Ming

108 Talbot Rd, W11 1JR · View on Google Maps · Visit website · 02072436545

Ming Lampson founded the atelier in 2000 and is a trained goldsmith, gemmologist and diamond specialist, which is an unusual combination: most designers are one of those three and buy in the others.

The output is deliberately tiny. Around seventy pieces a year, largely bespoke and one-of-a-kind, built around bold coloured gemstones: spinels, sapphires, rubies, zircons and emeralds. Her work was selected for the Woman to Woman exhibition at Phillips auction house in 2021, shown alongside twentieth-century jewellery masters.

She works as a private jeweller by appointment, which is why her website carries no collection to browse and no engagement ring page. Spear’s named her among London’s bespoke engagement ring makers in 2024, describing one-of-a-kind artworks from untreated gemstones with an Art Deco influence, and noting that a commission can take up to six months.

There is no published process, no stages and no consultation form. Contact is by enquiry, and the working relationship is established from there. That is normal for a private jeweller and unusual for everyone else on this site.

No prices are published, and no timescales on her own site. The Spear’s piece puts a commission at up to six months, which is worth planning around if you have a date in mind.

Her site says nothing about stone origin, lab-grown or otherwise, so ask if it matters. The emphasis throughout is on unusual natural coloured stones.

Thirteen reviews at 4.5, the smallest meaningful sample of any jeweller profiled here apart from Boucheron.

The review sample here is small, so treat the rating as indicative rather than settled. A handful of reviews either way would move it noticeably. That is a limit on the evidence, not a mark against the jeweller.

At seventy pieces a year, a thin review record is exactly what you would expect. A jeweller with a few dozen clients annually will never accumulate the review volume of a showroom, and it says nothing about the work.

Review figures taken from Google and checked in July 2026. We recount them monthly.

This suits someone who wants a genuinely one-off piece from a maker with rare technical range, and who has months rather than weeks. If the idea of a coloured stone chosen by someone who is also a gemmologist appeals, this is a serious option.

It also suits a buyer comfortable with an unstructured process. There is no funnel here, just a conversation.

It will not suit you if you are proposing soon, want a price before committing, or want to browse. There is nothing to look at online and no collection to try on.

Does Ming make engagement rings?

Yes. Her own site does not advertise them as a category because she works as a private jeweller by appointment, but Spear’s named her among London’s bespoke engagement ring makers in 2024.

How long does a commission take?

Up to six months according to the Spear’s piece. Her own site publishes no timescales. If you are proposing soon, this is not the route.

How much does it cost?

No prices are published anywhere. Contact is by enquiry, and the figure comes out of that conversation.

Why are there so few reviews?

She makes around seventy pieces a year. A jeweller with a few dozen clients annually cannot accumulate the review volume of a showroom, so thirteen reviews is a reflection of scale rather than quality.