Our Story
Handmade Jewellery, Since 1988
Founded by Rebecca Smith and Anton Pruden.
Committed to design excellence in precious metals, Pruden and Smith was founded in 1988 by Anton Pruden and Rebecca Smith.
Our team has now grown to 13 people, who work from our Ditchling Workshop in Sussex, England and is located in an airy victorian basement below our Gallery.
We offer a full range of jewellery services, specialising in creating bespoke pieces and redesigning your old jewellery. All our jewellery is handmade by our expert team who work to produce Rebecca’s unique designs to exceptional quality, by using traditional silversmithing and craft techniques combined with new technology.
Rebecca Smith
Rebecca Smith trained as a fine artist at Farnham Art College and has been designing and making in precious metals and gemstones for the last 30 years.
There is a recognisable freedom of expression in her designs, which is reflected throughout our jewellery collections and in the bespoke designs for pieces commissioned by our customers.
Rebecca’s specialist redesign service offers you the opportunity to recreate your old jewellery into a new contemporary design – bringing a new lease of life to family heirlooms for years to come.
Anton Pruden
Anton Pruden is a silversmith and goldsmith whose roots trace back to his grandfather, Dunstan Pruden – known internationally for his work in silver silversmithing and goldsmithing. Most notably, Dustan was commissioned to create a gold chalice from the Metropolitan Cathedral in Liverpool in 1959.
Inspired by Dunstan, Anton went on to train as a silversmith in Gloucestershire – an area of England well known for its history of traditional craftsmanship, contemporary art and design.
He then founded Pruden and Smith with Rebecca, combining design and craftsmanship. Now semi-retired, he helps out where needed as we move into our next phase.
Our Story
Meet the Team
Timeline
35 years of design excellence...
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1988
Founding Year
Pruden and Smith Designer Jewellers Goldsmiths and Silversmiths founded by Anton Pruden and Rebecca Smith.
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1990
Silversmithing
Throughout the 1990s, we caught the attention of the silversmithing trade making silverware from the Turner Dumbrell Workshops, Ditchling.
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2000
Jewellery Design
As we moved into the new millennium, our focus turned towards jewellery – as silversmiths, hammering is one of our primary skills and we carried this through into our jewellery designs.
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2004
Shows Around The World
As our iconic jewellery collections evolved, we started adding more unique designs – sharing them at shows around the world.
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2007
Ditchling Crossroads
We moved our Gallery and Workshop to the Ditchling crossroads, in the building that once housed St Dominic’s Press (of the Guild of St Joseph and Dominic).
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2010
First Website
We launched our first website, showcasing our jewellery designs.
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2017
Best Business Award
We won the Muddy Stilettos Award for Jewellery Store.
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2023
Taking our brand to new heights
Today, our brand continues to evolve – our skilled team use traditional silversmithing techniques alongside modern technology to create iconic jewellery designs that are forever original.
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