Design & Making

Rubinstein Keightley was established in 1986. With a small, highly skilled team of goldsmiths, we design and hand-make one-off pieces by commission for private clients and for our Rutland and online shops.

Ranging from traditional designs to highly individual and sometimes unusual pieces, we have never yet been given a design challenge that we have not been able to meet.

We were recently contacted by someone acting for a foreign royal family. They needed a jewelled crown for a coronation. They had been let down by a London jeweller and unsurprisingly were finding it difficult to find someone who could step in. The real challenge was that it needed making within 3 weeks of the initial phone call! We came up with a design which was agreed within hours, and immediately set to work to make the crown, which, despite hiccups with couriers, was completed and delivered on time, to budget.

In contrast, much of our work is straightforward, such as diamond solitaire rings or other styles of engagement ring, earrings, pendants, etc. Many of the stones come directly from the cutters and as we are making the jewellery ourselves, you bypass a step or two of the retail chain, so you get more diamond for your pound!