Dress studs are unmarked but test as 9ct rose gold dress studs with mother of pearl centres with turquoise. The jet mourning brooches are all in good condition though one has been reattached to the back (see photographs). Largest brooch measures 44mm x 40mm approx and the smallest measures 35mm approx diameter.
Condition: Good
Provenance: From the workshop of the Late Rachael Whitteridge. Rachael was a silversmith lived in the UK and who travelled the Caribbean being inspired by seashells and the seashore. Her range of individually crafted silver shell necklaces, bracelets, earrings, other items and bead jewellery were cleverly worked to a high quality. She set up a small company (Rachael Whitteridge Designs) on the tiny Caribbean island of Nevis.
The shells used in these pieces were originally found on Caribbean beaches.
A mould was created from each shell, which allowed a sterling silver cast to be made through a process of lost wax casting.
Most shells were unharmed by the process, and were returned to their natural environment.
