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About Fenwick & Vale

Two goldsmiths, one bench, no minimum order.

Fenwick & Vale opened on Queen Street when two apprentices from a Charleston estate-jewelry house decided they would rather mend and make the pieces they loved than sell someone else's. The shop is small on purpose: whoever greets you at the door also holds the file.

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What we promise every customer

Jewelry is bought once and worn for decades, so the shop is built around the long years rather than the sale.

Traceable materials

Gold is recycled through a refiner in the Low Country, silver is reclaimed from workshop scrap, and every stone ships with a plain-language grading note.

Repairs on the same bench

The goldsmith who made your piece is usually the one who repairs it. Their sketches, wax models and notes are kept for as long as the shop exists.

Honest appraisals

Our written appraisals cite the stone's weight, color and clarity, and we never inflate values to make an insurance quote look generous.

Quiet gift service

Surprising someone? We will hold a ring size on file, wrap the box in linen and keep the receipt private until the day you choose.

How the workshop grew

  1. Year one

    A rented bench in the back of a framing shop · Rue Fenwick and Tomas Vale

    The first commissions are re-sets of family stones, paid for in installments and finished by lamp light on weeknights.

  2. Year three

    The Queen Street storefront · Current location

    Pendant lamps, glass cases and an engraver's table fill the narrow front room, with the bench in plain view behind a half-wall.

  3. Year seven

    Pearl room and sizing clinic · Expansion

    A dedicated stringing table opens along with a monthly clinic where anyone can have a ring sized and cleaned at no charge.

The hands at the bench

A very small team, which is how you get an answer to an email the same afternoon.

  • Rue FenwickGoldsmith and co-founder
  • Tomas ValeSetter and engraver
  • Odalys BrandtPearl stringer

Come and try something on.

No appointment is needed on Saturdays, and a goldsmith is always free to talk about a commission.

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