A small, independent jeweller in Talbot Court, the flagstone courtyard just off Stow’s Market Square. Run single-handed by Jo, with a full repair bench kept in-house. The work that most high streets send away, resizing, restringing, restoring an inherited piece, is done here, with the same care whether you are spending fifty pounds or a few thousand.
A ring that no longer fits. A clasp that has worn through. A string of pearls that snapped at a wedding. An inherited brooch that a chain shop offered to scrap. These are the jobs the bench exists for, and they are most of the week. You bring the piece to the counter, we look at it together, and nothing is started until you know what it needs and what it will cost.
We give the same care to a fifty pound repair as to a commission worth thousands. It is the same bench, the same pair of hands, either way. The Stow Jewellers
Bring in a picture, an idea, or stones you already own, and have a piece made for you. New, pre-loved and bespoke sit side by side in the cabinet, so a commission can start from something you have loved for years rather than from a catalogue.
A full repair service kept in-house. Ring resizing and re-shanking, chain and clasp work, refurbishing tired settings, the everyday work most people are told to drive to a city for. You bring it to the counter and we talk it through before anything is started.
Older and inherited pieces brought carefully back to wearable life. Victorian and Edwardian work, enamel, old-cut stones, the things a chain shop will not touch. The aim is always to keep the original piece, not to replace it with something newer.
A strand that has stretched, snapped or lost its drape, knotted again by hand between each pearl so it sits and hangs the way it should. The same care goes into bead necklaces and inherited strings nobody else will take on.
Older jewellery is not built like modern jewellery, and it cannot be treated like it. The job is to keep what makes the piece itself, the marks of how it was made, the stones it was set with, and to make it wearable again without erasing its age.
Stow-on-the-Wold is the highest town in the Cotswolds, where eight old roads meet on a hill. Its Market Square still has the medieval stepped cross and the old town stocks, and St Edward’s Church has the north door framed by two ancient yew trees. Talbot Court is the small flagstone courtyard just off the Square, strung with lights, and the shop is partway along it.
It is a one-person shop, which is the whole point of it. You are dealt with by the person who does the work, not passed down a counter. That is why a fifty pound repair and a commission worth thousands get the same attention, and why people come back with the next piece.
A short note to start the conversation, with no obligation. The real work happens at the counter, once we can see the piece in person. Or just phone 01451 870685 and ask for Jo.
6 Talbot Court
Stow-on-the-Wold GL54 1BQ
Phone · 01451 870685
Email · stowj@outlook.com
Talbot Court is the flagstone courtyard off the Market Square, near The Talbot. The Square itself, with the market cross and The Royalist, is a two-minute walk, and there is parking on the Square and at the edge of town.
OPENING HOURSA one-person shop, so the four open days are when Jo is at the counter. Phone ahead if you need a particular day.
Yes. Resizing, re-shanking, chain and clasp work and refurbishing worn settings are all done in-house. Bring the piece to 6 Talbot Court and we will look at it with you, explain what it needs and roughly how long it will take, before any work is agreed.
Yes. Pearls and bead necklaces are restrung by hand and knotted between each pearl, so if the thread ever goes again the pearls do not scatter and the strand keeps its drape. Inherited strings that have stretched or discoloured are very welcome.
That is a lot of what we do. An old ring reset, a brooch turned into a pendant, an antique piece restored rather than scrapped. Bring it in, or a picture of the idea, and we will talk through what is possible and what it is worth keeping as it is.
Yes to both. A commission can start from a stone you already own or from a picture you have seen. We work through the metal, the setting and the budget at the counter so there are no surprises, and you see it before it is finished.
Monday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 11:00 to 16:00. We are closed Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday. It is a one-person shop, so those are the days you will find Jo behind the counter. If you need a particular day, phone ahead on 01451 870685.