Welcome to Maine
Yes, we are America’s first state, tucked up in the northeast corner. The sun rises along our 3,500-mile coast every day. You probably know us for our Portland Head Light, the most photographed lighthouse in the world. Spend just 5 minutes with our website, you’ll be surprised. You’ll be surprised by how extensive our website is and the depth of stories we share on the 1,000 pieces of jewelry we show.
We Love Maine
Because our state has forests, mountains, lakes and of course, the ocean. Our ocean is our front yard. It’s salt, wind, waves, islands, and land which reaches in long fingers to the sea. Maine is easy. Maine is relaxing and welcoming too. We create jewelry to touch the mind, heart, and soul.
Check out our website and you will see we design with truth, space, and freedom.
What You Really Want
An evening. Yes, an evening with white linen tablecloths, waiters with bow ties, waiters that know the food and cooking times and tenderness. The sommelier who pours the wine and spent two years in France studying grapes and vineyards and can answer all aspects of the wine you have chosen. Your dinner partner, who dines here several times a year, was surprised when he turned a fork over and saw that it was stamped “Sterling Silver” with English hallmarks. You were surprised that he didn’t know because he’s always so thorough. After dinner and dessert he takes you on a walk through the garden where you have another glass of wine and mingle with the guests.
Who Is Cross Jewelers?
We believe in magic. We believe in the mystique of fine gems and jewelry. We understand people, their hopes, wishes, dreams, and desires and create jewelry to delight the human spirit, the human heart and soul. We understand why every gift of jewelry must be just so, so that it will warm her heart and bring joy throughout her life. We also understand this piece of jewelry is for her today and for generations to come. We write about what we know and often share the story behind the story. We sell to Maine and New England and ship fast, safe, and free to all destinations in America.
You could have, you should have invested in gold 5, 10, 20 years ago. Alas, that opportunity came and went. We’re giving you a second chance, a second opportunity to acquire gold jewelry made when gold was 10, 20, 30% less than it is now. We have some pieces in gold made when gold was 50%-60% less than it is now. Silly pricing on our part? Yes! Why? Why not! A grand opportunity. Absolutely yes, a second chance. We have gold jewelry priced when it was made. We’ve not updated prices which means you save.
In this opportunity, you have the gems, you have the design, you get to wear it in the intervening years: 10, 20, 50 years. Then pass it on to a worthy descendant. It’s like planting a tree. A grandchild gets to sit in the swing in the shade. You win because you get to own, wear and enjoy your new piece of jewelry and your grandchild wins because someday they get to sit in the swing while wearing the piece of jewelry.
Our Solution to Tariffs
We are looking to protect you from tariffs. We believe tariffs will eventually go away. Here is what we are doing now while we all wait for tariffs to vanish.
First, most of our jewelry is already made in America. Gems come from all over the world. We bought gems in quantity years ago, pre-tariff. Maine tourmaline – We mine tourmaline and other gems just 25, 50 and 75 miles north of Portland, Maine. So of course, Maine tourmaline will always be tariff free.
And finally, if we acquire anything overseas that comes with a tariff, we will clearly state the country of origin, the tariff imposed, and the before and after price. It’s almost a non-problem because we have so few things that fit in that tariff category.
Time
You know how quickly time moves. You may even be surprised at how soon you have arrived at this time and age. Seriously consider what you would really love to have and why. And then don’t wait any longer.
Rare Pink Maine Tourmaline
The world's largest and finest discovery of pink tourmaline occurred in Maine's Western Mountains in 1972. This "Savoy" ring shows one of the exquisite gems from this find.
Blue Sapphire
Peace, Calm, Serenity... A true blue gem. This is our "Essex" ring design, a simple, classic, three-gem design which catches the mind, heart, and soul. A blue so brilliant it shows well at a candlelit dinner for two at your favorite resturant.
Maine Tourmaline - Pure Magic... Cast Your Spell
Peace, tranquility ... a type of meditation, a centered presence. Many are surprised that world-class gem mines start just 25 miles north of Portland. This ring design is called "Essex" with a SparHawk Maine tourmaline.
Clipper Ship Jewelry Collection
Jewelry inspired by the ocean and exotic travels. The ring shown is our "Sea to Shining Sea" design. It's one of the prettiest rings made in the world today.
Garden of Eden Opal Discovery
World's newest opal discovery, amazing patterns of color, recently found in East Africa.
Rare Pink Maine Tourmaline
In 1972 the largest discovery of pink tourmaline occurrred in Maine's Western Mountains. Cross aquired more than we typically use in any given year. We saved the pink gems and today are the only source in the world for these rare pink Maine gems.
Atlantic Sunrise Citrine
This ring is poised at the edge of dawn. It's your promise of a new day, a symbol of another new chance at getting it all right in life. This is your welcome to a rising sun.
Blue Sky Topaz
Be kind to the world around you (and to yourself). This is your secret for cultivatinng inner peace.
Tasmania
Blue topaz, sapphire, and diamond earrings. Tasmania: A real island in the South Pacific. Our earrings echo blue gems strongly. Blue is everyone's favorite color.
Mermaid Looking to Heaven
Earth and its water circles 'round mermaids are one of the ocean's grand mysteries.
Maine Coast Jewelry
The Perfect Wave. This is the gathering, the sweep, the curl, the crest... the moment the wave speaks.
Mysteries of the Sea
Creatures of the sea. Time and tides, the ebb and flow of life on 2/3 of the Earth. Here we show in detail life's mysteries on and beneath the waves. Each piece a conversation starter, contributing to finding new friends, interesting people.
Atlantic Sunrise
This necklace is called "Reading the Mind of God." Perfect sun center surrounded by stars of the night sky.
Clipper Ship Jewelry Collection
Cross' Clipper Ship Jewelry Collection is super special. Gems are hand-selected each year in Southeast Asia. Then the gem expedition leader returns to New England. He designs and makes the jewelry. We show over one hundred of his designs on our website.
Maine Coast Jewelry
The scallop is the world's prettiest shell. We have (three sizes: small, medium, and large) necklaces in both sterling silver and gold. We searched for the best scallop shell for a half-century. This is it.
Puffin Into the Sea, Into the Gale
Most people have never seen a puffin. We have them here in Maine on remote islands. Puffins are adorable.
Returning Tide Ring
The Returning Tide ring has become our second most popular ring in our 100+ year history. The reason its popularity... its purity and its simplicity. The ring has natural flow lines like the incoming tide. This ring is part of our Clipper Ship Collection.
Maine Tourmaline- The World's Prettiest Gem
We mine tourmaline in our Western Mountains. Our closest mine is just 25 miles north of Portland. The photo above shows tourmaline in the Silver Dollar Pocket.
Maine Coast Jewelry
This is our 21st century "Maine Coast Bracelet", real beach stones found along the entire coast of Maine.
Girl With a Pearl
Customers' favorite pearl earring. Made in gold or silver. Long, lean dangle. Like the book, Girl With a Pearl. Like the movie. Looks stunning.
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Who Is Cross Jewelers?
We believe in magic. We believe in the mystique of fine gems and jewelry. We understand people, their hopes, wishes, dreams, and desires and create jewelry to delight the human spirit, the human heart and sole. We understand why every gift of jewelry must be just so, so that it will warm her heart and bring joy throughout her life. We also understand this piece of jewelry is for her today and for generations to come. We write about what we know and often share the story behind the story. We sell to Maine and New England and ship fast, safe, and free to all destinations in America.
Celtic Dreams
And the Druids of Blue Mountain
These are our ancestors. I know they are mine, and perhaps your ancestors too.
I know them. I own them. I can feel them in my bones. The Druids were Celts. All our ancestors were somewhere, living, breathing, walking around, talking, learning, loving.
This painting captures a moment. Was it real? Did it really happen? Yes and no. Is there a Blue Mountain? I don’t know… probably. This painting stepped out of someone’s imagination and it probably captures a shard, a piece of some echo of a memory, passed down through a hundred, a thousand generations.
We all have historical memories, some more clear than others. This painting has haunted me for several years. It was at the antique store at Fort Andross, Maine. Every time I passed it I was drawn in, its ghostly images call out to me. I know this place. I know these people. They believed in nature. Were they perfect? No. They were successful enough that I have descended from them and I am here in the 21st century to speak to this memory.
Why all this Druid talk? The Druids were Celts, lovers of intricate knot patterns and lovers of wind, rain, blue skies and sunshine, lovers of the coming of spring and the finality of fall. They were close to the earth. I can smell the wood smoke. I can see the hearth fires burning.
In fact, when you look at what the Celts did in metalwork… they were masters. There are volumes written on Celtic art. They were so prolific, so obsessed with beautiful detailing, it was like they couldn’t make a metal tool without decorating it beautifully. Then there was the jewelry: great gifts and treasures to humanity that we are still deriving inspiration from. The present day Irish are the inheritors of much of this grand Celtic art.
What we share with you today is for the upcoming St. Patrick’s Day, and the Irish, the keepers of Celtic traditions.
Inspired by the Celts and their love of knot patterns, both of these items we describe in greater detail.
Celtic Imagination
I think about these people often. I think about how I am here because they survived over 100 generations. I think about my people 3,000 years ago. The land they lived on, their homes and hearths, what they ate. I think about their religious beliefs and I think about this painting which may capture some aspects of their world, even if now some of it is only imagined.
I looked at this painting in an antique store for a long time. It’s colors, it’s rhythm spoke to me, and because it said the same thing every time I went back, I bought it. I probably have 20 books on the Ancient Celts, their knot patterns, stone work, gold and silver work. My people go back to Northern Europe, and in truth, all of our ancestors were around somewhere 3,000 years ago. I feel this ring deeply. Especially the deep engraved Celtic patterns on the east and west sides. This says something that echoes and resonates within me. It says something similar to the painting, different, yet similar.