Historic Jewelry Worth Over 1 Million At Prestigious London Store.

Benclin Skinner is a unique shopping experience. What you've got to remember is that we are not a brand. We are an individual shop. You will not find us anywhere in the world. You actually have to come to London to visit us. A lot of the things that we have are one-off items. They would have all been handmade at some stage from the 1800s etc. And also we have a very fine workshop. You can have a bespoke piece of jewellery made here to your specification. This particular tiara is an elegant 1890s diamond set tiara. It breaks up into a very beautiful necklace. The nice thing about this piece is it's not very heavy. It actually sits very nicely on the head. Again, it will suit a young bride or when she becomes a Dowager Duchess shall we say. She can still wear it at a ball and it will still look magnificent on her hair. Then we have turn of the century pink and white diamond ring. What's lovely about this particular diamond is I love the faintness of it. It's actually beautiful, nice, faint pink diamond elegantly mounted and it was one of my favourite periods of jewellery which is turn of the century, the Belle Epoque period. Then we have an important five-strand graduated natural pearl necklace with a diamond clasp. This is a classical piece of jewellery. Here we're looking at something that is extremely valuable but it's timeless. You know when a lady adorns herself with pearls the whole face lights up and one doesn't even have to worry about the colour of one's outfit. It can be worn during the day and it can be worn in the evening so it's actually a very versatile piece of jewellery. Everybody loves diamond and this is a classic brilliant cut diamond which is over seven carats, good colour, good grade, and we've got tapered baguettes on the shoulders. The whole thing is mounted in platinum and it's again translates times. You know you don't have to worry about what age you are, you can just enjoy wearing it. This is a beautiful necklace with natural pearls surrounded by diamonds and that would have been made around about 1890s. A classical combination, we're looking at something that the king of jewels is a diamond, the queen of jewels is the queen, so it's a perfect marriage.