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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.

 'Agate' Stripes 

Item Ref: Pdt 020

Enamelled and gold-plated silver pendant on a 4mm silicon rubber cord.

A one-off piece? ✓
Hallmarked? ✓
Price: £ 92

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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.

'Agate' stripes

Pendant 20 - agate stripes

Is it really agate?  No, it's enamel; but read on.

Confession time (again!).  This is a piece that did not go entirely to plan, because I left the it in the kiln for a few seconds too long and it burnt slightly.  Over-firing is a recognised technique, though, albeit one with rather unpredictable results, so I decided to polish it up and see how it looked.  I'm glad I did because it revealed a very pleasing effect: the enamel had taken on the look of some of the lovely pink/purple agates that can be found in Scotland.

The enamel colours are officially coral and mauve.

I was going to leave it silver, but my new gold-plating kit had arrived, so I gave that a try and, again, I'm glad I did, because it really brought the colours alive. 

In case you are worried, the gold is completely even in colour.  Those variations are caused by reflections (yes, that is me in the mirror!) that I just couldn't avoid because of the combination of the curve of the piece and the shine of the gold.

It's finished with a 16" long, thick rubber cord.