Clients always have this very common question... what should I do with jewellery I no longer wear? A few common answer might come up...sell it...give it away...but the most logical thing to do is to create a new piece that you will make you enjoy your old pieces all over again.
A met with this very nice older client to discuss just this question, so naturally I would suggest for her to work with me and create a new piece. She had very old pieces from different times in her life, some broken pieces and some that she just no longer enjoy wearing. She did have a lot of gold to melt down but I suggested for her to keep the nicest pieces, I restored them for her to enjoy again. We still had a lot of gold to work with and two very nice gems to set into this new piece, a genuine ruby and an old mine cut diamond(I am not disclosing sizes, since we didn't appraise it ourselves, we did sent it to our gemologist just to identify the type of gems they are).
My client saw this pendant worn by another lady, by her descriptions, it's a nugget piece. I highly discouraged her to simply melt down 10+grams of gold just to make a nugget pendant. A nugget pendant is not that bad if its something just to use up some odds and ends of gold. A nugget piece would be a very bad idea if we have such substantial amount of gold and really amazing gems to work with. I suggested a concept to her just to see how she would like my idea. I did a very quick sketch just to show her my concept and she loved my initial design and we went to have it created. A circle pendant with a nugget piece incorporated into one side, set with her old mine cut diamond. We then set her oval ruby on the center of the piece in a cut out pattern. We finished the piece with a really elegant bale that has a slight hint of vintage elegance. This is truly a nice piece to show what your deserted pieces of gold can look like after some slight creativity.
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