After John Hardy left his home country of Canada to travel the world, he settled down in Bali, Indonesia, and became one of the world’s most-lauded designers of bracelets, necklaces, rings and other jewelry.
Hardy had studied at the Ontario College of Art & Design in Toronto before he set out globetrotting. In Indonesia, he became so smitten with the people, culture and landscape that he decided to stay, and in 1975 he started selling artisan jewelry and eventually designing his own pieces through his studies of local silversmithing. From the start, the focus was on time-honored jewelry-making traditions and details of craftsmanship.
In 1983, Hardy met an American named Cynthia Boesk who also had a small jewelry business. After they married, they merged their businesses and officially started John Hardy, making a name for themselves designing elegant and eclectic bracelets that reflected centuries-old Balinese techniques. In 1998, Italian-born French jewelry designer Guy Bedarida became the creative director of the company, staying on for 16 years and leading the brand in innovative new directions. Its Bamboo collection, with designs reminiscent of bamboo stalks, directs its sales toward planting bamboo seedlings in Indonesia, while the Kali collection takes its design cues from the distinctive pebbles found in Bali.
After learning about the harmful effects that silver mining has on the environment, Hardy became extremely committed to sustainable luxury business practices, promising that every piece is conflict-free and ethically produced during each step of the design process.
In 2017, the brand was among the jewelers challenged by Vogue Italia to craft pieces from the tagua nut in lieu of using elephant ivory and has used recycled sterling silver in its designs. Its first diamond-centered collection in 2019 concentrated on ethical sourcing and mines where workers are paid fairly. Although Hardy sold his business in 2007, it continues to operate with his name and adhere to the artisanal practices he promoted, including under jewelry designer Hollie Bonneville Barden, who served as creative director from 2016 to 2020. Along with online and global retail sales, the John Hardy Workshop and flagship Kapal Bamboo Boutique in Bali also offer the brand’s enduring designs from an open-air sustainable bamboo building.
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John Hardy Sterling Silver & Palm Wood Tea Strainer
By John Hardy
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A fine vintage designer silver & wooden tea strainer. By John Hardy. In palm wood and sterling silver. Likely from Hardy's Dot series of jewelry and objet. The strainer with a wo...
Sterling Silver
English Sterling Silver Tea Caddy, Sheffield, 1907
By Harrison Brothers & George Howson 1
Located in Delft, NL
An English silver tea caddy by Harrison Brothers & Howson, Sheffield 1907. An oval round shaped silver tea caddy with hinged lid. The caddy raised on a footrim and 4 ball sha...
Sterling Silver
Sterling Silver Tea Set
By Gorham Manufacturing Company
Located in Brooklyn, NY
We are thrilled to offer you this sterling silver tea set by Gorham Silversmiths, hallmarked 1874. This one hundred and fifty years old set has been ...
Sterling Silver
Antique French Continental .800 Silver Tea Strainer
Located in Hamilton, Ontario
This antique tea strainer is hallmarked by an unknown maker, but originated from France and dates to approximately 1890 and done in a period Victo...
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Edwardian Sterling Silver Three-Piece Tea Service
By Williams Ltd
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique Edwardian English sterling silver three piece tea service / set; an addition to our silver teaware collection. This fine antique Edwardian sterling silver tea service consists of a teapot, sugar bowl and cream jug Each component has an oval rounded form to a plain oval collet foot. The lower portions of the teapot, cream jug and sugar bowl are embellished with embossed fluted ornamentation. The flared upper rim of the cream jug and sugar bowl, and shoulders of the teapot are ornamented with an impressive applied gadroon decorated border. The large teapot is fitted with a domed hinged hallmarked cover, which features further embossed convex fluted decoration. The cover is surmounted by the original carved oval fluted painted wood and sterling silver finial. The teapot retains the original plain angular carved painted wood handle with a carved scroll style thumbpiece. The cream jug and sugar bowl have plain angular sterling silver handles ornamented with subtle applied decoration. Condition This antique sterling silver tea service...
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Antique 1782 Sterling Silver Locking Tea Caddy
By William Vincent
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive antique Georgian English sterling silver locking tea caddy; an addition to our silver teaware collection. This exceptional antique George III sterling silver locking tea caddy has an oval, serpentine shaped form. The body of this Georgian silver tea caddy...
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English 19th Century Sterling Silver Perforated Tea Strainer
Located in New York, NY
This beautiful and refined tea strainer was realized in England- arguably the birthplace of fine silverware- during the 19th century. It features a con...
Sterling Silver
Spratling Taxco Midcentury Sterling Silver Tea Strainer
By Taxco, William Spratling
Located in New York, NY
Taxco Midcentury sterling silver tea strainer. Square bowl with big and bold trefoil handles; well has pierced scrollwork and scattered stars. Visible handwork. Functional Modernism ...
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Georges Fouquet Lapar Sterling Silver Tea Pot
By Georges Fouquet-Lapar
Located in Bronx, NY
This vintage rare French sterling silver tea pot is beautifully designed by Georges Fouquet-Lapar in the 1930’s. It is stylishly decorat...
Sterling Silver
1874 Victorian Sterling Silver Locking Tea Caddy
By Thomas White
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
An exceptional, fine and impressive, large antique Victorian English sterling silver locking tea caddy; an addition to our silver teaware collection. This exceptional antique Victorian sterling silver tea caddy has an oval shaped form. The upper and lower portions of the body are encompassed with impressive bright cut engraved broad overlapping leaf decorated borders accented with a band of scallop and trefoil ornamentation in addition to protruding stylized leaf designs to the incurves of the body. The body of this large tea caddy...
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Sterling Silver Tiffany Coffee/Tea Pot
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Being offered is a sterling silver coffee/tea pot made by the world renowned Tiffany and Company. It has a wood handle so it’s never an issue to hold — no matter how hot the pot is....
Sterling Silver
English Sterling silver Tea caddy Spoon
Located in Toronto, Ontario
English Sterling silver caddy Spoon, hallmarked for 1978 Francis Howard. Plain Fiddle pattern, plain oval egg shape bowl. Length: 3.75 inches. Weight: 21 grams. Condition: Good. Ref...
Sterling Silver
20th Century George VI Sterling Silver Tea Strainer
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive vintage George VI English sterling silver tea strainer; an addition to our silver teaware collection This fine vintage sterling silver tea strainer has a circu...
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Vintage John Hardy Sterling Silver Mounted Coconut Shell Bowl
By John Hardy
Located in Philadelphia, PA
A wonderful bowl by John Hardy. Constructed from half of a coconut shell. Mounted with 3 sterling silver bullet shaped feet and a beaded sterling rim. (The bowl was likely ...
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John Hardy Sterling Silver Dot Collection Flask
By John Hardy
Located in Montreal, QC
Fabulous John Hardy sterling silver continuous dots flask 4.75”, 5.13” including top x 2.5”; marked with John Hardy logo 925 Indonesia; appr...
Sterling Silver