British jewellery splits between Glasgow workshops and long-established family counters. Blair & Sheridan designs and makes bespoke fine jewelry in Glasgow since 2012. Robertson & Watt keeps fine jewellery and watches with repairs from a long-established family shop. Hadfields handles bespoke commissions with remodelling and on-site stone setting. Remodel what you own before buying new, because a stone usually outlasts its setting.
Visitors can watch interactive glassblowing demonstrations and, on selected sessions, blow into their own bauble. The Walcot Street programme also includes hands-on courses in glassblowing and stained glass rather than retail alone.
Best for Handmade aqua glassware, jewellery and stained glass
Established in 1954, this family-run Belfast jeweller in Queen's Arcade specialises in fine jewellery and diamonds. Lunn's also carries luxury watches.
Steensons designs and handcrafts contemporary jewellery in Northern Ireland, working from its own Glenarm and Belfast workshops. Its makers also produced jewellery for Game of Thrones.
Hamilton & Inches has made and sold jewellery and silver as well as watches in Edinburgh since 1866. Founders Robert Inches and his uncle James Hamilton registered their hallmark with the city's assay office that year. The firm moved from Princes Street to 87 George Street in 1952 and holds a royal warrant as goldsmiths and silversmiths. Its showroom was restored in 2021 with Scottish whinstone and antique bronze.
Best for Fine jewellery and silver
Hamilton & Inches was founded in Edinburgh in 1866 by Robert Inches and his uncle James Hamilton. They registered their hallmark with the Edinburgh assay office on 1 June that year. The firm began on Princes Street and moved in 1952 to 87 George Street in the New Town. That single showroom remains its home. It has held a royal warrant to the British monarch as goldsmiths and silversmiths and as clock and watchmakers for more than 120 years. It also kept the royal clocks in Scotland for generations, a role renewed in 2010 as silversmiths and clock specialists to the Queen. Robert Inches helped found the city's association of goldsmiths and watchmakers in 1903 to keep shoddy goods off the market. The company passed to his son Edward. Asprey acquired it in 1992, and a management buyout in 1998 returned it to independent hands. Beyond jewellery and silver, and the watch trade, it makes sporting trophies, among them the Scottish Open and the Lanark Silver Bell. Queen Elizabeth II visited in 2016 to mark 150 years of business. The showroom was restored in 2021, clad in Scottish whinstone outside with curved glass set in antique bronze within.
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Paper Tiger buys from both established and emerging Edinburgh and UK artists, giving Scottish work a dedicated place across its shops. City-themed gifts range from locally made pieces to cards and wrap printed with Edinburgh imagery.
Best for Gifts, homeware, toys, jewellery and edible treats made by Scottish designers
An independent jeweller at 2 Eastons Buildings on Little Castle Street offering handmade and bespoke pieces made in its Devon workshop, plus repairs, resizing, engraving and remodelling of inherited jewellery. It also runs a hand-knotted silk pearl restringing service.
Best for Bespoke commissions and remodelling heirloom jewellery
A contemporary jewellery gallery on Martins Lane near the cathedral, showing handcrafted rings, earrings and sculptural pieces from more than fifty independent makers and designers. It offers bespoke commissions, heirloom remodelling and a pre-loved collection called VAULT.
Best for Contemporary designer jewellery and bespoke rings
An independent bespoke jeweler designing and making fine jewelry in its Glasgow workshop.Established 2012.
Best for Bespoke fine jewelry designed and made in a Glasgow workshop since 2012
Blair & Sheridan was formed in March 2012 by Douglas Blair and Roddy Sheridan, who brought complementary backgrounds to the partnership: Blair as a jewellery designer and goldsmith, Sheridan as a specialist in diamonds and precious stones. The pair had worked together for years before opening as a joint business in Glasgow's West End, on Great Western Road near Kelvinbridge.
The workshop designs and makes its jewelry in-house, specializing in bespoke engagement, wedding and eternity rings alongside bracelets, earrings, necklaces and pendants made to individual commission. The business sources diamonds and gemstones directly from Antwerp's diamond district, and has built more than a decade of experience working with lab-grown diamonds, which it positions as a lower-impact alternative to mined stones for clients who want that option.
The shop operates by appointment, allowing for unhurried, one-to-one consultations on bespoke commissions rather than walk-in retail. Beyond the workshop, Roddy Sheridan has served on the fundraising board of Maggie's Glasgow, a charity supporting people affected by cancer, reflecting a community tie the business has maintained alongside its trade.
Colin Campbell founded this goldsmith's workshop in 1975 after completing his apprenticeship in Glasgow, and has run it from Inverness's Victorian Market since 2000. His son Paul, also apprenticeship-trained, now works alongside him on bespoke commissions and a workshop that handles around 100 repairs a week.
Best for Bespoke gold and silver jewellery, repairs
The British Museum Shop is the museum's official online store, selling replicas, jewelry, books, and homeware inspired by its permanent collection and current exhibitions such as Hiroshige and Hieroglyphs. Every purchase supports the museum, with free UK delivery on orders over £100 and click-and-collect available.
Luxury fashion platform founded in 2000, combining designer womenswear, jewelry, watches and lifestyle with editorial content; it now operates as part of LuxExperience.
Alison Moore Designs makes handmade jewellery from its Orkney workshop in sterling silver and 9ct gold set with gemstones including sapphires, aquamarine, labradorite and tourmaline, with collections inspired by Orkney's sea, skies and landscape.
An independent, family-owned Cornish jeweller making handmade silver, marcasite and real-flower pieces, with its Fowey shop among branches in Padstow, Falmouth and Truro. Ranges run from everyday earrings, charms and cufflinks to statement necklaces and brooches.
Best for Handmade silver, marcasite, and real-flower jewelry from a family Cornish jeweller
A bespoke jeweller in Cirencester designing and making engagement and wedding rings, remodelling old pieces and carrying out repairs on the premises. The studio works in gold, platinum and a range of gemstones, involving clients in the design of each piece.
Celina Rupp Jewellery is a family-run business working from The Commodore, Holm, Orkney, making fine Orkney jewellery by hand and to order, drawing inspiration from the coasts, landscapes, history and heritage of Orkney.
D M Soni Jewellers trades from 83 Belgrave Road on Leicester's Golden Mile, selling 22ct gold jewellery in South Asian styles alongside gold coins and bars. Its pieces are hallmarked by the Sheffield Assay Office and diamonds are graded by the GIA.
Daniella Draper founded her jewellery business in 2009 and still runs it with her mother Della and sister Holly. Pieces are handmade in England from recycled solid gold and sterling silver, set with upcycled or restored antique stones. The Lincoln flagship stands at 260 High Street near the cathedral, with further shops in Beverley, Cleethorpes and Grimsby. Charms, alphabet letters and personalised work sit alongside engagement rings.
Best for Handcrafted-in-England ID bracelets and jewellery
Daniella Draper founded her jewellery business in 2009 and it has stayed independent and family-run since. Her mother Della and her sister Holly work in it. The brand describes itself as a tight family unit. Draper studied jewellery design at Central Saint Martins in London and has been refining the process since the business started. The pieces are handmade in England from fully recycled solid gold and sterling silver, with upcycled gemstones and restored antique stones worked back into new settings. Collections run through charms, alphabet letters, scallop shells, stars, St Christopher medals, engagement rings. The Lincoln shop is the flagship and stands at 260 High Street, a short walk from Lincoln Cathedral. Three other shops trade at Toll Gavel in Beverley, Sea View Street in Cleethorpes and Victoria Street in Grimsby, and the Beverley shop marked ten years in 2026. Draper now lives in the Lake District, and the brand ties its designs to the English coastline and countryside. In-store launches bring her back to Lincoln, including a scarf collection release held there on 17 September 2026.
Working out of the same Birmingham building since 1786, Deakin & Francis calls itself Britain's oldest family jewellers. It is run by the seventh generation of the family and still makes cufflinks and signet rings by hand. Their signature is vitreous enamelling — a slow, kiln-fired craft that gives their novelty and heraldic pieces their depth of color.
From a Park Street workshop and shop, Diana Porter designs and makes contemporary jewellery in Fairtrade gold, recycled platinum and silver, best known for etched wedding and engagement rings. Every piece is prototyped, assembled and finished in-house, and the studio also remodels older jewellery.
A Kings Heath shop and gallery on the High Street selling handcrafted jewellery, pottery, candles, and stationery sourced from independent makers. The stock rotates through work by British designers and small studios.
Founded in 1878 by German immigrant Wilhelm Faller, Faller the Jeweller is a family-run jeweller on Strand Road now in its third generation. It designs and makes pieces in an on-site workshop, including Irish-inspired heritage collections.
Fluke Jewellery was founded by Roger Philby and makes silver and gold jewellery, including a handstruck silver collection, inspired by marine creatures such as dolphins, whales and porpoises, from its base at the Ortak Showroom, Kirkwall, Orkney.
Frances Garriock designs handmade jewellery in her Orkney workshop, with collections including Eynhallow, Ness of Brodgar and Groatie Buckies drawing on local archaeology and landmarks such as Skara Brae and St Magnus Cathedral.
Hadfields is an independent goldsmithing workshop whose designers and craftspeople have made jewellery in central Canterbury since the early 1980s, cutting and setting stones on the premises. The team specialises in bespoke commissions and remodelling, working with responsibly sourced gems and conflict-free diamonds.
Best for Bespoke jewellery, remodelling and on-site stone setting
Heathergems describes itself as the only maker in the world of jewellery crafted from hand-harvested heather stems, producing pendants, rings, and brooches at its factory shop and visitor centre in Pitlochry. The company sells the full range in person at its Highland shop and ships worldwide through its online store with same-day dispatch.
James Newman Jewellery designs and makes pieces in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter, where its workshop also has a retail presence. The range includes engagement and wedding rings, alongside individual gemstone pieces and bespoke commissions for clients. Customers can discuss a new design with the business, rather than choosing solely from finished stock on display.
Best for Bespoke jewellery and engagement rings in Birmingham
James Newman established his jewellery business in Birmingham after graduating from the city's School of Jewellery in 1998. A move to Vyse Street followed in 2001, initially providing a manufacturing workshop before a retail store opened in 2008. The sequence explains why the business combines jewellery making with a shop where clients can discuss their requirements.
Engagement and wedding rings form part of the collection, alongside pieces using individually chosen gemstones. The range includes diamond solitaires as well as designs built around other stones, giving customers different starting points. Bespoke commissions offer another route when an existing piece does not match the intended design or occasion.
The workshop and studio remain in the Jewellery Quarter, and the company says its own designs are made in house. That gives a buyer a direct manufacturing connection to discuss when considering a commission. Questions about the stone and the design can be addressed together instead of treating them as unrelated choices. The useful focus is the individual piece and the work required to make it, rather than a broad promise about every gemstone's origin.
A jewellery shop and workshop known for its love-lock designs and personalised silver and gold pieces made to order. Alongside its own collections it stocks a range of British and European jewellery brands.
Family-run since 1971, Juniper is an Aberdeen independent selling jewellery, gifts and homeware. It trades from the city and through its own online shop.
Lincoln Cathedral runs its own shop alongside the medieval building itself, selling cathedral-branded jewelry, gifts and souvenirs both in person and online. Proceeds support the working cathedral, whose site also carries the Dean's welcome, daily service times and visitor information.
Lowe & Sons has traded on Chester's Bridge Street Row since 1770, dealing in antique and pre-owned jewellery, silver, and pocket watches alongside restored period pieces. The family firm, now run under Powells, keeps a workshop for repairs, valuations, and the remodelling of older gold and gemstone jewellery.
Marion Miller, a Swedish jeweller, handmakes jewellery capturing the sea and shore of the Orkney Islands from her studio on the island of Stronsay, with collections including Wave, Sea Ribbons and Seaweed Wrack. She is a member of the Guild of Jewellery Designers and Creative Orkney.
Ola Gorie, described on the site as one of Britain's most important jewellery designers, began work in the 1960s drawing on her Celtic and Norse heritage, producing silver and 9ct gold jewellery across Orkney, Scottish, Classic and Contemporary collections.
Best for Orkney inspired silver and gold jewellery
Run by two Duncan of Jordanstone graduates at 299 Brook Street in Broughty Ferry, Pretty Fly Workshop handles bespoke commissions, engagement rings, engraving and enamelwork alongside repairs and recasting. The shop also stocks jewellery, ceramics, prints and textiles from more than fifty Scottish art-school graduates.
Best for Handmade and bespoke jewellery plus work by Scottish makers
Established in 1974, Ram Jewellers makes custom Indian-style gold jewellery and trades gold coins and bars, with testimonials describing customers now three generations loyal. It builds pieces to commission rather than selling only fixed stock.
Established in 1841, Robertson & Watt is a Scottish family jeweller, trading from 72-73 High Street opposite the Caird Hall. The shop carries jewellery, watches and giftware, and offers repairs, pearl restringing and valuations, still run day-to-day by the family.
Best for Fine jewellery, watches and repairs from a long-established family shop
Fine Jewellers Robins+Robins has traded from 131 Cornwall Street in Plymouth since 1988, handcrafting engagement rings, bespoke commissions and restorations for a clientele who value more than three decades of continuity. The no-appointment-necessary showroom sits alongside a full online collection of rings, necklaces, earrings and bangles.
Best for Jewelry, Fine Jewellers, Bespoke Commissions
Sheila Fleet OBE designs silver, gold and platinum jewellery drawn from Orkney's land and sea, all made and enamelled at her island workshop. Her Edinburgh gallery, a few steps from Princes Street, shows rings, necklaces, brooches and birthstone pieces.
Stephen Henderson trades from 1 Union Street in central Dundee, dealing in diamond jewellery, gold and silver, and pre-owned luxury watches. The business also offers bespoke design, repairs, valuations and gold buying.
Best for Independent jeweller for bespoke pieces and pre-owned watches
The Arc on Commonhall Street shows contemporary British craft, from studio ceramics and art glass to designer-maker jewellery and metalwork. The gallery represents established and emerging makers and rotates exhibitions of handmade work.
Stacey Sibley paints and makes silver jewelry from the Pilchard Press Studio, an old fish cellar on the Pentus Wall in Port Isaac bay, drawing on 27 years as an interior designer and a habit of beachcombing for sea glass used in her pieces. Her watercolors, acrylics, prints and jewelry are sold through the Viddy Cottage online shop, and commissions are taken directly.
Founded by Kenneth Walker after the Second World War and settled on Union Street, this family jeweller was rebranded Walker Luxury Jeweller in 2008. It is Dundee's official Rolex and Tudor stockist and carries brands including Georg Jensen and FOPE, with staff accredited by the Gemmological Association of Great Britain.
Best for Swiss watches and hand-selected diamond jewellery
Walter Bull & Son sells modern and pre-owned jewellery at 10 Dyer Street in Cirencester. Its family business traces its roots to an earlier London firm established in 1815 and moved to Cirencester in 1965. An on-site workshop handles repairs and restoration, with remodelling also available.
Best for Pre-owned jewellery and on-site repairs
Walter Bull & Son traces its history to a London jewellery and pawnbroking business established in 1815. Walter Bull himself was born later and eventually purchased that business, so the date should not be read as his personal founding year. John and Jean Gegg brought the firm to Cirencester in 1965. Today the shop is at 10 Dyer Street, with James Gegg continuing the family connection. Its range includes modern jewellery as well as antique and pre-owned pieces. The merchant says pre-owned jewellery is checked in its on-site workshop. The individual listing reflects its condition and any limitations. That makes the description of a particular ring or brooch more useful than assuming all older pieces have identical condition. Workshop services include repairs and restoration, with remodelling available for a piece that no longer suits its owner. Customers can discuss sizing in the shop before committing to work. The local workshop does not establish a British manufacturing origin for every antique or resale item in the catalogue.