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Cedar Chest Fine Jewelry Shop our unique collection of beach and sea themed jewelry, authentic ancient and Spanish treasure coins and fine estate jewelry. Sanibel Island vacationers and beach and sea themed jewelry enthusiasts from throughout the United States and around the world love to browse and shop our unique collection of sea themed jewelry influenced by the beauty of Sanibel.

The Cedar Chest was founded by John and Pat Zambuto in 1975 with a small collection of 14kt. Pat's love of nature and the unspoiled beauty of Sanibel's beaches, birds, sea life, and tropical foliage is the inspiration for many of the most unique and creative pieces of fine jewelry you'll find anywhere.
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The Cedar Chest is a full-service fine jewelry store with customer service and satisfaction being our highest priorities. We offer expert custom jewelry design services - if you can imagine it, we can handcraft it - using your gemstones and diamonds or ours. We offer, upon request, insurance documentation on pieces purchased at our store or on our web site.
At The Cedar Chest Fine Jewelry, we are renown locally and around the world for our extensive selection of unique and one-of-a-kind charms, necklaces, and pendants from top designers as well as our own in-house jeweler. We understand our customers have come to expect an expansive selection of pieces that elegantly capture the beauty of Sanibel, Florida.
What better way to celebrate the beauty of Florida's Atlantic coast than with a stunning piece of sea life gold jewelry direct from our Sanibel Island shop? Our constantly growing collection features classic sea-life animals like dolphins, turtles, starfish and seahorses as well as exotic characters like stingrays, octopus, and even mermaids set in timeless gold.
At the Cedar Chest Fine Jewelry our customers return to our online store and our Sanibel Island, Florida location time after time for our incredible selection of unique pieces inspired by the sea. Our gold selection showcases both literal representations of the coast in our sea life jewelry as well as abstract interpretations like the ones found in our fashion gold jewelry collection.
Reviews (18)
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Maureen Plunkett
May 10, 2022
Excellent customer service and absolutely beautiful jewelry!
Wendy Johnson
Dec 28, 2021
Wonderful collection of authenticated coin jewelry and also the kindest and most professional staff. Highly recommend and Bonnie is the best!
Zayra Belfort
Nov 27, 2021
Beautiful jewelry pieces and excellent quality. I highly recommend this jewelry.
Suzanne Benn
Aug 28, 2021
Amazing place. The jewelry is exquisite. So much to choose from and wonderful one on one customer service. I highly recommend The Cedar Chest to everyone for all of their jewelry needs and wants.
Carol Dufinetz
Apr 25, 2021
Really nice selection of jewelry, lots of sea-themed pieces. Julie helped me get a lovely larimar piece and aquamarine ring. Wanted to get more but couldn't. Next time!
Lynn F.
Oct 15, 2020
Very nice selection of jewelry. Julie was wonderful to work with so go see her!
Christian K.
Aug 10, 2020
Very attentive personnel. They offer discounts combined with donations for animal shelter. Nice. And such a lovely pet they have!
Sydney Savino
Nov 15, 2018
Bought my wedding band here in 2017. They are very knowledgeable on not just their inventory, but on other types of jewelry, artifacts, and local treasures. We came back this year and they cleaned my ring and assessed all my diamonds to ensure they were structurally sound. They have many styles of jewelry from popular styles and estate sale jewerly to coins and locally made jewerly.
Michael C.
Apr 19, 2018
My fiance (at the time) and I visited Cedar Chest in search of a wedding band for our spontaneous elopement planned for that evening. We did not have any expectations. We also knew that having something in my size, or sized to me, may be something we wouldn't be able to do in such short notice. Bonnie knew immediately what we should look at. She showed us a handmade gold ring that was absolutely perfect!

With such detail, and being handmade right here on Sanibel Island, this would be the unique and memorable ring that would be perfect for our marriage! However, it needed to be made to my size, and may not be ready for a couple of days. Hey, it's okay, we will find something temporary for our ceremony, and we would have the perfect ring in a few days.

I received a phone call a short time later. Bonnie called to say that their jeweler would create my ring within the next couple of hours, and we would have it in time for the ceremony! We couldn't believe it! We had the ring in time for our marriage ceremony, and it couldn't have been more perfect! Thank you so much to Bonnie and everyone else at Cedar Chest!

To the locals of Sanibel Island, you have a gem (pun intended) of a shop! You are lucky to have such a quality store that truly takes care of every detail for it's customers. To anyone visiting Sanibel, please take a moment to stop by Cedar Chest. It was an absolutely wonderful experience!
Carrie Harmon
Oct 23, 2017
My fiance and I have been customers of The Cedar Chest for 3 years, visiting is always a must during our trips to Sanibel. Every single experience here has left us both smiling and excited to show off our new finds to friends and family. This one was no different. Since moving to Sanibel a little over 8 months ago we had a small incident with my engagement ring being run over in a parking lot.

We immediately took it to Cedar Chest where we were assured it would be a quick easy fix, which it was. The jeweler inspected the diamond, straightened the band and polished it to perfection while we casually browsed the shop. We were on our way in less than 10 minutes and all it cost us was "just a smile."
Debby I.
Jul 26, 2017
Very unhappy with sales clerk! Bought a very pretty necklace and pendant on Monday, July 24 but did not know about the $25 off coupon ( she did not mention it). That day I also told the clerk I would more than likely return for the matching earrings. Another vendor on Tuesday, told me about the coupon so I mentioned it when I did in fact, return to purchase the earrings on Wednesday.

The clerk said she was sorry, but purchase was two days ago, today's purchase did not qualify, and she could not give me the credit from two days ago because of the computer. I felt she could have done more like tell us about the coupon in the first place or made it right. Clerk was the tall woman with long curly hair. This whole shopping experience upsets me.
Krista H.
Jul 06, 2017
Great service & designs. I have bought all sorts of beach themed jewelry here and some lovely estate pieces. They will keep a running wish list for those who are interested & will ship. The jewelry is all price points. One of my favorite pieces was under $100.
Patty Z.
Mar 20, 2017
Tried to shop there this morning and it was 10:45 and not opened! Hours say they open at 10:00? They were inside and I knocked on door. Told them I wanted to buy birthday presents! Told me they wouldn't be open for another 15 minutes. They were running late today! Went down the road to Lilly's and Co. bought many birthday presents! Big mistake cedar chest jewelers! Glad you have so much business that when someone knocks on your door to buy not look or just browse you send them away! Very smart business practice!
Danielle G.
Jan 27, 2017
This is one of my favorite places to shop on Sanibel. I always get a new item for my necklace when I am there. I love the painted enamel pieces. I have a flamingo, a palm tree and a blue crab. Everyone loves them and asks me where they come from and I know people have mail ordered them because they are so pretty.
Just Barefoot
Jun 03, 2016
Awesome store and staff! I have been buying jewelry from them since 1975. They have a fabulous selection and really great prices. Their sealife selection is the best around. I love to peek into their Estate cases when I visit. I always find a treasure to bring home.
Rachel M.
May 27, 2016
Very cute jewelry with many beach tropical themes. They have gold and silver and white gold options as well as gold coin jewelry which I thought was interesting. They are very friendly and welcoming and I know I will be back in the future.
Christine Zumbrum
Mar 26, 2016
Visited last June and the associate was super helpful and not pushy. My fiance called after we returned home and purchased a ring for me over the phone. The ring was mailed to him and everything was great. Love the ring, loved the experience. We will stop back for sure.
Bridgette W.
Aug 19, 2011
Very accommodating. I bought a bracelet for my daughter's birthday. They did a fitting and made changes to create the perfect gift.