Jay Strongwater thinks like a jeweler whether he’s working on a candlestick, a wine stopper or a clock. He knows how to set a stone so it has the right sparkle—some of his pieces glitter with two thousand Swarovski crystals—and he’s always looking for ways to enrich the patterns of his enameling.

 

After years of working as a jeweler, Jay Strongwater has revived the bejeweled objet, the crystal studded butterfly that alights on an enameled box, the malachite-hued elephant that carries a miniature clock on its back and the picture frame that looks like it’s purloined from the Tsar’s nightstand.

With any Jay Strongwater piece, every detail is taken into account, Strongwater says the back of his pieces have to be as beautiful as the front, the insides as enchanting as the outsides. LEARN MORE...