Jessica McCormack unveils Medallions capsule of modern heirloom pendants
Antique-coin pendants shrink into modern heirlooms in Jessica McCormack’s 11-piece Medallions capsule, designed to sit on Ball n Chain links or pearls.
Jessica McCormack has turned the antique-medallion idea into something far leaner and more exacting: an 11-piece capsule of pendants that reads less like bohemian layering and more like finely judged miniature sculpture. Made in the London workshop and finished by a single goldsmith, Medallions distills the house’s love of old-world symbolism into crisp, wearable gold motifs, including a crying eye, a heart on fire, a spiral, a flower and a swallow.
The discipline is in the scale and the styling. These are not oversized talismans meant to dominate the body; they are small emblems designed to sit close, travel easily and layer with control. Jessica McCormack’s own framing makes that intent explicit. The brand positions the line as part of Jessica McCormack Summer 2026 and describes it as a “future artefact,” a phrase that suits jewelry meant to feel collected rather than merely worn. Detachable clasps let the pendants pair with a Ball n Chain necklace or a string of pearls, which keeps the look polished and prevents the medallions from sliding into anything overly festival-coded.
That restraint extends to the rest of the capsule. Alongside the pendants, the collection includes Long Guard Lapis necklaces that the brand says can move from “sunrise to sundown,” whether at the beach or out to dinner. The 30-inch Long Guard Lapis & Diamond necklace is priced at £36,000, while the 16-inch version is £18,000. Among the pendants, Flower Power, Cry Baby, Wild at Heart and Fern are listed at £20,000 each on the UK site, while National Jeweler reported prices of $35,000 for Swallows & Amazons and $28,000 for Cry Baby, Wild at Heart and Flower Power. The numbers place Medallions firmly in fine-jewelry territory, but the design language keeps the mood measured.
That balance has long defined Jessica McCormack, which launched in 2008 and has built its identity on translating Georgian, Victorian and antique references into contemporary jewelry that feels lived-in rather than costume-like. McCormack, born in New Zealand and raised around antiques through her father’s auction business, later worked in Sotheby’s jewelry department in London before starting her own house. The brand now talks openly about itself as an alternative to Tiffany & Co. and Cartier, and its U.S. expansion has accelerated, with sales up 60 percent in 2025, a first U.S. store at 743 Madison Avenue and plans for South Coast Plaza and Rodeo Drive. Medallions fits that trajectory neatly: historically referential, commercially assured and stripped of excess exactly where it counts.
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