York’s Iconic Daffodil Displays Inspire Symbolic Jewellery Collection

22 Feb 2022

 

An award-winning designer has created a symbolic ‘york daffodil’ collection of jewellery inspired by the golden blooms of spring flowers along the historic city’s walls, around york minister and at clifford’s tower.

Kay Bradley, owner of Bradley’s Jewellers York, designed the bespoke range of fine jewellery using radiant yellow sapphires and burnt orange sapphires to celebrate York’s iconic displays of wild daffodils. 

View the York Daffodil Collection

Having moved to the city more than a decade ago, Kay said the dependable return of the hardy daffodil is particularly symbolic to her business on Low Petergate, and those like it throughout the city, in the wake of the pandemic.

She explained,

“The daffodil is a symbol of hopefulness and optimism. On my morning walk to work, the beautiful show of bright yellow daffodils never fails to lift my spirits and remind me that, after the darkness of winter, there’s always summer on the horizon.

“They inspired me to create this very personal collection, which after difficult periods of restriction and closures during the pandemic, symbolises the spirit of new beginnings and steadfast resilience.”

The York Daffodil collection, designed by Kay and manufactured in Britain, includes a beautiful ring set with six pear-shaped yellow sapphires surrounding a round brilliant-cut orange sapphire; a daffodil brooch of yellow and orange citrines; a delicate gemstone, floral pendant; and pretty flower earrings, each set in either 18k gold, 9k gold or sterling silver.

Each piece of jewellery is personalised with Kay’s own York Daffodil logo, which incorporates a Y within a tiny flower, laser marked using the latest technology at the Birmingham Assay Office.

The pieces sit within a wider range of jewellery that pays homage to Kay’s home region of Yorkshire, where she and her family have run successful jewellery businesses for more than 50 years. The range also includes the ‘York Rose’ collection, sold exclusively at Kay’s historic Grade II listed, city centre store.

She added,

“Even on the darkest of days, shoppers in York have been loyal and faithful, just like these beautiful flowers, and The York Daffodil collection is my way of translating the joy these blooms give me and passing that happiness on to my customers.”

View the York Daffodil Collection

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Source: The Jeweller