Meriwether
is a wholesale/retail jewelry business dealing in estate and contemporary
jewelry. Since 1983, Meriwether has catered to the highest echelon of
jewelry consumers in San Francisco as well as across the country. She
has regularly inventoried signed pieces from Tiffany, Cartier, Van Cleef,
David Webb, Boucheron, Bulgari etc. Meriwether is happy to have designed
many pieces for a clientele with an extremely discerning eye. In addition
to the many engagement rings designed each year, Meriwether has been commissioned
to manufacture earrings, necklaces and brooches of greatly varying designs.
Meriwether
McGettigan, owner, attended the Gemological Institute of America in
Santa Monica, CA, in 1981. She completed courses for certification in
Diamond Grading and Evaluation, Colored Stone Evaluation and Identification,
and Design, before becoming certified as a Graduate Gemologist. She
is an accredited member of the International Society of Appraisers and
a member in good standing of the Jewelers Board of Trade.
Meriwether
frequently lectures on c1940s jewelry as well as notable designers of
the 20th century to various groups in the Bay Area. She was asked to
lecture on the Retro period at the 2009 Antique Jewelry & Art Conference
at Hofstra University in New York. Her jewelry has appeared in a number
of publications, including "Town
& Country", "The Robb Report", "C Magazine",
San Francisco Magazine", "California Home and Design",
"San Francisco Chronicle Magazine", "Modern Bride",
and in an on-line magazine, www.fashionlines.com. In January 2002, Meriwether
was profiled as entrepreneur of the month in "San Francisco Business
Times". On March 22, 2002, Meriwether's jewelry was featured in
an Oscars segment on KRON-TV Morning News. On February 17, 2006, CNN
American Morning did a segment on what to do with your PowerBall winnings
in which www.meriwether.net was the only jewelry source mentioned as
the place to go for "new" old jewelry.
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