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The Blacklock Journal

Essays on jewellery, features on the stones and the people behind them, and news from the house — written in the spirit of six generations.

Introducing the Miami Deco collection
Featured Collection

Introducing the Miami Deco collection

One style, many dialects Deco has always spoken in regional dialects. It took its name from Paris, from the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes, and travelled outward from there, picking up...

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Introducing the Miami Deco collection
Collection

Introducing the Miami Deco collection

One style, many dialects Deco has always spoken in regional dialects. It took its name from Paris, from the 1925 Exposition Internationale des Arts...

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Gifts That Hold Fast: Bespoke Jewellery and the Anchor Ring
Gifting

Gifts That Hold Fast: Bespoke Jewellery and the Anchor Ring

A lagoon tourmaline pendant given last Christmas has started a new conversation in our workshop. This time, the gift will be earrings: pear-shaped lagoon...

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Blacklock 1ct Cove collection engagement ring
Engagement

190 Years of "I Do": The Blacklock Journey Through the Engagement Ring

In 1832, Robert March Blacklock swapped shipbuilding on the River Wear for the luxury goods trade, opening a small Sunderland business under the name...

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How British Tradition Finds Its Place in Contemporary Fine Jewellery
Design

How British Tradition Finds Its Place in Contemporary Fine Jewellery

British Tradition in Contemporary Fine Jewellery What makes a piece of jewellery feel British today? It might carry a story from a familiar landscape,...

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What Makes a Piece of Fine Jewellery an Heirloom?
Essay

What Makes a Piece of Fine Jewellery an Heirloom?

What is a piece of fine jewellery for? The trade has a ready answer, and it is occasions. An anniversary, an engagement, a fortieth...

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What Bespoke Actually Means and Why the Word Gets Misused
Craft

What Bespoke Actually Means and Why the Word Gets Misused

Walk down any high street or scroll through any jewellery site and you'll see the word "bespoke" attached to almost everything — from classic...

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