About Us

Commemorative Jewellery is a trading division of Rubinstein Keightley Ltd, one of the few remaining manufacturing goldsmiths left in the UK.

The company was established in 1986 by Peter Keightley, a young goldsmith and jewellery designer. With a degree in jewellery design and an apprenticeship under his belt, he initially set up a small workshop in Uppingham, Rutland. 

His reputation for excellent design and craftsmanship spread rapidly leading to the expansion into our current premises in North Street East in 1992. We now fill every nook and cranny of the 3-storey building.

The British jewellery industry, like most British manufacturing, has diminished over the last 30 years. Nowadays most jewellery in the high street is made in the Far East. There are so few manufacturing jewellers left in the UK that even our trade association, the British Jewellers Association, has had to open it's doors to wholesalers, retailers and even supermarkets, just to survive! 

So by continuing to hand-make jewellery in the UK, we are bucking that trend.

The Commemorative Jewellery division was set up in 1996 when we started speaking to the top British universities about producing seal rings, cufflinks and other jewellery to offer graduates, alumni, staff and other "friends".  We now work with around 20 universities as well as one military corps and a growing number of private schools and colleges both in the UK and overseas.

Whilst Commemorative Jewellery is primarily an online and mail order business, you are welcome to visit us at

7 North Street East,
Uppingham,
Rutland.
LE15 9QJ. 

Tel. 01572 822405 (office) or 01572 822051 (shop).

Our shop opening times are:  Tuesday - Friday, 9.30 - 5.00, Saturday mornings, 9.30 - 1.00.