About

Argenta Jewellery and Design is a boutique jewellery store located in Adelaide specialising in original design and hand crafted items. 

Primarily focused on designing and manufacturing commissioned pieces for customers, Argenta Jewellery and Design does not hold a large amount of stock on site.

Once a piece is commissioned, our jeweller will work closely with you from concept to completion to ensure your dream piece becomes a reality. 

Meet the Jeweller

Joseph Beresford is a London trained craftsman with over 40 years’ experience.

Joe attended The Sir John Cass College, School of Art and Crafts in London from 1968-1969. After his studies, Joe worked at G Music and Sons, Hatton Garden, London, for five years. Here he completed an apprenticeship in diamond mounting.

In 1975, Joe spent a year working for the prestigious Cartier, in Bond Street, London. At the time Cartier was still a family run business with shops in London, Paris and New York. While here, Joe made several prestige pieces for Cartier including a piece made jointly by a number of the workers, which was valued at $1.3 million pounds at the time.

Following this, Joe worked for Danish Jeweller Kjelt Jacobsen for five years, who imported Danish Silver into London. In this position, Joe made a pair of earrings for the famous opera singer Dame Kiri Janette Te Kanawa.

In 1981, Joe moved to Bath and was self-employed working with Mike Taylor of Taylor’s Jewellers for three years.

Joe moved to Adelaide, Australia in 1983, buying a workshop from an established retail jeweller, and employing several trained jewellers. Here he manufactured jewellery for a number of prominent jewellers, including an award winning choker design for De Beers Diamonds International Award, which was designed by Meg Benbow in 1988.

Since1992, Joe has been the owner of Argenta Jewellery and Design in Hazelwood Park, where he designs and manufactures commissioned pieces for his customers.

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