INSTORE Design Awards 2021 – Best Statement Piece

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2 years ago

July 21, 2021

INSTORE Staff

INSTORE Design Awards 2021 – Best Statement Piece

Sig Ward Jewelry

18K yellow gold necklace with pink opal (6.91 TCW), Australian opal (5.63 TCW), tsavorites (2.60 TCW) and diamonds (0.35 TCW), $12,300

PAUL SCHNEIDER

I like everything about this piece. A courageous use of color and shape. The little diamond bars make it work as something very dressy, but they are subtle. A perfect little pop for a lovely piece.

MELISSA QUICK:

This necklace is really a piece of art as far as I am concerned. The use of color, texture and dimension are truly outstanding.

TANYA DUKES:

The color combination radiates happiness.

INSTORE Design Awards 2021 – Best Statement Piece

E. Eichberg, Inc.

Hand-fabricated ring in 18K yellow gold and platinum 900 (10% iridium) with 0.32-carat center marquise ruby surrounded by 8 pear-shaped pink sapphires (2.30 TCW), 203 round brilliant diamonds (0.86 TCW) and 10 round neon blue apatites (0.44 TCW), $17,000

INSTORE Design Awards 2021 – Best Statement Piece

Pompos Jewelry Corp.

Bespoke 5.80-carat Colombian emerald with 2 matching emeralds (3.32 TCW) mounted in a custom platinum and diamond ring with 134 round brilliants (0.94 TCW) and 6 baguettes (1.04 TCW), $140,000

INSTORE Design Awards 2021 – Best Statement Piece

RETAILER’S CHOICE AWARD

Jarilyn Jewelry

Handcrafted 14K gold Mermaid brooch with citrine (7.8 TCW), spessartite (2.78 TCW), pink tourmaline (1.54 TCW) and pink sapphire (0.02 TCW). $6,800

It Was Time to Make a Decision. It Was Time to Call Wilkerson.

Except for a few years when he worked as an accountant, Jim Schwartz has always been a jeweler. He grew up in the business and after “counting beans” for a few years, he and his wife, Robin, opened Robin James Jewelers in Cincinnati, Ohio. “We were coming to a stage in our life where we knew we have to make a decision,” says Jim Schwartz. He and Robin wanted to do it right, so they called Wilkerson. The best surprise (besides surpassing sales goals)? “The workers and associations really care about helping us move out own inventory out of the store first. It was very important to us.”