Just a few quick photos of my new enamel locket from DKJ. It's 1.25 x .75" on sterling silver with a gorgeous .95 E VS2 AVR from Distinctive Gems. I picked up the 20" chain on Etsy and am going back and forth about the yellow gold detail - the yellow gold bezel and the yellow gold bail at the top of the locket. Either way I think it's going to be gorgeous.
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Hi there, @diamondseeker2006
I definitely didn't want a flat color enamel, so I looked up all about it and, from what I can tell, and from what I asked for, the surface of the locket is contoured (stamped, perhaps?) with the pattern you see. Then, when it's enameled, some of the enamel is deeper, giving it a darker color, and some of it in the pattern is more shallow, making it brighter. They have to do the pattern on the silver before it's enameled (obviously), but that lovely graduated color takes care of itself once the contour is done.
Sometimes they can do a thin layer of black enamel which settles in the 'valleys' of the pattern, then do the final color all over the surface, and that makes an even more pronounced contrast of light and dark color, but I really didn't want it *that* dark.
I'm umming and ahhing about the gold detail. If you have any thoughts on that, I'd love to hear it. I'm thinking of getting rid of the gold bail, but keeping the yellow gold bezel.
Somebody asked about the chain, but I can't remember who.
Here's the link.....
Any Length Sterling Silver Paperclip Chain 1.9mm, 2.6mm, 3.8mm, 6mm Cable Necklace Custom Finished or by the Foot Bulk - Etsy
This Chains item by CreatingUnkamen has 1356 favorites from Etsy shoppers. Ships from Fulton, MO. Listed on Aug 7, 2024
Not expensive - $51 plus tax and delivery, I think. I love sterling silver - the most underrated metal in jewelry, in my opinion.
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