Growing up in north London in the 1940s, Mr. Morris says he wasn’t academically inclined, so he took an apprenticeship in Hatton Garden, London’s jewelry quarter, in 1951, when he was just 15 ...

David Morris Berry rings in 18ct rose gold with (from top) pink coral, diamond and pink sapphire, £2,800; Akoya pearl, diamond and pink sapphire, £2,300; and turquoise, ...