Instead of posting a blog this week I thought it would be a nice idea to send out a more personal letter to let you know what we’ve been up to at Polly Gasston Goldsmith during lockdown, and what we’ve been doing to make ourselves available to you in these very strange times. As you’re well aware, all our shows …
I have just discovered that after all my years in the trade I don’t actually know an awful lot about hallmarking! Oh, I know the important bits like it’s illegal to sell an item as precious metal if the hallmark has not been applied; I know what the stamps in my hallmark all mean, and I know hallmarking goes …
A while ago I found this photograph of myself when I was about 3. Grubby shorts, no shoes, but bangles! Clearly I’ve had a thing for jewellery since smallhood, and as the bracelets were a mix of bright coloured plastic and glass bought in the Indian bazaar in Nairobi, I obviously also had magpie tendencies from a very early age. …
