Snowdrop Silver Enamel Earrings
Sterling silver drop earrings with a sparkling white
enamel snowdrop flower and light green enamel leaves on post and
butterfly fastenings.
The earrings are 23mm long by 13mm wide
Sheila Fleet Enamelling:-
Enamel is molten glass... the enamel colours start as
solid crystals of glass. These crystals are ground down to become tiny
grains of coloured glass, a bit like sand.
Sheila Fleet's enamellers use quills made of swan,
peacock, goose or even turkey feathers to apply the glass grains to the
pieces of jewellery.
This sounds easy but requires a steady hand, very
good eye and many years of practice! The quill is dipped into a pot of
coloured ground glass and the tiny glass grains are then carefully
applied to the piece of jewellery.
Almost all pieces require several colours. Our
colours are blended by stippling from one colour into the next to create
an almost imperceptible flow of hues.
Once the grains of glass are on the piece of
jewellery it is ready to be fired. To create enamel the jewellery is put
into a small kiln and heated until the glass grains melt at over 800°
Celsuis. Only one piece is put into the kiln at a time and the enameller
must take great care not leave the piece in too long. Each piece
requires a different length of time in the oven. A small earring may
require under a minute while a large pendant may take up to 3 minutes.
Creating the blended enamel colours by hand makes
each piece of Sheila Fleet enamel jewellery unique. Only two people, one
jeweller and one enameller, work on each piece of jewellery.
Fast Delivery
Normally 1-3 working day order despatch
Standard delivery is free on orders over £100.00
If "Next Day Delivery" is chosen, we will post on the same day if before 1pm, the next working day if after 1pm or Saturday & Sunday. The item will be sent by Royal mail special delivery to arrive by 1pm the next working day.
International Delivery
We send all international orders by Royal Mail International Signed for post. Most deliveries are made within 7 working days of dispatch, but this can vary depending on the time of year and to some remote locatons. Packages are tracked in the UK and within some countries, but not all, and all packages will require a signature upon delivery. Due to the items being jewellery, Royal Mail International signed for is the cheapest method of posting internationally while maintaining insurance for the product.
AUSTRALIA -
Unfortunately we are currently unable to deliver to Australia. This is due to the Royal Mail and Australia Post enforcing an unfounded restriction on sending jewellery. Australian customs do not restrict the importation of jewellery but for some unknown reason Australia Post are restricting jewellery items. This seems an unfair restriction on Australian citizens and please help us lift this restriction by contacting Australia Post and the Royal Mail.
No Quibble Returns
For our no quibble returns policy
click here.
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