Wilkinson Goldsmiths is the workshop and showroom of Steve Wilkinson, on the High Street in Market Harborough. Every ring, pendant and pair of earrings is drawn, made and repaired by the same pair of hands, at the bench, in a Grade II listed building. Nothing is sent away.
There is no production line and no work sent out to a third party. The sketch, the wax, the casting, the setting and the final polish are done here, by Steve, at the bench. It means the person who draws your piece is the person who makes it, and the person you talk to when you collect it.
“A special find. He replaced the bale on my jade pendant with rose gold, and it is better than it ever was.” Customer review, Market Harborough
Rings, pendants, earrings and one-off pieces, drawn and made by hand at the bench in gold and platinum. Stones are sourced to the commission, natural or certified lab-grown diamonds, so a piece can start from the metal or from the stone you have your heart set on.
A commission can start with a simple idea or with a specific stone. There is no charge for the first sketches or the quote, and no hard sell. You see the design before any metal is cut, and you collect the finished piece here at 33 High Street.
A ring that no longer fits the life you live now, an inherited brooch nobody wears, a good stone sitting in a drawer. Brought to the bench and remade into something worn every day. Most of what comes in is sentimental rather than spare, and the job is to keep what matters.
Resizing, retipping worn claws, stone resetting, rhodium plating, gilding, restringing and insurance work, all carried out on the premises. Nothing is sent away. The torch, the bench and the setting tools are here, and so is the person doing the work.
Steve left school at sixteen to train in fine jewellery and diamond mounting. Two years in, his boss and mentor, Sean, a Market Harborough man with a shop in Kibworth, was lost in an accident. Steve carried on, as much for Sean's memory as anything, found a new firm to finish his training, and was self-employed by the age of twenty.
The shop came to 33 High Street days before Christmas in 2017, moving from Stoneygate in Leicester. The bench, though, is the constant. It is the same trade, learned young, still done by hand, now a few doors along from the High Street the Old Grammar School has stood on since 1614.
A short note to start the conversation, no obligation and no charge to look. The real work happens at the counter, once the piece or the idea is in front of us. Or simply phone 01858 468 559 and have a word.
33 High Street
Market Harborough LE16 7NL
Phone · 01858 468 559
Email · enquiries@wilkinsongoldsmiths.co.uk
OPENING HOURSOpen Thursday to Saturday. As a one-person workshop the rest of the week is spent at the bench, so for a longer conversation about a commission it is worth phoning first.
Yes. A commission can start from a sketch, a photograph, a description, or a stone you bring in. We draw it up, agree the metal, the stones and the cost, and you see the design before any metal is cut. There is no charge for the initial sketches or the quote, and no hard sell.
That is a large part of the work. A ring that no longer fits, a brooch that never gets worn, a good stone in a drawer. Bring it to the bench at 33 High Street and we talk through what it could become, keeping the part that matters to you.
Everything is done on site. Resizing, retipping worn claws, stone resetting, rhodium plating, gilding, restringing and insurance work are all carried out at the bench here. Your piece does not leave the shop to be worked on by someone else.
All the precious metals, gold and platinum, and both natural and certified lab-grown diamonds, along with coloured gemstones sourced to the commission. If you are not sure what suits the piece or the budget, that is part of the conversation at the counter.
The shop is open Thursday to Saturday, 10:00 to 16:00. As a one-person workshop the rest of the week is spent at the bench, so for a longer conversation about a commission it is worth phoning 01858 468 559 first to set a time.