Wendy Brandes Swan Jewelry in the Retail Jeweler Magazine

A big thanks to the Retailer Jeweler magazine for featuring my black-diamond Cleves swan ring in the October issue!

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The Cleves ring was inspired by the smartest of all the six wives of Henry VIII. Click here to read the blog post in which I proved Anne of Cleves was a damn genius.

I have other Cleves swan pieces. Here’s the gold and diamond ring, which you can try on in person at Broken English Jewelry in Santa Monica, Calif.

You can see it being made here.

There’s a silver version of the ring as well.

$990. Click to purchase.

The original Cleves swan piece was an 18K gold, onyx and diamond necklace.

$8,500. Click to purchase.

I did onyx, diamond and gold winged earrings to complement the necklace.

Only one pair made. $16,000. Click to purchase.

And here is my original January 2011 post on the black-diamond Cleves ring.

No ugly ducklings here! Just swans!