In a collaboration with Focus Features, silver from the celluloid reels used in the making of Wes Anderson’s new black comedy The Phoenician Scheme has been used to create necklaces for ethical jewellery brand From the Silver Screen.
Each necklace features a hand grenade pendant, symbolising a key prop from the film, created using reclaimed silver sourced from microscopic silver halide crystals harvested directly from the celluloid reels used in the movie’s production. Wes Anderson approved the collaboration and design.
The collaboration originated after From the Silver Screen created a bespoke brooch for Jarin Blaschke, Director of Photography on Nosferatu (also a Focus Features production). After wearing it on the BAFTA red carpet.
From the Silver Screen was founded in 2021 by film industry professionals Natalie Daniels and Claire Richardson, after working alongside Kodak at Pinewood Studios led to the revelation that the silver harvested as a by-product of traditional film processing—was being re-used in the silver trade, but stripped of it’s cinematic significance.
“That was our lightbulb moment,” said Daniels. “We asked ourselves—what if that silver could retain its story? What if film lovers could literally wear a piece of their favourite movie?”
With support from Cinelab Film & Digital, the founders developed a proprietary process to ethically reclaim, refine, and reforge silver into sterling jewellery, handcrafted in London’s historic Hatton Garden. Every piece is hallmarked at the Goldsmith’s Company Assay Office and stamped with the brand’s signature, certifying both quality and origin.
While the brand has released pieces from other film productions, this is believed to be the world’s first jewellery collection with fully traceable silver provenance to a single film title—fusing sustainable design with cinematic storytelling.
Due to the finite availability of the silver, the release is limited to 100 individually numbered pieces, engraved on the neck of the pendant.
The Phoenician Scheme is now showing in UK cinemas.
Pippa Considine
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