Sam's wedding gift
When Michelle first got in touch, she wanted to know if we could make something special using her family’s own gold. Her idea was to give her son, Sam, a truly meaningful gift for his wedding day.
Jo arranged a Zoom call to talk through the possibilities. To her surprise, Michelle was calling from California! Distance didn’t stop them. They chatted about Michelle’s ideas, the significance of the gold and how she wanted to weave their family history into the design.
Michelle decided that a pendant would be perfect. She wanted it made from the treasured family rings and she also wished to include ashes from Sam’s late grandad.
Getting the pieces to us was a team effort. Michelle’s daughter flew back to the UK with the heirloom jewellery and Sam’s soon-to-be wife brought them in to us. Jo then FaceTimed with Michelle so she could be part of every decision.
Together they agreed on a simple yet elegant design using the yellow gold from the family rings and with ashes lovingly incorporated into the metal. On the back of the pendant, they added a hidden engraving in Roman numerals of Sam’s wedding date.
With everything agreed, it was time to take the items up to our workshop where our goldsmith Behzad could create this special piece!
Behzad melted the gold, carefully added the ashes and formed the pendant by hand. Once it was made, we sent it to London for hallmarking before engraving the date. Finally, we gave it a beautiful white finish with rhodium plating.
The result was a pendant that held generations of love, family history and the memory of someone very dear to Sam’s heart.
When the pendant was ready, all that was left was to wait for Michelle’s flight to the UK so she could collect it herself and give it to Sam.
“Many years ago, Petra Jewellery reset my engagement and eternity rings on white gold bands. They did a wonderful job. More recently, I requested a remodel of some items to create a piece for my son. I contacted wonderful Jo at Petra, and we had a Zoom call to talk about the project. She was such an amazing help and guided me to bring the project alive. My parents had recently passed away, and I had the idea of making a piece from some of my Dad’s rings that would have some of my mum and dad’s ashes added during the making. Jo’s communication throughout the entire process was excellent. Once the piece was ready, I had an appointment with Abi. She was so friendly and lovely. The piece was so beautiful and brought tears to my eyes. It was a pendant, engraved with my son and daughter-in-law’s wedding date in Roman numerals on the front. I would highly recommend Petra for a remodel of a piece. My son loves this priceless piece, and it will be something he wears every day. Thank you to the Petra team. I will be back for more services in the future. ”
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