Hamdam

Hamdam: the garden's companions, carried in gold.

The Persian paradise garden was never plants alone. Gazelles grazed its shade, peacocks paraded its walks, and birds sang from the branches, because paradise on earth meant company, not just scenery. Hamdam, close companion, one who shares your breath, brings four of that garden's residents onto the body.

Hodhod the hoopoe carries Kherad, wisdom: the garden's messenger, alert and quick. Tavus the peacock carries Shokouh, splendour: the garden's proudest display, its fan caught mid-turn. Shirdal, the lion-eagle guardian standing in the lineage of Persepolis, carries Panah, protection: a creature built to keep watch at the gate. Sabr the snail carries patience itself, thin at the edge and fuller at the centre, the slowest resident of the garden and the steadiest.

Eleven founding pieces in 18ct yellow gold, made to order, each character built from silhouette and volume rather than surface detail. A companion for every day you want one close.

The family now carries a fifth resident. Ahu the gazelle is the beloved's eye in every Persian ghazal. She leaps through a pearl roundel of diamonds as a pair of drops, and in the Ahu Takht capsule she lies at rest, legs folded and neck raised: a ring, a pendant, studs, drops, a brooch, cufflinks and a bracelet, the same gazelle at seven scales.