Kastur Stories

Handmade Enamel JewelleryHandmade enamel jewellery with a beautifully crafted finish has been a popular jewellery item for centuries. With our range of enamel jewellery both online and in our Marylebone jewellery store we thought we would share a bit more about the...

Marylebone Christmas Gift Inspirations2022 Kastur Jewels have some great gift ideas this Christmas! From festive Diamond earrings to Emerald rings. If you're Christmas shopping in London then pop into our Marylebone Christmas shop or browse through some of latest and...

Strictly Come Dancing 2022 Kastur Jewels are delighted to have both Claudia Winkleman & Motsi Mabuse wearing our pieces for the new season of the BBC Strictly come dancing 2022. Claudia Winkleman showed her love of style with our Emerald and Diamond Geometric Dice...

Best Boutiques in Marylebone!Kastur Jewels is honoured to be recognised as one of the best independent boutiques in Marylebone by Luxury London. Marylebone is host to a smart collection of independent boutiques from fashion and jewellery to art and antiques so we were...

The Jubilee & The Kenyan connectionThe Queen became Queen in Kenya in 1952! - our home. She learnt the sad news of the passing of her father King George V1 when she and her dear Late Prince Phillip were on vacation in Kenya. Pictured here on the left are both the...

The Golden Age of Gold - for The Compass on the BBC World Service Gold. We’ve worshipped it, bartered with it and adorned ourselves with it and yet most of it is kept hidden away, deep in underground vaults.  So what is it about gold that’s kept it a part of...

HOPEGanesha: The God of Good Luck Diwali & the Significance of Gifting Gold & Silver   Ganesha is the one of the most sacred and important Hindu Gods. Globally recognized and even worshipped, he brings Good Luck, Fortune, Prosperity and all things...

October 2020Gifting Charm Jewels, Museums & The Kastur Jewels Marylebone ShopIt's been a while so we thought we'd say hello and keep you posted on all our news. Hope all has been well with all of you. We re-opened our store in Marylebone: 14 Bulstrode Street, W1U...

Investing in Gold is always a good ideaGold has been used a form of currency from as early as 550 BC. It is one of the oldest precious metals known to humankind. I remember growing up with everyone from my Great Grandmothers to Mother and aunts always investing in...

The Impact of Covid-19 on the Luxury Goods Market“Breathe in, Breathe out” seems to be the current collective global human mantra.This mantra is being spewed by virtually everyone virtually. From your favorite yogi (who look decidedly different from the yogis I...

May News & Covid 19Trying to continue to do our part.We hope that you are all well and safe.Thank you for all those that supported our efforts in April.We have decided to still carry on with our fundraising initiatives and for May we will be giving 15% to charity...

Covid 19It’s been a tough decision to know what to do: carry on trading online or stop altogether. After much thought we concluded that we will re-open the site: this will allow us to be able to still support our workshops and immensely talented craftsmen in India...

MUGHAL JEWELS EVER WONDERED WHERE THEY ARE NOW? by Heeral Vora - heeralvora3@gmail.com Folklore and whispered stories (some of which have now been documented and make for riveting anecdotes and one of which I shall be highlighting below) of the treasuries of the...

Spring / Summer News 2019 We have some exciting NEWS! We launched a curated collection of our jewels with precious stones influenced by the Mughal and Victorian period at the iconic Victoria & Albert Museum in London! The launch was in par with the opening of the...

As we approach the end of the year we would just like to say Asante Sana (thank you in Kiswahili (Kenyan), Shukriya (Thank you in Hindi, (Indian) and Thank you very much for all your support! We are truly humbled and beyond grateful.   We would like to offer you...