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Zhuji,China2004 – 2019

Silverage Zhuji Bridge East Road Store

A small street store in the pearl capital of China, where we learned the craft of pearl-setting.

Silverage Zhuji Bridge East Road Store
  1. 2004

    Grand Opening

    In 2004, we opened a modest street store on Daqiao East Road in Zhuji — the city of pearls — our second store ever.

  2. 2004

    First Customer

    A pearl farmer's wife brought in a handful of her own pearls and asked us to set them in silver — the start of our pearl line.

  3. 2007

    Pearl & Silver

    The store became famous for pearl-setting; jewellers from nearby towns brought their stones to our bench.

  4. 2013

    The Next Generation

    We trained a third silversmith from Zhuji and sent her to Hangzhou, where she still works today.

  5. 2019

    The Last Sale

    In 2019, rising rents and a quiet high street wrote the final chapter; our pearl work moved to Hangzhou.

  6. 2019

    The Final Chapter…