VerbenaPlaceJewelry
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Artisan jewelry, entirely handmade and designed by David Worcester using Argentium 960 high purity silver, 14k yellow gold, and precious and semi-precious gemstones. All items shown on our site are in stock and ready to ship. We ship within the U.S. only via Priority Mail. Please allow for shipping time of 2 to 6 days. We DO NOT offer overnight shipping.
Sorry, we are not able to take on custom work.
Hi! I'm David, here with my wife, Helen.
Welcome to our home at Etsy.
After selling our karat gold and precious gem pieces to retailers across the United States and internationally for over thirty years, we're pleased to now offer them directly along with new creations in Argentium Silver, recently verified as the most tarnish resistant silver made.
We use no commercial settings to hold gemstones. In fact, most of our pieces have no heads at all, but secure the stones through tension setting, using a spring action designed into the piece itself.
I love to tinker and develop innovative, fun, and interesting ways to set stones to show off their beauty, and now to be able to share my pendant and earring designs with you.
Argentium Silver. As registered users, we proudly stamp the official Argentium Silver Pegasus hallmark alongside our tradmark stamp on all of our silver work. Argentium Silver is of 100% recycled silver, and the specific alloy that we use is the whitest, brightest, highest purity on the market, having about half the non-silver content of traditional sterling. In addition, it can be treated to be harder and more durable than the standard, lower purity material and is hypoallergenic. Though a bit more difficult to come by, we think that it's well worth the extra trouble to obtain this beautiful, superb metal.
Members of the Rhode Island School of Design team RISDteam
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Want a piece that has sold? Contact us, we can most likely make one for you!
Interested in having one of our silver pieces done in gold? Contact us for a current price. And be sure to check our sold items for additional pieces that can be made up for you.
Happy browsing!
Announcement
Artisan jewelry, entirely handmade and designed by David Worcester using Argentium 960 high purity silver, 14k yellow gold, and precious and semi-precious gemstones. All items shown on our site are in stock and ready to ship. We ship within the U.S. only via Priority Mail. Please allow for shipping time of 2 to 6 days. We DO NOT offer overnight shipping.
Sorry, we are not able to take on custom work.
Hi! I'm David, here with my wife, Helen.
Welcome to our home at Etsy.
After selling our karat gold and precious gem pieces to retailers across the United States and internationally for over thirty years, we're pleased to now offer them directly along with new creations in Argentium Silver, recently verified as the most tarnish resistant silver made.
We use no commercial settings to hold gemstones. In fact, most of our pieces have no heads at all, but secure the stones through tension setting, using a spring action designed into the piece itself.
I love to tinker and develop innovative, fun, and interesting ways to set stones to show off their beauty, and now to be able to share my pendant and earring designs with you.
Argentium Silver. As registered users, we proudly stamp the official Argentium Silver Pegasus hallmark alongside our tradmark stamp on all of our silver work. Argentium Silver is of 100% recycled silver, and the specific alloy that we use is the whitest, brightest, highest purity on the market, having about half the non-silver content of traditional sterling. In addition, it can be treated to be harder and more durable than the standard, lower purity material and is hypoallergenic. Though a bit more difficult to come by, we think that it's well worth the extra trouble to obtain this beautiful, superb metal.
Members of the Rhode Island School of Design team RISDteam
Become a Facebook Fan to find out about special promotions and updates.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/VerbenaPlace/14387446230656
Want a piece that has sold? Contact us, we can most likely make one for you!
Interested in having one of our silver pieces done in gold? Contact us for a current price. And be sure to check our sold items for additional pieces that can be made up for you.
Happy browsing!
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Meghan on Aug 6, 2022
5 out of 5 starsIt’s beautiful! It’s a 16th birthday for my daughter whose birth done is sapphire. She’s going to love it!
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BarbAnn on Aug 3, 2022
5 out of 5 starsExactly as described! These earrings are beautiful, the stone is large and stunning. Really fast shipping too. Love it. Thank you!
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karen on Aug 6, 2022
5 out of 5 starsBeautiful necklace. Shipped quickly. Unfortunately lost it. Ordered another one with amethyst.
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Julie on Jul 31, 2022
5 out of 5 starsThis pendant well made, and a good size. The gold is substantial and the sapphire is beautiful. I have purchased several pieces from them and everyone has met and exceeded my expectations.
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Angela on Jul 30, 2022
5 out of 5 starsBeautiful earrings. a perfect design to wear for any occasion
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lmh1964 on Jul 29, 2022
5 out of 5 starsGorgeous! Gorgeous! Gorgeous! So happy with this pendant. They never disappoint! Thank you so much for making me a fabulous pendant. Lynette
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Karen on Jul 26, 2022
5 out of 5 starsBirthday gift for my daughter in law. She loves them! Very happy to have found this shop
About VerbenaPlaceJewelry
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David in his studio. -
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The final pendant, cast, finished, buffed, hardened, and set with a blue topaz. -
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A "tree" of wax patterns will be transformed to silver, through lost wax casting. -
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Wax models, cast into Argentium silver. A lot of finishing work and stone setting ahead! -
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David makes vulcanized molds to reproduce all of his original designs.
Verbena Place Jewelry - Designer Jewelry in Argentium Silver, Gold, and Gemstones
Hello and welcome to our Etsy shop!
As you can see from our photo, we have been making jewelry for a long time:) David is the designer, manufacturer and photographer. Helen is the stone buyer, contact person, and all the rest. We found out about Etsy several years ago from a friend and former employee of ours. She has a very successful Etsy shop and encouraged us to give Etsy a try since we were looking for an online presence. We have been very happy that we did!
We got our start working for Helen’s grandmother in her jewelry store. With David’s background in sculpture (bachelor of fine arts in sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design), jewelry design was a good fit and we went on to open our own retail store. Eight years later David won a design competition which awarded him a booth space in New York city at a major international jewelry show. For about 25 years, we sold David’s designs to jewelry stores throughout the U.S. and abroad. We sell exclusively on Etsy now. Every piece you see for sale in our Etsy shop is designed and made, from start to finish, by David.
Helen obtained the colored stone certificate from the Gemological Institute of America, while David obtained their diamond certificate. Helen does the stone buying and the stones are a great inspiration to David’s designing.
We produce most of our work through the method called lost wax casting, where wax patterns, embedded in a mold, are melted out and replaced with molten metal. The patterns used for this process are created by injecting hot wax into vulcanized rubber molds that David has made of his original, carefully crafted designs.
We use no commercial settings to hold gemstones. In fact, most of our pieces have no heads at all, but secure the stones through tension setting, using a spring action designed into the piece itself.
Argentium Silver. As registered users, we proudly stamp the official Argentium Silver Pegasus hallmark alongside our trademark stamp on all of our silver work. Argentium Silver is of 100% recycled silver, and the specific alloy that we use is the whitest, brightest, highest purity on the market, having about half the non-silver content of traditional sterling. In addition, it can be treated to be harder and more durable than the standard, lower purity material, and is hypoallergenic. Though a bit more difficult to come by, we think that it's well worth the extra trouble to obtain this beautiful, superb metal. For more information about Argentium silver:
http://www.argentiumsilver.com/
We use Chatham lab grown emeralds, rubies and sapphires. Chatham has been recognized as the world’s leader in the lab grown category for over 80 years. They are considered the premium lab grown brand with the highest quality in color, clarity and cutting. Their lab grown gemstones are not only identical to mined stones in every way, but they are guaranteed conflict-free and socially responsible. Chatham’s crystals are grown in their labs under very similar conditions as crystals grown in the earth. Chatham lab grown gems create the opportunity to own rare and exotic gemstones at a more affordable price while knowing that you are not contributing to the environmentally harmful mining process.
http://www.chatham.com
Like so many disciplines, jewelry making offers a lot to explore, always keeping both designing and production interesting. Our ideas feed off one another or spin off spontaneous observations that catch our eye and imagination.
return to Shop Home: http://www.etsy.com/shop/VerbenaPlace
Shop members
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David and Helen Worcester
Owner, Maker, Designer
Shop policies
Accepted payment methods
Returns and exchanges
I gladly accept returns, exchanges, and cancellations
The following items can't be returned or exchanged
- Custom or personalized orders
Returns and exchange details
We want you to be delighted with your purchase! We welcome any comments, suggestions, complaints, and compliments :-)
Payment
Shipping
Please note that the delivery date given by the USPS is an estimate only. We cannot guarantee a delivery date. A certificate of authenticity is enclosed.
U.S. shipments only.
Additional policies and FAQs
We hate to disappoint and we really appreciate it when we are asked, but we have learned through experience that we really have to stick to this policy. We hope you will understand.
If you have any questions at all about a specific piece, or any questions about our work in general, please contact us. We will be delighted to respond.