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The circle, the square, the triangle. The oldest shapes are there. All nose studs begin with one of them and stay close to it, no embellishment, no distraction. Just the form, worked carefully in gold.

Yes. There is no reference point, no story behind it. The form speaks for itself, and that is enough for the nose pins.

Someone who knows what she likes and doesn't need much more than that. She picks up a nose pin, recognises it, and that's the end of the decision.

Yes. A circle in gold has never belonged to one time or one way of dressing. The nose pins go where you take them.

Yellow gold, gently shaped with care and quiet precision. A circle has to be truly round. A square has to hold its corners. Simple forms are the hardest to get right; there is nothing else in the nose pins to carry an error.

The circle, the square and the triangle, some plain, some with small variations. The right nose studs tend to be obvious quite quickly.

Keep it somewhere it can rest on its own, a small pouch or the box it came in, away from other pieces that might scratch the gold. The forms are simple, and simple gold is easy to care for. A little attention goes a long way.