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Silver Novelty Cufflinks Plated Novelty Cufflinks Welcome to
my World of Jewellery.
All Fine
Enamels jewellery is either silver, 22 carat gold-plated
or rhodium-plated to give a very hard wearing silver colour.
Rhodium does not tarnish. It belongs to the platinum group of
metals and is therefore very
precious.
All earring posts are hypoallergenic surgical steel
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 Dainty animal
and insect designs hand crafted by Fine
Enamels are now available on this site.
Inexpensive
gifts, ideal for Christmas, birthday or that special
anniversary.
Basse Taille is a French word meaning "low
cut". It describes a technique where the silver surface is
engraved so that the metal has a pattern etched into it. The
design is then covered with translucent enamel, creating texture and
dimension in the piece. The sterling silver base gives added
brilliance to the applied enamel colours.
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Plique-a-jour    
 Plique-a-jour
enameling. (Glimpse of Day) is a particularly difficult
enamelling technique whereby delicate translucent enamel is suspended
between threads of silver. This allows the light to pour
through, illuminating the colours with the same brilliance as a stained
glass window seen in sunlight.
Ribbons
of precious gold and silver filigree wire are fused with
specially formulated glass to create breathtaking jewellery, and objets
d'art.
The
appearance of plique-a-jour
enamels readily brings to mind the skilled craftsmanship of great Art
Nouveau jewellers and artists such as Lalique,
Tiffany, and Faberge.
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