Expert Guidance

 Caring for your Jewellery

By taking care of your Jewellery you are maintaining the life span of the item. Each piece of jewellery is individual, but as a general guide we advise the follwing procedures:

• Gently rub gold and silver jewellery with a soft, clean cloth prefferably a Town Talk Silver cloth for Silver items and Gold cloth for Gold. This maximises the shine of the product.
• Jewellery set with gems can be brought to life by careful cleaning. Why not pop by to our showroom where we could give your item an in-house clean upon inspection. Try not to get threaded pearl or bead jewellery wet and only wet antique jewellery after specialist advice - you could ruin it.
• Wipe pearls with a soft damp cloth after wearing to remove perfume, hairspray and anything else likely to damage them.
• Don't use abrasive cleaners on jewellery.
• You can use silver dip type cleaners on most silver jewellery - but rinse and dry them thoroughly. Follow guidelines as per product.
• Never use silver dip type cleaning solutions on gold jewellery, only special jewellery cleaners.
• Keep jewellery carefully stored and separated - not jumbled together in a draw.
• Keep chains fastened so that they don't get tangled up.
• If you have any concerns regarding the wear of your jewellery, ie. claw setting on rings, clasps on chains then please do not hesitate to call into our showroom for an inspection.
• Make sure you have a detailed insurance valuation for your jewellery. As a rough guide, the description in a professional jewellery valuation will be detailed enough that a jeweller could use it to draw a pretty accurate sketch of the item.
• For the sign of a professional jewellers look for the National Association of Goldsmiths Grant-of-Arms (located on our homepage).