The River Dart at Hembury Brooch

The River Dart at Hembury Brooch depicts the tiny island in the River Dart at Hembury Woods, where the water eddies and glints as it swirls around the rocks.

Silver is formed to reflect the undulating river course and the glinting water is engraved in a sketched style. A 2mm blue ethically sourced sapphire is set in gold inside a domed silver setting, representing the island. The brooch has a handcrafted hinge, its pin combines silver with 9ct gold.

The brooch is made from recycled sterling silver and 9ct gold.

It can be worn every day, on knitwear, jackets and coats.

Dimensions and Specifications

The brooch length is 53mm length x 27mm  width, 10mm (approx) depth at the widest point including the handcrafted hinge and clasp.

The sapphire was ethically mined in Sri Lanka and sourced from the UK leader of ethically mined gemstones, Nineteen48. Learn more about how Stuart Pool sources the gems, how they are looking after the land, the miners and the gem cutters he works with.

Hallmarked for quality by the London Assay Office

Presentation

The jewellery comes in a beautiful presentation box, handcrafted in Cornwall, made with recycled board and FSC certified textured paper. The boxes are embossed with compostable fine foil. The interior of the box is lined with natural felt made of wool from organically reared sheep from Fern Hill Farm in Somerset. The box has a layer of berry tissue paper made from recycled fibres. The box comes with a card featuring a photograph of Dartmoor printed on FSC certified recycled paper by, with accompanying details of the piece.

All the packaging is 100% recyclable and compostable and beautifully reusable!