Pearls for every woman

Not only do we source for fine quality gemstones, Heritage Gems also has access to natural south sea pearls. Natural south sea pearls come in a variety of colours, ranging from champagne to silver white to cream, tahitian grey and peacock-coloured pearls. Pearl jewellery make for a classic, timeless gift that a lady can wear for now and in the years to come.

As Coco Chanel once said “A woman needs ropes and ropes of pearls.” And who can forget Jackie Kennedy’s love of pearls: “Pearls are always appropriate.”

A special client of ours wanted to surprise his wife with a gift on her birthday. A necklace and earring peal set that she could wear on semi-casual occasions and when they go on dates. How romantic!

After careful selection of the pearls to ensure consistent colour, lustre and correct size, the pearls were then chosen to ensure all 7 pearls had as little blemish as possible.

There were several options provided during design discussion process. Fancy-cut marquise diamonds were also proposed to match our client’s face shape. Fancy-cut setting size diamonds are always a premium price to regular round setting size diamonds.

IMG_8370

 

Above: Pearl and diamond selection process. Each pearl is carefully handpicked to ensure similar colour, lustre and clarity (i.e.: as little blemish as possible). 

IMG_9438

 

Above: 5-pc Natural South Sea Pearl and Diamond Drop Necklace. Each piece is an 11mm diameter pearl (which is relatively large for natural pearls). 

 

IMG_9550

 

 

Pick up that special X’mas gift now

SJGF2013invite

When colourless is boring

***Pls note that the jewellery featured in this particular post is not by Heritage Gems. 

Coloured gemstone engagement rings have long been used among royalty and Old Money as a profession of their love for each other.

Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor with a stunning 19.77ct emerald engagement ring. Truly a gem piece:

Image Image

Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon with her Ruby engagement ring surrounded by diamonds

Image

In more current times, royalty engagement such as Princess Diana’s 18ct stunning blue sapphire ring to which Kate Middleton was subsequently proposed to by Prince William are definitely redefining engagement ring traditions.

diana

the_most_expensive_celebrity_engagement_rings_640_21

Stunning blue sapphire engagement ring – If it’s good enough for Prince William and Kate Middleton, I’m sure it would be good enough for any of us.

2b09087ec3731b1627b29a24d77c37a2

Princess Mathilde of Belgium’s beautiful oval ruby engagement ring

mariechantalfrombrideuniverse

Marie-Chantal of Greece’s Cabochon Sapphire engagement ring

sarahruby

Fergie’s Oval Ruby engagement ring

jackieo-1024x724

Jacqueline Onassis’s emerald engagement ring

And in even more recent times, amongst Hollywood celebs, coloured gemstones engagement rings have become popular

halleberry-1024x676

Halle Berry’s 4ct emerald engagement ring. Beautiful and unique – estimated to be worth USD200,000.

lizhurley-1024x714

Elizabeth Hurley elegant and classic emerald shape blue sapphire stunner. As mentioned in a previous post, fancy cut side diamonds (regardless of shape) always command a premium than round brilliant side diamonds/setting size diamonds.

jessicasimpson-1024x657

Jessica’s ruby engagement ring, again, with fancy cut side diamonds.

nicolerichie-1024x768

Nicole Richie’s Pink Sapphire engagement ring – a colour for the little girls inside every one of us.

Contrary to mainstream opinion, coloured gem engagement rings is only for the privileged few. Fine quality precious gemstones are rare and not easily available. If one has a specific colour/shade/hue in mind, the waitlist to lay your hands on an ideal gem could be several months, sometimes close to a year. If your jeweller is actively searching the market for you, it may take a slightly shorter timeframe.

Nonetheless, buying that ideal precious gem is not something that you can pick off a chart with the corresponding colour grading, clarity grading as you would a diamond.

Sui Generis Collection

Items below were recently sold. A huge thank you to our valuable clients for your continuous support. We do not recreate the exact same piece as these items belong to our Sui Generis Collection.

Pendant Necklace: 4.14 carat Tanzanite surrounded by 2.52cts diamonds

Drop Earrings
Pair of Pink Tourmalines 8.35 cts
Pair of Rare Burmese Peridots 12.4cts
Accented by 1.8cts round and marquise diamonds



Drop Earrings
Pair of cabochon Garnets: 7.35ct
Pair of South Sea Pearls
Accented by pink sapphires and diamonds

Contact Us

We specialize in fine quality gemstones, set in gold or platinum metalwork featuring bespoke craftsmenship in a unique design you can call your own. For a gemstone/design consult, we are contactable at:

Email: heritagegems@gmail.com
Mobile: +65 97716923

A successful show at the SIJS 2012

Thank you to all our valued clients and friends who visited our booth at the Singapore International Jewellery Show 2012 at Marina Bay Sands. We appreciate your continuous support. It was a successful show for us and we hope to see you next year.

Image

Pearl Affair – II

Image

A client recently came to us, looking for a birthday gift for her 2 daughters, turning 16 and 21 this May. Her request was simple – “I’m after a pearl pendant. A sweet, young design – ideally the same design, but in different coloured pearls. But I do not want the classic silver pearls. I want a Tahitian pearl and a deep gold pearl. Can you find me a nice deep gold pearl? I’ve heard that nice deep gold colours are hard to find.” Sure we could!

A ribbon pendant – 18k white gold, diamonds and Tahitian pearl, and 18k gold in oxidised finish, black diamonds and Deep Gold Champagne pearl.

Image

Pearl Affair – I

Every woman has a love affair with pearls. Woman of all ages can wear pearls. They are Mother Nature’s answer to pure, timeless elegance. Pearls strands can be worn in many ways. As a pearl choker, as seen on Angelina JolieImage

or as a luxurious pearl rope, as seen on Katherine Heigl. Image

Pearls come in a variety of beautiful shades as well. Rose hues, silver, cream, light champagne gold to deep gold, and not forgetting, greyish tones of Tahitian pearls, including green overtones, and beautiful eggplant-coloured Tahitian pearls. As seen here on Michelle Obama and Hilary Swank.

Image

Image

We have recently sold a double-strand pearl choker, 16-inch length with diamond-accented fleur clasps. Just the most stunning and beautiful piece (see our previous post). The lustre of these South Sea Pearls is simply breath-taking. All 82 pearls were individually hand-picked and stranded by hand. These pearls had just the right amount of silver overtone and slight bluish-green undertone – as requested by our client. Image

Exquisite Pearl Necklace

An opulent pearl necklace that will add an exquisite elegance to your outfit. This necklace is already sold at $38,000.


If you’d like a consultation with our designer for custom-made jewellery, please drop us a note at heritagegems@gmail.com