Category: Personalised Jewellery

Personalised jewellery South Africa

Personalised jewellery made to order in Cape Town and delivered anywhere in South Africa. Name necklaces, initial pendants, engraved bracelets, fingerprint rings and signet rings, cut and finished by hand at Aria Jewellery.

Every piece here is made after you order it, in 925 sterling silver, solid 9ct gold or gold plated silver. Nothing is stock. That is why it takes longer than an ordinary order and why it fits when it arrives.

Shop by type: personalised necklaces, personalised bracelets or personalised rings.

Personalised jewellery prices

Each piece is priced by metal. The lower figure is sterling silver, the higher is solid 9ct gold in the same design.

Piece	What it is	From
Name bracelet	Your name cut in script or block letters	R895
Mama bracelet and necklace	Script or block lettering, the most gifted piece we make	R895
Stacked ring necklace	Initial rings threaded on a chain, one per person	R1,095
Customised name ring	A name cut into the band itself	R1,250
Initial bracelet	A single letter charm on a fine chain	R1,395
Infinity name necklace	A name worked into an infinity symbol	R1,450
Engravable disc necklace	A plain disc, engraved front or both sides	R1,550
Signet ring	A flat face engraved with initials or a monogram	R1,560
Engraved infinity bracelet	Names or a date engraved along the bar	R1,750
Fingerprint engraved ring	An actual fingerprint set into the band	R1,995

Choose your metal

Category	What is in it	Pieces
Personalised necklaces	Name, initial, disc, bar and charm necklaces	32
Personalised bracelets	Name, initial and engraved bracelets	12
Personalised rings	Name rings, signet rings and fingerprint rings	9
Sterling silver jewellery	The full silver range, 925 hallmarked	166
Gold jewellery	Solid 9ct and 18ct gold across every type	312
Gold plated jewellery	The middle price point between silver and solid gold	25

Sterling silver is the starting point and takes engraving beautifully. Solid 9ct gold costs roughly four to six times more in the same design and lasts a lifetime. Gold plated sits between the two, with a gold finish over silver.

How it works

Step	What happens	What we need
1. Order	Choose the piece, the metal, the length and the size	The exact spelling you want
2. We check	We confirm spelling and layout before anything is cut	A reply to our message
3. We make it	Cut, engraved and finished by hand in our workshop	Nothing from you
4. Delivered	Insured and tracked to your door	A delivery address

Spelling is checked with you before anything is made, because a personalised piece cannot be remade for free once it is cut. Send capitals and punctuation exactly as you want them to appear.

How to choose personalised jewellery

Personalised jewellery is bought for a reason rather than for a look, so the decision usually starts with the person rather than the piece. These are the questions worth answering before you order.

Who wears it, and how often. Something worn every day needs to survive daily wear, so solid 9ct gold or a heavier sterling silver piece is worth the extra. Something worn for occasions can be finer and more detailed, because it spends most of its life in a box rather than against a jumper.

How visible do they want it. A full name in script reads from across a room. A single initial or a small engraved disc is private, and most people who wear personalised pieces daily choose the quieter option. If you are buying for someone who does not usually wear jewellery, go smaller than you think.

What the words are. A name is the obvious choice and the most common. A date, a set of coordinates, a short phrase or a child’s handwriting often mean more, and they age better. A piece that says one word can be worn for thirty years. A piece that says something very specific to one moment sometimes cannot.

Will it need to change. A stacked ring necklace takes another ring when another child arrives. A charm bracelet takes another charm. If the family or the story is still growing, choose something that can grow with it rather than something finished.

If you are unsure on any of it, send us a message before you order. We would rather talk it through than remake something.

What we can personalise

Type	Best for	Notes
Names	A first name, or a child’s name	Script or block. Longer names cost more in gold.
Initials and monograms	Subtle, and it suits daily wear	One to three letters on most pieces
Dates	Anniversaries, births, weddings	Engraved rather than cut
Fingerprints	A newborn, or someone you have lost	We send instructions for taking the print
Handwriting	A signature or a note in someone’s own hand	Send a clear photo of the original
Coordinates and short messages	A place that matters	Character limits depend on the piece

Personalised jewellery as a gift

Most of what leaves our workshop in this collection is a gift, and gifts have their own set of problems that ordinary jewellery does not.

Sizing. Necklaces and bracelets are the safe choice, because neither depends on a finger measurement. Rings are the risky one. If you want to give a personalised ring as a surprise, borrow one she already wears on the right finger and send us the inside measurement, or choose a necklace and let her choose the ring later.

Spelling. Send the exact spelling, including capitals and any accents. Nicknames, second names and the way a family actually spells something are where mistakes happen. We confirm it with you before anything is cut, but the version you send is the version we work from.

Timing. Nothing here is stock, so it is made after you order. That is the whole point, and it is also why it is not next day. Mother’s Day, Christmas and Valentine’s are when the workshop is busiest and when most of these are bought, which is a bad combination if you leave it late.

Packaging. Everything arrives boxed and ready to give, so you do not need to do anything to it.

If you are buying for a milestone with a fixed date, message us first with the date and the piece. We will tell you honestly whether it can be done in time rather than take the order and hope.

Who buys personalised jewellery

Mothers, most often. The Mama bracelets and necklaces are the pieces we make more of than anything else in this collection, and they are bought for Mother’s Day, for a first birthday and for a new baby.

Couples, for anniversaries, using dates or joined initials rather than names.

Families, using a stacked ring necklace with one initial ring per person, added to as the family grows.

And people buying for themselves, usually an initial or a signet ring, worn every day rather than kept for occasions.

Caring for a personalised piece

Engraving and cut lettering collect hand cream and soap in the detail, which is what makes a name necklace look dull. A soft toothbrush, warm water and mild soap gets into the letters. Rinse and dry properly.

Silver darkens over time. A polishing cloth reverses it, but work gently around fine cut lettering rather than scrubbing. Our silver care guide covers it.

Take fine name necklaces off before sleeping. Cut lettering has thin sections that bend if they catch.

Delivery

Free insured delivery anywhere in South Africa, including Cape Town, Johannesburg, Pretoria, Durban, Gqeberha and Bloemfontein. Tracked from our Cape Town workshop to your door.

Questions

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Personalised. Personalised necklaces, personalised bracelets and personalised rings.

Silver. Sterling silver jewellery, silver chains, silver bracelets and silver rings.

Gold. Gold jewellery, gold chains and necklaces, gold rings and gold earrings.

Guides. Silver care guide and gold jewellery South Africa.

Also worth a look. Engagement rings, mens jewellery and pendants.

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