Delivery

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I will send your precious purchase by Royal Mail free of charge. 

I'll use Special Delivery for any one-off items. This guarantees delivery by 1.00pm next day, and they do deliver on Saturdays.  Items have to be signed for.  If you want an item delivered on a certain day, let me know and I will do my best to arrange to post it the day before.



 "Blowing Kisses to the Moon"

Item Ref: Pdt 003

Enamelled silver pendant on a silicon rubber cord.

A one-off piece?
Hallmarked?
Price: £ 108




Lead times

One-off items are usually posted within 1-2 days of order.  Ie, I have them ready to go, barring a final re-polish, so would expect to despatch the day after I have received payment, or the following day at the latest.

Made-to-order items will generally be ready for posting within 7 days.  There will be prominent announcements if I'm away or backlogged.

Made-to-order items that have to be hallmarked (this will be indicated on the item's page) can take significantly longer.  Please allow 4 weeks for these. 

Whatever, I will always try to keep you updated.


"Blowing Kisses to the Moon"

Pendant 3 - moonstone and enamel - "blowing kisses to the moon"

If I confirm that the cabochon is indeed a moonstone, then I guess that the rest of the design of this piece is self evident.

The stone is 12mm in diameter and, typically, has loads of splits, cracks, flaws and flecks to scatter the light beautifully. 

The blue is a fine layer of two colours of enamel, blended to give the variations in shades. 

I textured the silver underneath to give an extra sparkle to the finish.

The body of the pendant is 0.5mm gauge silver, so it feels very light and delicate and I've hung it on a 42cm (16") rubber cord with silver clasp.

The expression "blowing kisses to the moon" apparently comes from a 1930's music hall song.

The song is known by many names including "She Was Poor but She was Honest" and "It's the Same the Whole World Over" but there are umpteen variations.  You may be surprised to know that the old music halls could be quite risque, apparently.  The words or this song were always adapted, but they took even more bawlderised twists and turns when it became popular in the Royal Navy during WW2.

The version that I know was sung in my local rugby club, and began:

    She stood on the bridge at midnight
    Blowing Kisses to the moon
    She said, "George, I've never had it"
    But she spoke too f.......[I'll stop there, methinks]

So, not quite such a romantic reference as you thought, eh?  But a nice phrase, anyway.