The Mercury ring
The Mercury ring
A unique ring made from solid recycled precious metals. I made this ring by carving a solid piece of wax into this ring shape. This is then cast into sterling silver using a process called lost-wax casting. I have now had a mould made of this design so I can produce multiples of the ring and it is available in either solid sterling silver, gold vermeil or solid 9ct gold.
This ring will take 3 weeks to be ready as I will need to resize, polish and potentially hallmark/turn it into a gold vermeil piece.
Gold Vermeil pieces consist of a layer of 18ct gold electroplated onto a sterling silver base. Gold Vermeil pieces are made purely from precious metals, unlike gold-plated items, and have a much thicker coating of 18ct gold. Gold Vermeil pieces must have at least a 2.5-micron layer whereas gold-plating only requires a minimum of 0.5 microns. This means the piece contains 5x the gold. 18ct gold is an alloy which contains 75% pure gold and this is the highest percentage of gold that jewellery should be made of due to the soft nature of solid gold.
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Shipping
If you are purchasing from the ready-made section of the site your piece will be dispatched within three working days.
Otherwise, I handmake each piece to order, so wait time is standardly around 2 weeks. Some items will be ready sooner but pieces which contain gold may take around 4 weeks due to hallmarking.
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Returns
As most pieces are custom made, unfortunately I can not offer returns/exhanges. I may be able to resize a ring if you would like. Please message me with any query you have!
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Shop from my ready made selection by clicking the button below. I have plently of unique pieces which can be dispatched quickly. I can also include a handwritten note in the package so they know it is from you.