Your Jewellery: Identity & Materials

A personal signature

Every Honu piece is unique, hand-forged without a mould or casting. The booklet first records its own identity: the name given to the creation, its atelier reference, its category, and where relevant its belonging to the Exceptional Pieces collection or to a numbered limited edition. This personal signature sets your piece apart from any other, and forms the first link in its traceability.

Absolute transparency on the precious materials

The booklet then details, with the rigour of a professional atelier, the origin and characteristics of the precious materials that compose your piece.

For the metal, the booklet specifies the legal hallmark struck on the piece, its colour, its weight and its designation. In Europe, the legal hallmark recognised for silver in jewellery is 925; this is the hallmark stamped on every one of my creations, whether they actually contain silver 925 or silver 950, in accordance with European regulations. Recycled origin is also indicated where applicable.

For the Tahitian pearl, the booklet records its precise designation, its shape, its dimensions, its grade according to the Polynesian classification, its lustre and its provenance, always sourced from a partner pearl farm in French Polynesia, selected on strict criteria.

When a fine or precious stone adorns your piece, its gemmological designation, its cut, its weight in carats, its dimensions, its provenance and its nature (natural or laboratory-grown) are recorded unambiguously. The same applies to natural coral and to any other ornament that may dress the piece.

The Contrastaria hallmark: a public guarantee

All Honu pieces in solid silver bear a legal hallmark, issued and certified by the Bureau des Garanties of the Contrastaria of Lisbon (INCM Portuguesa), the Portuguese public authority empowered to control precious-metal pieces. This hallmark, microscopic yet verifiable, certifies that the metal's title has been checked independently from the atelier. More about the Portuguese Contrastaria.

A signed commitment

Your piece is a Unique Creation, hand-forged and shaped at the Honu Handmade Jewellery atelier, without any moulding or casting.

Isabelle B., Jewellery Artist.

The booklet's value day to day

Keep your booklet carefully with your jewellery. It will accompany you for any repair request at the atelier, during a gemmological appraisal, to claim the 3-year legal warranty of conformity (Portuguese Decree-Law No. 84/2021, European Directive (EU) 2019/771), or in case of future resale of the piece.

A duplicate can be sent on simple request to the atelier.

Going further

• My materials: details of the materials used at the atelier.
• Legal guarantees: duration and procedure of the 3-year warranty.
• Terms and Conditions: full conditions.

A question?

For any query about your "Identity & Materials" booklet, or to request a duplicate, write to me via the contact form or directly to [email protected].