as a sign of betrothal. Men rarely wore engagement rings and certainly a diamond ring would not have been a common item for your average man. ...read more

Diamond is the hardest substance on earth and was discovered in India over 3000 years ago. Technically it is a carbon but classed as a mineral. ...read more

Earrings originally came in two types of style a pendant or a hoop design when they were first introduced in three thousand BC in Asia. ...read more

Archaeologists discovered them in graves from royal kings and queens. Burying jewellery with your dead is a custom from ancient civilisation. ...read more

Diamonds are expensive but have you ever considered buying a sapphire as a cheaper alternative for an engagement ring. ...read more

The Celts were originally a group of tribes that discovered they had a culture that was common amongst themselves during prehistoric times. Jewellery played an important factor in Celtic history. ...read more

Jewellery from ancient times was constructed from simple items such a shells and other naturally available materials such as stones. The stones came from the river beds and seashores having been naturally polished through wind a wave power. ...read more