THE GOOD LIFE Jewellery B
ack in 2020, the discovery of a long-forgotten photo album set Boodles, the jewellery house owned and run by the Wain- wright family since 1798, on an
intrepid new design direction. The album, stored in the attic of the late
Anthony and Jean Wainwright, contained dozens of photographs documenting Antho- ny’s 1962 global tour. He visited 10 cities in 16 days – from Jaipur and Tokyo to Honolulu and New York – and each photograph was accompanied by handwritten notes record- ing whom he’d met and the treasures he’d purchased. It inspired a 2021 high jewellery collection which captured the imagination of Boodles clients at a time when physical travel was restricted. The following year, Anthony’s son Nicho-
las, Boodles’ president, embarked on his own 10-day European grand tour, which inspired 2023’s Around Europe in 10 Days collection. He clearly enjoyed the jaunt, be- cause last year he was off again, this time on an eight-day voyage to Africa, with his niece Honour Wainwright, Boodles’ director of marketing, in tow for much of the trip. The landscapes and wildlife the duo observed on their expedition have become the inspira- tion behind a new collection. Nicholas’s journey began in Cape Town alongside New York diamond dealer Saul Goldberg, who has supplied Boodles’ Ashoka- cut diamonds since the Nineties. The pair boarded the Blue Train: a 1,600km, 54-hour journey that allowed time for a little business.
Nicholas purchased two Ashoka-cut dia- monds that feature in a pair of mismatching earrings inspired by Victoria Falls. Nicholas then flew to Nairobi, where he
met up with Honour, and the pair continued on to Tanzania. It was here that they pur- chased a 33.16-carat hexagonal tanzanite, which became the focal point of a medallion- style necklace with stepped ridges that echo the steep ascent of the country’s – and the continent’s – highest mountain, Kilimanjaro. The vibrant stone represents a bird’s-eye view of the volcano’s crater. From there, it was on to the Maasai Mara
National Reserve and its bounty of wildlife. Elephants, lions, antelopes, giraffes, croco- diles, flamingos and zebras are all spotted in the resulting 44 one-of-a-kind creations. ‘It was an incredible trip,’ says Honour.
‘We did things like take a hot-air balloon over the Great Migration – it was a bit like being on honeymoon or gap year with my uncle.’ As a representative of the sixth gen-
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1. Elephant necklace in pink gold with morganite
2. Zambezi bangle with tsavorite, diamonds and black mother-of-pearl
3. Green Mamba ring with black opal
4. Flamingo earrings in rose gold with morganites
5. Gazelle earrings with diamonds and mandarin garnets
6. Kilimanjaro necklace with tanzanite, tsavorite and diamonds
7. Flamingo necklace with morganites and sapphires
8. Flamingo ring with morganite, enamel, and diamonds
9. Zebra earrings in platinum with diamonds, emeralds and enamel
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10. Maasai Mara ring with tourmaline, tsavorites, garnets and rubies
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