Chalice Well Earrings

MADE IN CORNWALL, ENGLAND

Bronze Earrings, inspired by the Chalice Well which nestles in the Vale of Avalon between the famous Glastonbury Tor and Chalice Hill, Somerset, England.   

This is a sacred place where people have traveled to for over two thousand years to drink the waters.

The beautiful cover consists of two interlocking circles, the symbol known as the Vesica Piscis. In the well lid design, a spear or a sword bisects these two circles, a possible reference to Excalibur, the sword of the legendary King Arthur, believed by some to be buried at the nearby  Glastonbury Abbey.

Recycled copper and Cornish tin are used to make this collection of bronze jewellery that is strong, very hard but looks like gold.

Each piece of our jewellery and giftware is crafted by hand and eye in Cornwall, the South West extremity of Britain. This wild and beautiful land was home to the many native Celts who were driven away from the temperate midlands of Britain by invading European warriors, such as the Angles of Northern Germany. It is in places such as Cornwall, Wales, Ireland and Scotland that the art of the Celts and ancient Britons has survived, carved into stone tombs and discovered on pottery fragments and ornaments.

 The Bronze Age in Great Britain and Western Europe began over 4,000 years ago in around 2,000 BC. Both copper and tin were discovered, mined and fused together to form the alloy bronze, renowned for its strength and longevity.

Bronze melts at a higher temperature than silver and also needs to be cast using the lost-wax process. Items can be made very fine due their strength.

We have re-created this ancient metal using recycled copper and Cornish tin to make a collection of bronze jewellery that is strong and very hard but  looks like gold.