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Plaka Square Pearl Drops
Freshwater pearl 7 mm · Handmade in Metsovo
€52VAT included
Ready to ship
Quantity
- Delivery across Greece
- 14 days to change your mind
- From a family business in Metsovo
- Care and repairs
Details & dimensions
- Metal
- Gold-plated 925 silver or 925 sterling silver
- Stones
- 2 × Freshwater pearl, 7 mm
- Dimensions
- height 26 mm · width 12 mm
- Weight
- about 6.2 g
- Closure
- Post with butterfly back
- Fineness
- 925 — 92.5% pure silver
- Made
- Handmade in Metsovo
Description
Plaka is the Greek word for a flat slab of stone, the kind that roofs the old houses of Epirus. This earring hangs two of them, one below the other: a small square at the lobe and a larger one beneath, its surface hammered and brushed so that it catches the light in streaks, with a freshwater pearl hanging from its lower edge. The contrast between rough metal and smooth pearl is the point. At 26 mm long, they are bold enough for the evening and calm enough for the office.
- Gold-plated 925 silver or 925 sterling silver, with freshwater pearls
- Stud 7 mm square; hammered plate 12 mm square; pearl approx. 7 mm
- Total length 26 mm
- Post with butterfly back
- Weight approx. 6.2 g the pair
- Sold as a pair
Materials & care
Gold-plated 925 silver
925 silver is 92.5% pure silver, alloyed with other metals for strength. Gold-plated means a thin layer of gold covers its surface, giving the warm yellow colour for a fraction of the price of solid gold. Because the layer is thin, it wears with time and friction, fastest where a piece rubs: the inside of a ring, a clasp, the back of an earring. Perfume, sweat, chlorine and salt water wear it faster. When the silver starts to show, the piece can be plated again. [PLACEHOLDER: owner to state the thickness and caratage of the gold layer, and whether the shop re-plates, and at what cost.]
925 sterling silver
925 sterling silver is 92.5% pure silver; the rest is other metals, which make it hard enough to wear. It has the bright, cool white of silver all the way through, so there is no layer to wear away. Over time it darkens in air and on contact with some foods, rubber and cosmetics; this is tarnish, a surface film that a silver polishing cloth removes. Wear it often and keep it in a closed pouch, and it stays bright. [PLACEHOLDER: owner to confirm whether silver pieces are left natural or rhodium-plated.]
Freshwater pearl
A cultured pearl grown in a freshwater mussel. It is rarely perfectly round: its irregular shapes and soft lustre are part of its charm, and no two are alike. Pearls are soft and porous: put them on after perfume, wipe them after wearing and never use an ultrasonic cleaner.
Care
Pearls go on last and come off first. Wipe them with a dry cloth after wearing; the hammered metal needs only the same soft cloth.
Shipping & returns
Delivery
- Courier to your door€3.50free on orders from €60[PLACEHOLDER: delivery time]
- BOX NOW locker€2.50[PLACEHOLDER: delivery time]
- Collect from our shop in MetsovoFreeWe will tell you when it is ready
14 days to change your mind
You have 14 days from receipt to withdraw, no reason needed, and 14 days from telling us to send the piece back. Engraved pieces and those made to your specifications are the exception. [PLACEHOLDER: to be reviewed by a lawyer.]
Product safety
- Manufacturer
- Isidora Jewellery
- Address
- Τοσίτσα 21, Μέτσοβο 442 00, Ελλάδα / Tositsa 21, 442 00 Metsovo, Greece
