Metal & Rocks Creates a Badge for The Company of Watermen and Lightermen

23 Sep 2026

Earlier this year, Peter Carmichael, founder and owner of diamond jewellery supplier Metal & Rocks, was approached by a member of The Company of Watermen and Lightermen of the River Thames, to create a brooch for its members. He was given the single existing brooch of the Company’s crest to work from; it had been discovered at Waterman’s Hall in London, but no-one had any history of the piece or knew where it had been made.

Peter was asked whether it would be possible to make an exact replica, that could be reproduced in numbers for current members of the Company. After 3D scanning the brooch, a mould was made, followed by multiple castings in brass. The brooches were then finished with gold and silver plating, along with a gold-plated sterling silver 925 version and a 9ct solid gold one with rhodium plating. So pleased was the Company with the brooch’s progress, that Peter was asked to create cufflinks engraved with the Company’s crest.

Peter says,

“The feedback from everyone was amazing.”

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