Example design by Matthew Alberts not a real business

Gildmoth Bag 0

Gifts

Chosen in the evening. Opened in the morning.

Everything we send is boxed, wrapped if you ask, and easy to swap if the size is wrong. Here is how it works, and some places to start.

The Lamp Coin Pendant and its chain on the pad of an open ink-blue gift box, the gold moth on the lid behind

What is in the box

  1. The ink box

    Rigid, ink-blue, with the gold moth pressed into the lid. Free with every order.

  2. A pouch and a cloth

    For travel, and for polishing the gold back to how it looked tonight.

  3. Ribbon and a card, +$6

    Silk ribbon in candle gold, and your words written by hand on a cotton card, up to 140 characters.

  4. No prices inside

    Tick "this order is a gift" at checkout and the packing slip leaves every price off.

Gifts by budget

Under $50

$50 to $100

Over $100

Not sure of their ring size?

Choose your best guess. If it does not fit, they send it back and we resize or swap it once, free, within 60 days. Earrings, necklaces and bracelets are a safer first gift: the bracelets close at 16 or 18 cm and the chains have a ring at 40 cm.

Open the size guide

Why a moth

Moths are the only things that come out in the evening on purpose to find the light. That is the whole idea: jewellery that looks its best at dinner, under a lamp, in a candlelit bar, when gold is warmest.

So we design for that light. Domes and knife-edges, because curves carry a highlight; engraving cut deep enough to stay dark; stones set high so the lamp can get under them. We photograph everything under one warm lamp, as you will see it.

Materials, plainly

Gold vermeil
18k gold, 2.5 microns thick, over recycled sterling silver. It wears slowly where it rubs; we re-plate once, at cost.
Sterling silver
Recycled 925 silver, nickel-free, polished by hand. Darkens a little with air; the cloth brings it back.
Stones
White topaz, garnet and peridot are natural stones. Pearls are freshwater, each one a little different.

Care and repairs

Put it on last and take it off first: after perfume, before the gym, the pool or the washing-up. Keep pieces apart in the pouch. A broken clasp or a lost stone is repaired free in the first year.

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