From My Mother's Tropical Garden
One of my many enduring childhood memories is that of my mother and father pottering about in the garden, pruning, trimming, mowing, nurturing. Even today, my mother still lovingly looks after a collection of beautiful green, leafy plants on her kitchen balcony in Malaysia — one of which happens to be the amazing mother-of-thousands succuclent.
Native to south Madagascar, the plant is so named because each of the tiny little plantlets growing on the edge of its leaves can grow into a new plant... And each leaf can produce hundreds, if not thousands, of plantlets over its lifespan.
On a recent trip home to Kuala Lumpur, I made several moulds of these little plantlets using Pebeo Siligum. Two were simple impressions of individual plantlets, and the third featured a grouping of three plantlets, arranged to look like a flower — it is this which is featured on this sterling silver ring-holder pendant.
The 'flower' was created using Art Clay Silver, a moldable silve clay compound which, when fired, magically transforms into pure silver. Patina was applied to highlight the finer details, then polished to a lovely satin shine. Presented on a 26" sterling silver curb chain.
Coastal and Botanical are two new ranges within the Minimalist+ collection, inspired by my fascination with nature.
Fully hallmarked by the Edinburgh Assay Office.
- A hallmark tells the story of who made an article, what the article is made of (gold, silver, platinum, or palladium), the fineness of the precious metal, and where the article was assayed.
- A hallmark must consist of at least three compulsory marks: a sponsor’s mark (maker’s mark), a metal fineness mark, and an assay office town mark.
- A hallmark may also include an optional date letter, indicating when the article was hallmarked, or an optional traditional metal fineness mark, such as the Lion Rampant (sterling silver).
- The UK Hallmarking Act 1973 states that all silver items with a metal weight of more than 7.78 grams must be hallmarked.
Seadragon Silver's hallmarks include the maker's mark (my initials SM in a quatrefoil); two metal fineness marks (925 and the Lion Rampant) to denote sterling silver; the Edinburgh Assay Office mark (castle); and the date mark ('Y' for 2023).
About Seadragon Silver
I was born in the Year of the Dragon according to the Chinese zodiac, and I love creating simple, sleek jewellery. I use a lot of seaglass, most of which we find along the beautiful beaches of the North Norfolk coast here in England, as well as beautiful semi-precious gemstones, surfite, Fordite and dichroic glass.
I'm proud of every piece I make, and I hope you enjoy wearing my jewellery as much as I love making it.
BOTANICAL: 'Mother-of-thousands' ring-holder pendant
We now ship to Australia, the USA, and domestically within the UK.
Unfortunately, due to increasingly complex post-Brexit postal and hallmarking rules, we are unable to ship to the EU.
For any other countries not currently listed within the shipping options, please contact me directly at seadragon.silver@gmail.com
Within the UK
Items will be sent by Royal Mail's Tracked 24 service, at a flat rate of £4.50 to cover p&p.
Items will be dispatched within 3-5 days – this is NOT the delivery time. This is the time it will take for me to prepare and package the item to bring to the post office.
Once the parcel has been dropped off at the Royal Mail collection point, delivery to you should take no longer than two days, but is wholly dependant on Royal Mail.
Tracking details will be provided once the parcel is en route to you.
Seadragon Silver is not responsible for any delays outside our control.
International
Items will be sent by Royal Mail's International Tracked service, at a flat rate of £15 to cover p&p.
Items will be dispatched within 3-5 days – this is NOT the delivery time. This is the time it will take for me to prepare and package the item to bring to the post office.
Once the parcel has been dropped off at the Royal Mail collection point, delivery to you should take between 7-10 working days, but is wholly dependant on Royal Mail and the relevant postal carriers within the destination country.
Tracking details will be provided once the parcel is en route to you.
Seadragon Silver is not responsible for any delays outside our control.
Returns are accepted BUT please contact me first, within 14 days of delivery.
Items must be returned within 30 days of delivery or refund will not be issued.
I don't accept exchanges or cancellations, but please contact me if you have any problems with your order.
Conditions of return
- Buyers are responsible for return postage costs.
- Refunds will not be issued until item is returned and received.
- If the item is not returned in its original condition, the buyer is responsible for any loss in value.
- IMPORTANT: If returning item from outside the UK, please use original packaging and clearly mark "RETURNED ITEM" on the item, to avoid incurring VAT and import charges. If charges are incurred, the buyer is responsible and payment will be deducted from any refund.