Croghans Jewel Box

Croghan — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 20:23:01 +0000

Do not miss our Antique and Estate jewelry show next week! One of a kind pieces will abound! Something for everybody will be here! We will have show stoppers as well as gold filled lockets and bangles. Do put this on your calendar!

A percentage of the profits from this sale will be donated to THE GIBBES MUSEUM OF ART.

India Hicks Three Collections

Croghan — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:00:04 +0000

Croghan’s Jewel Box takes pleasure in introducing to Charleston three new collections, all inspired by the lifestyle of fashion icon India Hicks:

Her Sealife collection consists of jewelry inspired by India’s beloved Harbour Island… which makes it also perfect for wearing in the lowcountry summer. The starfish is a stunner! Then again so is the chamber of nautilus. All are in Sterling and accented with diamonds which makes them glimmer like the ocean!

The Hicks on Hicks collection is inspired by design elements found in the fabrics used in India’s famous father’s interior design firm.

India has translated these Geometrics into dog tags and rings that are so chic you will not want to take them off!

Love Letters to Dad is inspired by India’s famous father, David Hick’s, logo of H’s in a circle. India created her very own alphabet arranging all of the letters in the similar configuration that her father used so brilliantly in the 50′s.

These charms come in most letters of the alphabet and give the classic monogram necklace an ultra modern flair!

More Antique Silver

Croghan — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:30:07 +0000

Easter is pretty spectacular but oh there is so much more to see! Don’t miss the Wonderful Antique silver arriving daily from our adventurous buying trips this winter.

We are LOADED with treasures! Now is the time to come take a look at all the beautiful things. Sterling baskets, bud vases, estate bar ware…

Antique Silver

Croghan — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:00:47 +0000

We are a bit obsessed with the Antique silver arriving daily! Come feast your eyes on one of a kind pitchers, art deco serving pieces, baskets, boxes, cups, goblets and more.

We have a HUGE selection of our favorite sterling silver gift for debutantes, bridesmaids and graduates…the sterling nut dish. It’s not too early to bring your list and get them in the cue to be engraved for your special springtime presents. Precious filled with jelly beans in an Easter basket or in your very own living room! Make it extra personal and engrave a monogram or date inside. Prices start at $45!

Easter Gifts Galore at Croghan’s Jewel Box

Croghan — Mon, 02 Apr 2012 14:38:44 +0000

Reblogged from Susan Lucas’s “Shop King Street Charleston“

Crogan’s Jewel Box is all set up for Easter with their gorgeous Easter displays both in the window & inside the store. Where else can you find all of these happy Easter goodies, priced for giving such as an antique sterling tea basket or a beautiful Amulet by Temple St. Clair covered in diamonds and vines? For all of your Easter giving, they have you covered. Just walking by their window display is sure to put a smile on your face! Visit Croghan’s Jewel Box at 308 King Street in the King Street Fashion District.

Croghan’s closed on Monday, March 26th

Croghan — Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:32:45 +0000

Croghan’s will be closed on Monday, March 26 for store maintenance.

We will reopen on Tuesday, March 27 at 9:30.

Silver Refinishing & Replating Clinic

Croghan — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 21:00:03 +0000

Our guest silversmith and repair specialist will be in the store on Friday, February 24th and Saturday, February 25th from 10 am – 4 pm to give on-the-spot estimates to repair and re-plate your silver. Check out some of the before and after pictures below!

Drop off items between 10:00 - 4:00.

Croghan’s Rising Stars Trunk Show

Croghan — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:57:00 +0000

Croghan’s celebrates a brand new generation of talent at “The Box”.

Please join us for bloody marys and mimosas and a very special showing of Jewelry made by Croghan’s rising star designers, Eliza Avery, Lauren Holmes, and Jane Werrell.

Sunday, February 12th 1-5 pm

Monday, February 13th 10-5 pm

Hitting the big 1-0-0!

Croghan — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:30:45 +0000

Look who is in the January issue of Jewelers Circular Keystone Magazine!

(Reblogged from the January 2012 issue of JCK magazine.)

As Croghan’s Jewel Box enters our 100th year and 6th generation of being a family owned business, not much has changed since the store was first established in the early 1900s. When the store first opened it was the enclosed porch of a 1794 Charleston home where bench jeweler/ hand-engraver William Joseph Croghan worked. In the 1930s, William’s daughter, Mary, turned Croghan’s into a retail store. And six decades later, her daughter Mariana moved the business off the porch and into the house. “Very little changed in 80 years,” says Mariana, who now runs Croghan’s with her sister, Rhett. “We didn’t have a cash register until 1999.” Now, her daughter Kathleen is poised to join Croghan’s 100-year tradition. “You have to get young blood in the store to revitalize things,” says Mariana.

Mariana: Part of reaching this milestone is our family tradition of giving back. My mother taught us the lesson from a very early age. She was always very involved in local museums, the symphony, and held board positions on many charities. As a business owner, when you have the same goals as the community, people trust you.

Rhett: Our grandmother and grandfather used to close the store at lunch for “2 o’clock dinner,” a Charleston tradition. They’d take whoever was in the store—customers, employees, or friends—and bring them to their home for a meal that my grandmother cooked. This was the start of b

uilding relationships with people, generation after generation. But as much as we enjoy having 1,600 friends on Facebook, we can’t serve them all dinner.

Kathleen: We welcome customers into our family by taking an interest in their lives. We also buy jewelry with the customers’ tastes in mind, be it estate or antique jewelry from special sales or new collections from top designers sourced at major trade shows.