Amethyst Oval Silver Dangly Earrings

Hand crafted using traditional methods. The stone settings were created by fitting a very thin strip of fine silver bezel around each stone and making little ovals, which were then soldered to sheet sterling silver and then cut round, filed and sanded. Next jump rings were soldered to the top of each one and then they were placed in a warm pickling solution to remove the fire scale caused by the blow torch, followed by lots of cleaning and polishing to give the earrings their lovely sheen. The amethysts were then placed in the settings and the silver bezel pushed in to hold them in place and the settings were burnished before hanging each one on a hook wire.