Boston - November 28, 2008

The Family Jewels

E. Scott Originals Jewelry

Some childhood memories are best forgotten. (Auntie’s perma lipstick stains. One accidental eyebrow shave.)

Others shape your future. For Emily Scott of E. Scott Originals, it was memories of wearing her grandmother’s entire jewelry box that unleashed her inner designer.

After a stint at the North Bennet Street School for jewelry making, she now crafts baubles inspired by sumptuous family heirlooms. And rather than the glitz and glam of yesteryear, her everyday pieces are crafted in sterling silver with single hand-set gems.

The most current crop — an ode to Great Aunt Eleanor — plays on old-school filigree, reinterpreted in strong and simple lines.

A legacy of which anyone would be proud.

Available at Design Hive Market, November 29, at Maria Baldwin School, 28 Sacramento Street, Cambridge (designhivemarket.com); The Washington Street Art Center Holiday Craft Fair, December 6, 321 Washington Street, Somerville (washingtonst.org). To see styles, go to escottoriginals.com. For more information and commissions, e-mail escottoriginals@gmail.com.