After the war, he started work in his father-in-law's jewellery firm in London, initially in the accounts department, before moving into design.
He became the foremost modern jewellery designer in the West End of London in the 1960s and 1970s, selling designs from his exclusive gallery in Jermyn Street, Mayfair featuring the world's first perspex spiral staircase (1970) built by Peter Rice and Ove Arup.