Poh Heng Disney Tigger Medallion

Apologies for the lack of posts recently...

Had been really busy for the Lunar Chinese New Year!

Anyway.. just to share my latest purchase for the year of the Tiger...

It's the Poh Heng Disney Tigger Coin medallion!

It comes in a very bright and attractive packaging!

The coin:

Close up view:

Dragon and Phoenix Cufflinks

Finally collected my pair of dragon and phoenix cufflinks from my jeweller!

The centre stone on each piece is a Mali garnet.


They are extremely beautiful in real life... and have loads of details on them! Brighten up a shirt instantly:

Dragon Ring...

A 24k pure gold ring.. gets a makeover...


A rhodium (white gold) plating!

Making it look less gawdy!

Jade Bottle gourds pendants

I got this little bottle gourd pendants, which are carved from jade, at an antique shop recently...

They look pretty much vintage...

The bail on both pendants are apprently 22k gold, but I can't seem to find a hallmark on them..

Will have an interesting project coming up with these soon..

Gold Chinese Dragon Pin

I got this gold Chinese dragon pin today from a shop along Chinatown..

Crafted in 20k or 850 finess gold, this kind of pins were probably used during traditional Chinese wedding ceremonials!

Looks good if I plate this and modify it into a tie pin...

Black Spinel Ring

This is my latest stash from local homegrown jeweller, Tianpo Jewellery.

It is a 18k white gold ring set with 8 facetted spinel.

Nearly overlooked this ring which was on sale, because, the sales person, who was a newbie, introduced it as a oynx ring, which I would not really buy!

It was only when I was at the counter looking at another design which was too small for me, and could not be resized that his colleague mentioned that the ring was set with spinel!

And that was it, I bought the ring!

Fancy White Diamond Ring

You are not wrong if you mind this particular ring design a tad bit too familliar!

Well... this ring is actually modified from my old ruby ring that I featured some time ago.
As the band was too thin and the ruby too feminine, the ring had a makeover...

And it now has a fancy white diamond as well as thicker band, which makes it look like a stacked ring!

Baba Bling

Hanging banners along the roads caught my eyes... the words 'Baba Bling' together with an image of a piece of vintage jewelled brooch set with intan diamonds caught my eye:

Turned out that the Singapore Peranakan Musuem is having a special exhibtion that showcases traditional Peranakan jewellery!

So decided to explore the place, as I had never been to this place... and I must say that I was indeed impressed by the collection within the Baba Bling exhibit. Sad to say, no photography was allowed within that particular hall! Not too sure for whatever reasons...

But I am glad to bring you other pictures from the other halls!

Golden belt sets, look at how intricate the designs are:

Amulet collection:

Brooches, set with intan diamonds:

I learned that the Pernakans have different jewellery for different occassions, and even have mourning jewellery during the mourning period. Also, some of the jewellery are also influenced by Western influence.

Even their utensils are made of precious bling!

See these silver plates, teapots, cups and kettles with their intricate designs, these are used during the wedding ceremonys:

Intricate works like the one featured below, is actually a bed room adornment for the newly wed:

Not to mention the luxurious looking bolster and pillow ends:

as well as the curtain hook:

Last but not lest, some pictures of the sireh (betel nut) containers which many of the rich Peranakan ladies loved to chew on!

Mystery Ring unveiled!

Alright...

It really is time to break the mystery behind what's on my ring:

The central stone is a rough sapphire crystal that has been just polished to show its inner beauty...

And this is further accentuated with two little yellow diamonds on the side..

I think this piece is an interesting mixture of both rough and facetted stones!

The '7 sins' Diamond Ring

Why seven sins?

Well.. cos there 7 brilliant cut diamonds in this particular piece...

3 on the side flanks.. and one central brillant which is abt 30 pointers!

A simple, ever green design, that I do wear occassionally!

'Heart' shaped diamond ring?

From far, this looks like a facetted heart shape diamond ring...

Except, when you get a closer look.. you actually realise that it is 3 brilliant cut diamond put together to resemble a heart..

Interesting design made me get this piece...