NOTES ABOUT METAL USED IN THE ITEMS

SILVER
(TOP LEFT)

: STERLING SILVER 92.5% SILVER ALLOY INCLUDING COPPER AS USED IN 'HALLMARKED' JEWELLERY. THE INDUSTRY STANDARD FOR QUALITY.

BRONZE
(TOP RIGHT)

: JEWELLER'S ALLOY OF MAINLY COPPER AND TIN. THE COLOUR IS A RICH HONEY BROWN AS PREFERRED BY CONTEMPORARY TASTES BUT DIFFERS FROM THE ORIGINAL MATERIAL MOST OF THESE ITEMS WERE MADE IN.

VIKING SILVER
LOWER LEFT)

: AN ALLOY WITH LESS SILVER, ABOUT 85%. TYPICAL OF THAT USED IN THE CHEAPER ITEMS MADE IN THE VIKING ERA AND TODAY.

RED BRONZE
(CENTRE)

: AN EXPERIMENT MADE IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN ARTISAN WHO WORKS WITH ME LED TO THIS ATTRACTIVE COLOUR BY ALTERING THE PROPORTIONS OF COPPER IN THE BRONZE

VIKING BRONZE
(LOWER RIGHT)

: ARCHAEOLOGISTS' 'COPPER ALLOY' OR MORE READILY UNDERSTOOD TODAY AS 'BRASS'. COPPER AND ZINC WITH SMALL AMOUNTS OF TIN AND LEAD. BRIGHT YELLOW COLOUR PROBABLY FAVOURED FOR ITS SIMILARITY WITH THE MORE EXPENSIVE YELLOW METAL - GOLD.