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Shop by Anniversary. 1st,5th,10th and 25th
We have a wonderful variety of wedding anniversary gifts for the 1st, 5th, 10th and 25th wedding anniversary.
Each anniversary has a traditional, modern, flower and gem associated with it and I have mixed and matched some of these to give you a better choice.
Each anniversary has been listed seperately with handmade cards at the bottom of the page.
We will be adding new and unique gifts to our range over the next few months.
Sale Items
New sales items
Stock clearence of all Nannapas items. The perfect gift at a perfect price for a 1st,25th and 28th wedding anniversary. Each item has been reduced by a minimum of 10%.

Sales items include Freshwater pearl,swarovski cystal and precious gem jewellery. Sterling silver Jewellery and real Flower pendants.

Corporate Gifts
A selection of Gifts to give your Clients, Associates and Guests as a thank-you, Long service awards,being in business for 10 years or as a gift 'From Cornwall'.

We have been making corporate gifts for over 10 years and each year we produce new and repeat gifts for many companies in Cornwall including Cornwall Council, Cornwall NHS Trust, Gas World, Hall for Cornwall, Cornwall Catering awards, Truro School prefect lapel Pins and Ginsters.

Over the years we have produced new items using the company logo as the tin casting, this gives that added 'personal' touch to your corporate gifts. The cost of setting this up ranges from £175 to £500. Once the Mould is made, it can be used year after year and you will only pay for each item. Each item cost would depend on size and weight of the casting and in cases of Cufflinks, the components used.
Please ring or email for a quote. 01872 560200 (Debi) or sales@wheal-jane.co.uk

We have set up a page with some of our standard gifts which are very much Cornish based, these are great gifts for visitors and recently a mining company in Australia bought several different items as corporate gifts.

If your company is celebrating 10 years in business, Tin is the traditional method for celebrating a 10 year anniversary. For some companies we have supplied a range of different gifts from our jewellery range, including the Fish and Seahorse pendants and brooches for a seafood resteraunt and items from our poppy range for a garden centre. Keyrings and the boxed pen are also a great way to have you Logo displayed or use one of our own castings with an engraved plate with your company name.

Please contact me on 01872 560200 (Debi) or email me on sales@wheal-jane.co.uk to discuss any ideas you have, we have had many strange but not impossible requests and we will do our best to make your suggestions a reality.
Shop by Material

Cornish Tin: All our wonderful Jewellery and Gifts made from South Crofty Tin. There is a huge selection to choose from for nearlly every occassion;

10th wedding anniversary- The Diamond Heart Pendant for her, The Tin can Cufflinks for him.

10 years in business: The Tin Christmas Decorations as a keepsake for your staff.

Birthdays: The Tankard with the Cornish map for him, The birthstone pendant for her.

Christmas: Our wonderful Tin Christmas decorations, a new one made for each year.

Cornish wedding gifts and favours: The Engine house Casting, The Paperweights and the Cornish Pisky

Christening Gifts: The Tin Birthstone spoon and the Tin celtic cross

Cornish Wedding Jewellery: Tin Cufflinks, tie pins and tie slides and kilt pins for him, Tin brooches, pendants and earrings for her.
Shop by Occasion
This section has Broken down to make it easier for you to look at gifts specific to your special occasion.

Christmas: We have been making our Christmas Decorations since 2002. Each Year we have a new design with the years date engraved on the back. These decorations have become a favorite for many, buying them as gifts for family abroad, Christening gifts which are then added to each year, as momentos of our Cornish history and also as collectors pieces. For those getting married at Christmas, these are great 'tokens' for the bride and grooms family, there is enough space on the back for names to be engraved and the year is already there. As 10th wedding anniversary gifts, these are great with the current years date and remembered every year when the tree is put up.

1st wedding anniversary Gifts: Our range of Gifts for your 1st wedding anniversary are currently Jewellery and cufflinks made from Paper and Freshwater Pearl Jewellery. These have been designed by 2 extremely talented artists
Dianne Fox - Paper Jewellery (papier mache) - traditional 1st anniversary gift
Nannapas - Freshwater Pearl Jewellery - traditional 1st wedding anniversary gem

Dianne Fox is an artist with her own unique style and uses the medium of papier maché to create visually stunning artworks that are colourful, vibrant and original. A finalist in the prestigious ‘Gift of the Year’ award she is now based in rural Northumberland at Kirkharle Courtyard where she has a gallery and workshop.
Her paper jewellery is stunning and is an ideal 1st wedding anniversary gift. Each peice comes in an organza bag in a silver paper bag, again using the theme of paper in the packaging. The Paper pendants have earrings to match but are just as lovely on thier own.

Nannapas (London) is known for designing stylish and unique Jewellery. All her beaded jewellery is made from semi precious stones, freshwater pearls and swarovki crystals.They are threaded on silk giving them a soft luxurious feel.
Her bacchus and Pebble collection look good enough to eat while her Swarovki crystal range are so delicate and beautiful to touch.

As Freshwater Pearls are the Gem associated with the 1st (paper) wedding Anniversary these necklaces, earrings and bracelets are a perfect 1st wedding anniversary gift.

Handmade Anniversary and Christening cards; A handpicked selection of lovely Handcrafted Cards for your 10th or any other wedding anniversary. The 10th anniversary cards have been made exclusively for the South Crofty Collection whilst the others have been chosen for their uniqueness and quality.
The handmade Christening card is a lovely extra to give to your Godchild or relative. The Pewter token on the card can be kept as a lovely little keepsake for the baby.

10th Wedding anniversary Gifts; Our Tin Jewellery and Gifts have all been handcrafted at our workshop at Wheal Jane, Cornwall. Each design is unique to South Crofty Collection and has a certificate of authentication within the box and South Crofty Tin engraved on each piece.
We have broken down this section again to help you with choosing the perfect gift. For Her we have the Diamond Heart Pendant, a lovely Tiffany style Pendant with a Diamond and Garnet. For those who prefer flowers, there is the Tin Daisy pendant with gold bead, an exclusive design and one of our best sellers. For the more modern look we have the Tin Chunky Flower Pendant with a choice of coloured beads or the Tin Circle Pendant with Wooden beads.
For Him there is The Tin Can cufflinks, always a favorite and worn year after year. If your loved one does not wear cufflinks, how about the Tin can Tie/lapel pin, every man has a jacket he can wear this on. There is also the Tin Can Keyring, a lovely reminder of your 10th wedding anniversary.
We also have a range of gifts made from Pewter and wood, each of these has been chosen as 10th wedding anniversary gifts as they either have Tin within the design or, in the case of Pewter, are made using more than 90% tin.

25th wedding anniversary gifts; In this section we have wonderful Silver Gifts and Silver Jewellery to Celebrate your 25 years together.
The beautiful Sterling silver handcrafted gifts and tokens have been made by 'Friends of the Earth' and the pictures do not do them Justice. Each gift has its own story to tell which is included within the beautiful packaging. A small section of the story is written against each piece.
These are beautiful, unique and original tokens and gifts for 25th wedding anniversary and will be a wonderful keepsake for years to come.
Our Sterling Silver Jewellery is Designed by a very creative and well respected artist and Jeweller, Nannapas. Because of the way each piece is made, using thin cord, they are light, soft and fluid, giving them a life of their own.They can each be worn as individual items or as sets and are just as easily worn as daytime Jewellery or as a stunning accessory for evening wear. A wonderful reminder of your 25 years together that can be worn again and again.

Birthday gifts;


Christmas Decoration Category
We first started designing and producing Christmas decorations in 2002, each one engraved with the year of design and production on the back.
These lovely decorations have become collectors pieces, with customers contacting us as early as June to ask if the new decoration for that year is ready.
They have also been used as Babies first Xmas decorations, Christening Gifts and Wedding anniversary gifts. The Bell (2006) has also been used, with a white ribbon, as a wedding gift.
This year (2009), we have a pair of holly leaves with Carnelion gems as berries. The decoration will be available by the end of October.
Mining History Coins
Cornish Mining Coin collection

As Cornwall entered the 21st Century, it did so without one of its' oldest and most unique industries.

The debate regarding the future of mining in Cornwall will continue for some time but its' distinguished past will remain in perpetuity. The impact of hard rock mining on the social, economic, cultural and geographical fabric of Cornwall has been dramatic. Its' effect on a world-wide scale has also been little short of profound.

The pioneering efforts of thousands of Cornish miners, engineers and other innovators associated with every aspect of mining, have, over several millennia, placed Cornwall's stamp firmly on this unique industry. The Cornish have made hard rock mining their own and Cornwall has provided in abundance, the metals and minerals to satisfy their quest to supply society's needs for these basic raw materials which have fundamentally changed the world and the way of life for millions of people.

Regrettably, it seems that for the time being, Cornwall's contribution to mining may be at an end, but through a host of companies and organisations, each with their roots in the industry, Cornwall's mining heritage and long established excellence in the field will continue.

To celebrate the achievements of the industry, the South Crofty Collection has produced a unique collection of five coins, The Cornish Mining Collection.

The collection combines Cornwall's two most historically important metals, tin and copper. There are four coins in Cornish tin from three different sources and one in Cornish copper. All have individual history and authentication. Two different traditional methods of production have been used, hand casting and die striking. The coins represent seven hundred years of the industry, from the Seal of the 1305 Edward 1 Stannary Charter, through the 18th Century copper half-pennies and the 19th Century pennies, produced by the most successful mines, mining families and adventurers. The collection then brings the story of Cornish mining into the 21st Century with a new design based on South Crofty, the last tin mine in both Cornwall and the UK, which ceased operations in March 1998 and which now takes her place alongside Dolcoath, long referred to as the Queen of Cornish Mines.

The three central coins in the collection are replicas of tokens issued during the period of greatest activity in the Cornish Mining Industry, which began towards the end of the 17th Century. All are accurate reproductions made using examples of the relatively few originals of each which have survived. Tokens of this type were produced mainly in copper or brass.

For hundreds of years before organised minting became controlled and centralised in London and Wales, and adequate quantities of legal tender came into circulation, tokens were produced in many major towns to meet demand for low denomination coins, particularly to trade and pay wages.
With the Industrial Revolution well under way and the County engaged in the Napoleonic Wars, high demand for metals and minerals fuelled the development and massive expansion of manufacturing and commercial activity generally and of the mining industry, particularly in Cornwall. With thousands employed and business activity booming, shortages of legal tender coin led to production of tokens by a number of mining companies in Cornwall to pay those employed and provide a local means of trading. However, throughout the period fluctuations in metal prices meant that during times of high metal prices, when the value of the metal content in the tokens was greater than the face value, vast quantities of tokens were melted down and only when copper prices fell, would production of new tokens again begin.


The 1997 South Crofty Rescue Medallion

This unique piece was produced in1997 during the build up to the closure of South Crofty Mine and was a last ditch fundraising effort to raise funds to save the mine.
The idea for this simple commemorative medallion came about from a combuned suggestion by the local councillors and the community and during its few months on sale it raised more than £50,000 to support the mine prior to its closure in March 1998.
The South Crofty Collection have resurrected the original mould to give everyone the opportunity to purchase a momento of that period and a piece of South Crofty and Cornish History.





 




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