Henley County Jewellers is the independent online jewellery shop of Rodney Buckland, twelve years on the Thames, forty-two years at the bench in total. Every piece in the shop is British-hallmarked, the carat is stated explicitly, and most pieces are a single example sourced from a UK designer or a small design house we have known for years.
Eighteen-carat yellow and white gold settings for diamond pieces; nine-carat dress rings in blue topaz with peridot, sapphire, cultured pearl. Each ring is a single example, when it goes, we will not get another like it. Sourced from independent UK designers and small design houses Rodney has known for years.
18ct white gold · five-stone diamond · Birmingham hallmark
Cultured-pearl studs and drops mounted in 18ct gold; coloured-gemstone studs in 9ct yellow gold, blue topaz, sapphire, citrine. Gold is acid-tested, the British hallmark is photographed alongside the piece. Earrings are non-returnable for hygiene unless faulty, so we are precise about the listing.
18ct yellow gold · cultured pearl with sapphire · drop
Gem-set pendants on 18ct chain, mixed yellow-and-white-gold linked bracelets, all hallmarked. Smaller stock turn than the rings because each piece is acquired one at a time from a designer's bench or an estate. We list them as we find them.
18ct yellow gold · gem-set pendant · fine link chain
A line most modern jewellers have quietly stopped stocking. Nine-carat yellow gold cultured-pearl brooches, round-button gent's cufflinks. The kind of piece you buy because you remember your grandmother wearing one, or because you actually wear French cuffs. We keep a small steady selection.
9ct yellow gold · cultured pearl brooch
Before that, thirty years in the jewellery trade. Counter work, bench work, buying. The shop opens with a small range, diamond and platinum pieces, silver, gemstones, hand-picked from individual makers and small design houses Rodney has known across those three decades.
The model has not changed since. We are still small. We are still online only. Every piece is acquired one at a time. Rodney is the inbox you write to and the signature on the parcel. Twelve years on the shopfront, forty-two years at the bench in total.
“A small, independent online jeweller, based in beautiful Henley-on-Thames. We specialise in unique jewellery pieces, much of it from individual designers or supplied by small design houses.” Rodney Buckland, owner
Every gold piece is British-hallmarked, almost always Birmingham or London assay. For any item over £200 the hallmark is shot in close-up alongside the piece, and we send a higher-resolution close-up on request before purchase. No 'gold-coloured', no 'gold-tone', only stated 9ct or 18ct.
A cultured pearl is listed as cultured pearl. A blue topaz with peridot is listed as blue topaz with peridot, not as 'blue stone'. The setting metal, the carat, the country of assay and (where relevant) the designer's mark are all on the listing before you click buy.
Most pieces in the shop are a single example, when the listing says 'one only' that is genuinely the only piece we hold and the only one the maker produced for us. Where a piece can be re-ordered we say so explicitly, with a four-to-six week lead time from the bench.
Henley County is not a workshop with twelve apprentices. Bespoke commissions come through Rodney, go out to the same independent UK makers the stock comes from, and come back finished for hallmarking. We take on a small number of these each quarter, a reset of an existing diamond into a new mount, a pair of cufflinks to match an existing brooch, a pendant built around a stone you already own.
Week 1. Email or call. Photograph and brief. Week 2 to 3. Drawing back from the maker. Quote with half on commission, half on completion. Week 4 to 10. At the bench. Week 10 to 12. Hallmarked at assay, photographed, posted to you.
Start a bespoke conversation
Every enquiry comes to Rodney's inbox at rodney@henleycountyjewellers.co.uk, there is no support queue. Whether you are asking after an in-stock piece, a hallmark photograph before you buy, ring sizing, or a bespoke commission, write or call and you will get Rodney back within the working day.
No high-street counter.
Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.
Phone · 07903 550396
Email · rodney@henleycountyjewellers.co.uk
Rodney himself. The phone is Rodney's mobile, the inbox is Rodney's inbox. No support queue, no contact form on auto-reply.
Urgent. Phone Rodney on 07903 550396 and same-day despatch is possible if the parcel can leave by 3pm.
If the listing says 'one only' it is genuinely the only example I hold and the only one the designer made for me. The next piece from the same hand will be different, different stone, different setting. If the listing instead says 'available to re-order' I can ask the maker for a similar piece, with a four-to-six week lead time. Email me if you are not sure which category a piece falls into and I will tell you straight.
Yes. Every gold piece in the shop is British-hallmarked, almost always Birmingham or London assay. I photograph the hallmark alongside the piece for any item over £200 and I will send you a close-up shot of the marks on request before you commit. Carat is stated explicitly on every listing, 9ct or 18ct, never 'gold-coloured'.
Within 30 days of delivery, in unused condition and original packaging, yes, refund to your original payment method within 5 working days of inspection. The one exception is earrings, which we cannot exchange or refund for hygiene reasons unless they arrive faulty. If you are unsure on ring size, get in touch before ordering, I would rather we worked the sizing out by email first than ship a piece that comes straight back.
Yes, on a small scale. A reset of an existing stone into a new mount, a pair of cufflinks to match an existing brooch, a pendant built around a stone you already own. I work with the same independent makers I source stock from. Email rodney@henleycountyjewellers.co.uk with a description and a photograph and I will quote, typical lead time eight to twelve weeks, half on commission, half on completion.
UK delivery is by signed-for tracked post, two to three working days from despatch. International is by insured courier on request, quoted per parcel. Pieces over £500 ship in tamper-evident packaging with the hallmark certificate enclosed. Anything urgent, a birthday on Saturday, a Father's Day cufflink, phone me on 07903 550396 and I will despatch same-day if I can.