A fully customised beautiful pair of yellow sapphire earrings

We had a client come to us late last year, with a specific request for a pair of yellow sapphires to be made into earrings. She was after pear-shaped sapphires, in a nice bright yellow hue that would complement her nice tan, in an ideal size that would complement her frame and build. The key factors in looking for matching pair of gemstones to be set into earrings are:

1. identical shape & size
2. both gemstones should ideally be of matching hue and saturation (for certain types of gemtones, this criteria borders on near-impossible. Eg: Emeralds. This criteria is even more difficult to fulfill if the client would like for the gems to be unheated/non-treated). Reason: 100% natural gemstones may not be exactly identical in hue and saturation due to the fact that these gems are obtained from different locations within the same mine. Being 100% natural, no two gemstones will be exactly alike – Similarly, no two fingerprints will be exactly identical.
3.  almost similar levels of clarity

So, our client’s request certainly was difficult, but for Heritage Gems – it was not impossible. In the early weeks, we chanced upon this pair of oval-shaped yellow sapphires, that were not in the shape as per client’s request.

However, this was not a problem for us as we have the facilities to re-cut, re-facet and re-polish the gems to her requirement. So our design discussions with our client began. She wanted the yellow sapphires to be the feature colour of her earrings. Preferring that pave diamonds (if any) would not distract the attention away from the beautiful colour of her sapphires. She’d envisioned the finished look to be simple, classy, yet stunning. Final look of the earrings are below.

Timeline for customised fine jewellery, depending on client’s requirements and level of complexity can range anywhere from 3 months – 9 months.

A close-up shot of one side of the earrings

The Valerian Collection – our June feature collection

Inspired by a gorgeous purplish blue flower, called the Jacob’s Ladder or the Greek Valerian, usually found in the northern parts of Europe. This special flower is a summer flower that starts blossoming at the beginning of summer in June, lasting through July. Hence, for the month of June’s feature collection, Heritage Gems brings to you an assortment of cocktail rings inspired by the Greek Valerian, that will add glitz to any of your outfits.

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Jacob’s Ladder or Greek Valerian. Source: http://www.flowersgallery.net/summer/jacobs-ladder-specs-pictures-informations/

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Above from left to right: Pink Spinel, Yellow Chrysoberyl, Magenta Rhodolite, Blue Zircon. 

At Heritage Gems, our range of top-quality gemstones and fine craftsmanship of jewellery reflect the discerning tastes of our clientele.

In this Valerian collection, only the finest gemstones are used. We feature top quality in terms of brilliance, lustre, intensity of hues and saturation of colour. All gemstones used in this collection are loupe-clean.

Price range from SGD10,000 – SGD24,500 depending on the gemstone. Weight of the centre gemstone ranges from 7 – 9 carats, depending on gemstone.

**Different types of gemstones have different carat weights even though they measure exactly the same size.

Behind the scenes

A glimpse of what goes on behind the scenes; one of our craftsmen, hand-mounting individual diamonds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The finished  product: a beautiful pair of diamond earrings. 3.25cts

Enter the world of Rubelites

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rubelites, not to be mistaken as Rubies belong to the Tourmaline family. Fine quality rubelites are very hard to come by. Most rubelites available in the market these days are usually red, tinged with brown tones. Purplish to pinkish overtones remain the most desirable colours for Rubelites – the main body colour being red. Rubelites are traditionally classified by GIA as class III gemstone: meaning, this gem almost always has inclusion and is almost never eye clean.

Above: Rare, collector Rubelite. 16carats. Beautiful vibrancy, lustre and colour!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rubelite Ring with a tinge of pink. Sweetness!

Precious Gems

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pure beauty. Unheated, unenhanced, entirely natural blue sapphires.

 

 

 

Blue Zircon. If you love the colour of the ocean, azure blue waters of the Maldivian sea, you will not go wrong with the Blue Zircon. PS: Zircons are gemstones of the earth, not to me mistaken by Cubic Zirconia, which is a synthetic material! Zircons usually rank high on the Refractivity Index, hence the superb lustre and brilliancy.

 

 

when your favourite colour is orange

We had a client who had over the many years, unknowingly amassed several gemstones and jewellery in a very nice, rich orange hue.

She came to us one day with a ring and 2 loose gemstones and wanted us to help create a whole matching set of jewellery.

This was our client’s ring from her mother that she wanted to redesign.

Our client brought her own loose gemstones that she wanted to complement the new design we were going to re-set for her. We were delighted to help her re-design an entirely new set of jewellery she could finally wear.

So we proceeded to start work on dimensions, design process, design customization and final design confirmation. Notice that the above 2 gemstones were not entirely the same shape. But that is definitely not a problem for us – after recutting and re-shaping the gemstones slightly, this was the final outcome:

A beautiful 3-piece jewellery set with a classic vintage appeal, set in 18k white gold with diamonds. Notice her original ring was in yellow gold – we also changed that to white gold during the re-working process.

Liquid Gold Earrings

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One of our few pieces created with just the use of coloured gemstones, without diamonds. With the right kind of design to suit the right type of gemstones, every woman can own her very own unique design from Heritage Gems.

We do not recreate the same design once a jewellery piece is sold.

This pair of earrings created late 2011 – scroll to our earlier posts in September or click through for more information: Our Creations on Facebook!

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

Pink Cocktail Ring



hot pink tourmaline cocktail ring available for sale. well-faceted pink tourmaline in AA colour – top quality! this ring is designed to IMPRESS! email us to enquire. 

The Twins

An Art Nouveau piece – understated yet refreshing. Price available upon request.