Sea of Jewels

Van Cleef & Arpels sets sail for adventure with a new high jewellery collection inspired by author Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island, celebrating maritime history, literary charm and stunning craftsmanship

By Amrita Katara

In 1883, Robert Louis Stevenson published his famous Treasure Island, an adventure story filled with pirates, betrayal and buried gold. Nearly a century and a half later, Van Cleef & Arpels has drawn inspiration from that famous story to create a high jewellery collection of the same name, inviting jewellery editors on an adventure of their own—not on the high seas but to the balmy island of Phuket. The Thai island was a clever choice on the part of the maison. Located in the Andaman Sea, it was a perfect setting in which to anchor the narrative of the new launch: once a bustling hub for spice traders and a pitstop for pirates seeking refuge from monsoons, Phuket could stand in for Stevenson’s fictitious island. One could almost imagine pirate…

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Tatler Hong Kong (Digital) - 1 Issue, April 2025

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