Shiny Pretty Things was Founded by Rona Bierrum FGA DGA EG in 2016.
They offer a range of vintage and antique jewellery, with a focus on the quality of design and manufacture.
Rona is a gemmology expert and diamond grader with over a decade’s experience in handling fine antique and vintage jewellery.
Rona left a PhD in Fine Art to join the jewellery world in 2007. After working for a Bond Street jeweller for 4 years, she set up her own jewellery business and started studying gemmology. Rona graduated with honours in 2012, earning the prestigious Deeks Diamond Prize and Bruton Medal and was offered a position teaching the courses in 2013.
Subsequently, Rona has taught gemmology and diamond grading to hundreds of students in her role as Visiting Senior Tutor at the Gemmological Association of Great Britain (Gem-A). She has also written and edited their online lessons for distance learning. She is currently studying for her GIA qualifications in Diamonds and is a member of a number of gemmology associations worldwide.
