MY INTAGLIO DREAM
Welcome to Bauble Magpie, I’m Emma
I love jewellery, have always loved jewellery, and Bauble Magpie is the realisation of a dream that began with my beloved grandma.
Some of my earliest and happiest memories were delving in my grandma’s jewellery box. That’s how this all started really. We used to pause our rummaging in her dressing table treasures intermittently to drink breakfast tea, eat her homemade mallow crackle (ask me for the recipe it is both easy and delightful) and to count the magpies in the orchard visible, and most definitely audible, from her bedroom window in West Yorkshire.
The Magpie part of my brand name is therefore my own private nod to the person who was always my special one. I miss her every day and it feels fitting to me that I should honour her memory in this way. (The Bauble part comes from my good friend Kate, but that’s a story for another day!)
OUR AIM
Whatever we do, bringing you the very best is our mission. If you are searching for a particular intaglio we will look under every last pebble, leaving no stone unturned. We will work alongside you listening and guiding, to create your vision of magical, bejewelled perfection. We will strive to bring you excellence and honesty in everything we do. And if we fail in any of that we will take ownership promptly and openly.
Because we care deeply. About you, our brilliant clients. About intaglios, about jewellery, about antiquity and honouring antiquity, about our brand, about our pieces, about the people we work with, about how we do business.
About what we put out into the world. About bringing joy. About kindness.
The motto at Emma’s alma mater, The University of East Anglia, is ‘Do different’. And we absolutely intend to.
We want to do it differently.
We want to do it better.
We want to do it RIGHT.
OUR OFFER
Each and every intaglio in our 1500 strong library has been hand selected by Emma, who sources globally, just for you. The overwhelming majority of our intaglios are antiques dating to the Victorian or Georgian era, simply because those are Emma’s faves!
Our hardstone and gemstone intaglios are all, by definition, unique, our Tassies are frequently the proverbial hen’s teeth.
Our antique and vintage jewellery section brings you chains and findings to complement your intaglios, classic hero pieces and quirky bold statements in equal measure.
We also delight in our Lovely Things section, offering an exquisite selection of antique jewellery boxes and our wildcard Marvellous Oddities. This cheeky corner of the website offers a random assortment of bits and bobs that Emma categorises as simply ‘too good not to’. Emma particularly revels in antique erotica and generalised naughty stuff, so you may find products featured in Marvellous Oddities are not for the faint of heart, but Emma mostly just finds them fascinating, extraordinary and/or highly amusing!
