Watch Batteries Installed

Anne Dale offers an expert watch battery service. We literally change thousands of watch batteries each year stocking a huge inventory of “fresh” watch batteries in over 100 sizes.

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Remodeled Diamond Showroom

New Orleans jewelry designer Anne Dale announces the upcoming remodeling diamond showroom of the Mandeville jewelry stores  which will include expanding the diamond bridal engagement ring selection by three times the current size, … “diamond engagement and bridal ring business has exploded in large part from social media but also by word-of-mouth.

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Mandeville Jeweler Washington

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Antonio Bonanno, Anne Dale, Antoinette Matlins (Bonanno’s daughter) Tom and Dianna Chatham

 

In the 1985 a chance encounter at a jewelry trade show would have Anne Dale leave her beloved New Orleans relocating to Washington DC to study the science of gemstones.

She would do an apprenticeship under world renowned gemologist Antonio Bonanno working in his lab (during the day) while attending the Columbia School of Gemology at night.

 

 

 

 

 

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Seafood-Season-shrimp-boots-copy-300x300Raw, fried, char-grilled, simmered in creamy soup – we typically think of Louisiana oysters in terms of the best way to eat them, but enterprising entrepreneurs in the state are finding myriad uses for the luscious bivalve that extend beyond the plate.

 

New Orleans gemologist Anne Dale is putting Louisiana oysters on the map with her trademarked LaPearlite™ cabochon cut gemstones made from hand-cut, polished oyster shells. In August 2011, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal signed a bill declaring LaPearlite™ the Official Louisiana Gemstone.

 

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Little Jewelry Store

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Before the “I Do” before your  first dance…before the flowers, church, invitations, tux, rehearsal parties and bridal showers… it all STARTS HERE.

Now that you have the perfect girl it is time to get the perfect diamond… this is where forever begins. At the little jewelry store in Mandeville – Anne Dale wants to be your jeweler as you begin this beautiful journey together.

 

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