Holiday Jewellery Essentials: What to Pack for Your Summer Holiday

Summer has arrived, and with holidays just around the corner, it is the perfect time to refresh your jewellery collection. Whether you are heading to the beach, exploring [...]

LGBTQ+ Symbols throughout history

LGBTQ+  Symbols Through History Throughout history, LGBTQ+ individuals have used coded colours, items and jewellery to signal their identity to others in their community. Here are some of [...]

A Look Back at Our “Something Blue” Event

On the evening of 22 May, from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM, we warmly welcomed twelve guests to our memorable “Something Blue” gathering, inspired by the beauty and [...]

How to Maintain Your Jewellery

Have you recently bought a piece of jewellery and wondered how to take care of it properly? Many jewellery lovers assume maintenance is difficult or time-consuming, but the [...]

The History of Jewelled Eggs

What if, for Easter, instead of receiving a chocolate egg, you were given a beautifully crafted jewelled egg instead?   In 1885, Empress Maria Feodorovna received the first [...]

Jewellery buying: A guide for beginners

Know Your Jewellery: A Beginner’s Guide to Buying Your First Piece Have you ever walked past a high street shop and noticed a beautiful piece of jewellery sparkling [...]

Valentine’s Day Proposals- The History

The History Since the Victorian 1800’s gift giving on 14th February, Valentine’s day, has been a world tradition. The date of the 14th February was originally marked to […]

Wedding Rings – What should you choose?

You have your dream engagement ring, congratulations! Now you need to find the perfect wedding ring to go with it. What should you think about? Metal We suggest […]

Selling or Remodelling Your Gold

Do you have a collection of gold jewellery that is broken, missing pieces or just not your style anymore? We offer two different options at Jeremy France for […]

Diamond Simulants & Synthetics

The definition of a diamond simulant refers to a stone that either naturally resembles a diamond or has been specifically created to imitate a diamond. However, the main [...]

Meaningful Jewellery

Through-out our lives, many of us are lucky enough to receive pieces of jewellery that hold great significance. Sometimes as early as birth, people receive trinkets and religious [...]

Laboratory Grown Diamonds

I think we can all agree that laboratory grown diamonds have exploded in the jewellery industry in the last few years.  They have been around since the 1950’s [...]

An Overview of Gemstones

Welcome back to our blog. Today’s topic is...Gemstones! We could talk for days about gemstones (literally, there's decades of trivia and new information discovered every year!) but don’t [...]

Bridal Jewellery – Pearls

Pearls have been worn by brides for centuries and often gifted to the bride as their “something old”. Tradition says that a bride wearing pearls on her wedding [...]

Our Workshop

A Brief History In Kent over 34 years ago Jeremy trained as a jewellery repairer and goldsmith and went knocking on jewellery shop doors asking if they needed […]

Jewellery Care & Maintenance

Welcome to our first blog post of 2024! Our wonderful team here at JFJ have decades of jewellery knowledge and experience combined. But don’t worry, we’ve compiled it […]