After twenty years at the helm of her father’s company, Patricia Vaill retired and passed the baton to Jay Bauer and Anthony Hopenhajm who have continued to produce jewelry in the unique Schepps style. Over the last 16 years, Bauer and Hopenhajm have added new pieces to the classic collection and opened new shops in Palm Beach and Nantucket, bringing Schepps’ imaginative designs to a new generation of admirers.
Today’s designs draw on the Schepps archives which contain over 5,000 detailed jewelry renderings and 650 molds. The pieces created in the workshop continue to be made with cutting-edge methods and inventive, unusual materials. Stemming from the tradition of wit and whimsy, Seaman Schepps’ new collections seek to inspire and captivate a new audience with an uncompromising quest for an innovative aesthetic. Classic pieces are rendered in new materials and signature materials are used for bold new styles.
Recently the subject of museum exhibitions in the United States and Europe celebrating the storied legacy, Seaman Schepps is poised to mark its place in the 21st Century as one of the world’s greatest jewelers.
Seaman Schepps: The Man, The Heritage 
ABOVE: Seaman Schepps shops in New York, Palm Beach and Nantucket; BACKGROUND: The Seaman Schepps installation at the Museum of Art & Design in New York, designed by Massimo and Lella Vignelli
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