An Encounter with the Butler

Jo designs and creates everything in her own workshop, right down to the leaf settings found on her signature flower motifs. Each setting is a unique design, and there are no mass-manufactured parts, except for the tiny silver clasps used for necklaces and bracelets.

We employ a select group of suppliers, hand-picked by Jo over many years. They are all family run businesses, and most of them have traded for generations. Every one of them is London based, within spitting distance of the Square Mile.

Traditional silversmithing and metalworking techniques are used to make and finish each piece. The silver is polished by hand to what is known as a “butler” finish, so called because it simulates the look that was achieved by the butler in wealthy households, where repeated and prolonged hand polishing resulted in a slightly deadened "bright" finish with a deep lustre.

THE BUTLER FINISH ON A DRAGONFLY HAIRPIN