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Zoe Harding's arctic design

Zoe Harding clinches three Golds at Goldsmiths' Craft and Design Council Awards

Designer Zoe Harding won three Golds at the Goldsmiths’ Craft and Design Council Awards 2013, which took place at London’s Goldsmiths’ Hall on March 5.

By Simon Carter

Simon Carter creates peacock pieces


Designer Simon Carter has created a fine jewellery collection inspired by peacocks.

The Queen wearing the BJA winning brooch

Queen wears BJA winning brooch at Sandringham

The Queen wore the winning brooch from the British Jewellers’ Association (BJA) Diamond Jubilee brooch competition when she visited Sandringham on Christmas Day.

By Dennis & Lavery

Renewed strength: Looking back at platinum in 2012

Platinum expert Dr Jonathan Butler takes a worldwide view of the platinum market’s performance over the past year and how it will fare in 2013

Leane and Dimmick

Shaun Leane visits Green + Benz in Sheffield

Green + Benz welcomed jewellery designer Shaun Leane to its Sheffield store to showcase his Signature Tusk collection and Entwined fine jewellery collection, on Thursday 15 November.

2012 winning design by Zoe Harding

Houlden Group to give platinum award winner commercial opportunity

The Houlden Group is offering a commercial opportunity to the winner of the 2013 Goldsmiths’ Craftmanship & Design Platinum Award, which is sponsored by the Platinum Guild International (PGI).

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Fast Facts on
Wedding rings

  • 860 AD:The year Christians started using rings in marriage ceremonies.
  • 4th:The finger the ring is placed on.
  • 2,200BC:The year of the oldest recorded exchange of wedding rings in ancient Egypt.
  • 1854:The year in which the manufacture of 15ct, 12ct and 9ct became legal.

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