Our Masonic Jewellery Heritage

Masonic Jewellery is a family-run Birmingham business with a unique connection to the history of British jewellery manufacturing.

Over the years, we have acquired two established Masonic jewellery businesses. The first dates back to 1913, while the second was founded during the 1930s. Along with the businesses came their original tools, patterns, machinery and stamping dies, preserving more than a century of traditional Masonic jewellery craftsmanship.

Today, we continue to manufacture Masonic jewellery in Birmingham using many of the same methods, tools and dies that were used by earlier generations of jewellers.

More Than 100 Years of Masonic Jewellery History

Our collection of original stamping dies includes designs dating back to the early twentieth century. These dies were created by skilled Birmingham toolmakers and were used to produce traditional Masonic symbols, emblems and ceremonial jewellery.

We also hold a remarkable collection of original Second World War military dies, made in Birmingham for military badges, crests, emblems and regimental jewellery.

Rather than replacing these historic tools with modern mass-production methods, we have carefully preserved them and continue to use them wherever possible.

This allows us to produce jewellery with an authenticity, weight and character that is difficult to recreate using modern manufacturing alone.

Made in Our Birmingham Workshop

Our jewellery is not simply bought from a catalogue and resold.

We have three experienced jewellers working in-house, producing, assembling, finishing and restoring jewellery within our Birmingham workshop. Keeping our manufacturing in-house gives us greater control over the quality of every piece we make.

Our workshop also has its own skilled hand engraver, allowing us to offer traditional hand engraving alongside modern laser engraving.

From initials and lodge numbers to Masonic symbols, family crests and deeply engraved seal designs, each piece can be personalised to create something genuinely meaningful.

Traditional Jewellery-Making Methods

We are proud to continue using traditional jewellery-manufacturing techniques that have been practised in Birmingham for generations.

Depending on the design, our jewellery may be stamped using original dies, formed by hand, soldered, assembled, polished and finished by one of our in-house jewellers.

These methods require more time and skill than modern mass production, but they create jewellery with greater depth, definition and individuality.

We combine this traditional craftsmanship with carefully selected modern technology where it improves accuracy, consistency or personalisation. This means we can preserve the character of traditional Masonic jewellery while meeting the expectations of today’s customers.

Hallmarked at the Birmingham Assay Office

Our precious-metal jewellery is hallmarked through the Birmingham Assay Office, one of the oldest and most respected assay offices in the world.

The Birmingham hallmark provides independent confirmation of the precious-metal content of a piece and represents the city’s long-standing reputation for jewellery manufacturing.

For us, the Birmingham hallmark is particularly meaningful. Our jewellery is made in Birmingham, using tools and dies created in Birmingham, before being tested and hallmarked in Birmingham.

Preserving Traditional Masonic Jewellery

Masonic jewellery is about much more than decoration.

Each symbol has meaning, and each piece may represent a person’s lodge, rank, degree, values or connection to the wider Masonic brotherhood.

We believe these pieces should be made with the same care and respect that they have received for generations.

By preserving the original dies, tools and traditional manufacturing methods from the businesses we acquired, we are helping to protect an important part of Birmingham’s jewellery heritage.

Jewellery Made to Be Passed Down

Whether you are purchasing a Masonic ring, pendant, cufflinks, watch fob or a completely bespoke piece, our aim is to create jewellery that can be worn with pride and eventually passed down to the next generation.

Every piece carries part of a much bigger story: the history of Birmingham jewellery making, the traditions of Freemasonry and the skills of the craftsmen who continue to make these designs today.

Built by hand. Worn with pride.