Heavenly Vices Fine Jewelry

Every collector has a story. Let's tell yours.

At Heavenly Vices, jewelry tells a story.

For centuries, people have used jewelry to express sentiments that words alone could not convey - love, devotion, longing, remembrance. During the Victorian era, these emotions were often encoded in objects: engraved coins known as Love Tokens, symbolic meaning hidden in gemstones, and secret messages carried close to the heart.

Heavenly Vices draws inspiration from this tradition of symbolic and sentimental jewelry, transforming historical objects and motifs into modern heirlooms. Each piece bridges past and present, pairing antique inspiration with contemporary design.

Heavenly Vices celebrates the dual nature of jewelry: virtue and temptation, devotion and desire, heaven and earth.

Jewelry has always occupied this delicate balance - objects worn for love, memory, beauty and sometimes simply for the pleasure of wearing them.

These are the stories we tell.

Let's tell yours.

Blog posts

Reading the coin: a numismatic guide to Victorian love tokens

Reading the coin: a numismatic guide to Victorian love tokens

Every piece in our Love Stories collection began as a coin. At my first trunk show, collectors kept asking me about those coins underneath the engravings — and a decade later, this is what I learned about the silver, the gold, and the stories they once whispered.

Inception

Inception

Inside Heavenly Vices Lock Stories—innovative lock jewelry inspired by Victorian secret symbolism, hidden messages, and a three-year design journey.

Let's Tell a Love Story

Let's Tell a Love Story

These beautiful coins are known as Love Tokens, which were wildly popular in the Victorian Era.  The exact origin of this practice is up for deba...