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It all started in April of 1975 when Lois A. Wacholtz
and Christopher M. Jupp formed a partnership to sell Christopher's jewelry
designs.
In August of 1978 we opened a small storefront
called The Dragon’s Hoard Jewelers near the campus of The University
of Illinois. We began selling Christopher's designs and other American
handcrafted gifts by craftspeople we met on the arts and crafts fair circuit.
Soon, we developed a regular clientele and eventually expanded our services
to include jewelry repair and one-of-a-kind custom
design.
In addition to the hundreds of custom pieces designed
by Christopher each year, our production line now includes designs sold
not only by Christopher’s but by galleries, gift shops and catalogs
across the country. The quality of fine designer crafted work is ensured.
All production of Christopher's designs is done on site in our 2,000-square-foot
studio under the close supervision of Christopher and Lois.
 Christopher's interest in fantasy art and dragons continues
to produce an ever-expanding selection of sterling silver and gold earrings,
pins, pendants and rings. Everyone's love of cats has produced a wonderful
set of cat jewelry designs and we have added
a line of Celtic pattern rings as well. New
ideas lead to new designs and new production all the time, including fine
jewelry earrings and rings.
The work shown on this website is not all inclusive,
and we do offer selected Christopher M. Jupp designs at wholesale prices
to qualified buyers. For further information, please contact us.
We want to hear from you. Visit our store, browse
our online catalog or drop us a line. We look forward to sharing our work
and our pleasure with you.
Lois A. Wacholtz & Christopher M. Jupp
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