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Each piece of leaf jewellery has a choice of finish: Silver, Rose-gold or Yellow-gold vermeil.
Vermeil (pronounced ver-may) is the process of coating sterling silver with a layer of gold which is at least 10 karats and 1.5 microns thick.
Vermeil looks like pure gold, it can be polished for a glossy look or left to tarnish for a hint of vintage style (very popular with the Rose-gold).
Vermeil jewellery typically costs less than pieces made from pure gold but more expensive than gold-plated pieces. This is because its' coating of the precious metal is 50 times thicker and is coated on to sterling silver rather than a cheaper core of copper.
Each piece is sent to Edinburgh Assay Office for independent verification of the quality of the Sterling silver and is stamped accordingly.
So you can choose which finish you want your leaf jewellery - Silver, Rose-gold or Yellow-gold, and of course there will be a matching chain with each pendant.
So you can be assured of a quality piece of immortalised Sherwood Forest!
Approximate Size
40mm / 4.0cm / 1.57" - Learn More
Unique Leaf Jewellery
As all the leaf jewellery is templated from actual leaves sizes may vary but on request we can provide approximate sizes depending on which tree the leaf comes from.
Cleaning
All silver will tarnish so we recommend regular cleaning with a propriety silver cleaner and polished with a suitable Silver polishing cloth.
As each piece of jewellery is made by cutting round an actual leaf picked from the forest sizes will inevitably be varied.
However, the following sizes are an average and are to within 2 or 3 millimetres from finished sizes.
The measurements are from the top of the loop to the tip of the leaf. The earring hooks are approximately another 15mm
Pendant Approximate Sizes:
- Hawthorn, Wild Apple and Small Silver Birch 38mm ( 1.5 inches)
- Oak, Rowan, Willow and Hazel 40mm ( 1.6 inches)
- Beech and Large Silver Birch 42mm ( 1.65 inches)
Earring Approximate Sizes:
- Hawthorn, Apple, Beech and Hazel 30mm ( 1.18 inches)
- Oak and Rowan 35mm ( 1.38 inches)
- Silver Birch 38mm ( 1.5 inches)
- Small Willow 40mm ( 1.6 inches)
- Large Willow 55mm ( 2.17 inches)