This bee pendant is based on one of the two surviving bee mounts from the tomb of Childeric I and is famously known as the symbol of Napoleon Bonaparte.
Cast from my own wax carving. Inlayed with resin enamel.
All available options are in stock and ready to ship within 5 working days. Out of stock variants will be available for pre-order in January 2025.
If you want this in other materials email for a quote! We are always open to alter and change any of our pieces to suit your tastes. In the listing the piece might look darker than the finished piece. We artificially darken our silver pieces with liver of sulfur so that the details will show up in photographs but as standard the finished piece will be shiny and polished. If you'd prefer us to darken it then please let us know and we will happily do this for you.
This has been carved by myself from wax and then sand cast by hand in my home workshop and finished with a mixture of power tools and traditional hand tools like files and saws.
Available with a free waxed black cotton cord. We also have a separate listing with silver chains here if you desire.
All our packaging is 100% paper. No plastic at all.
I will not hallmark the silver version in general and instead just stamp the reverse with my makers mark as it is below the legal requirement weight, but if you do desire full hallmarking from Edinburgh Assay office then please purchase the service HERE This service will take up to an additional two weeks. - Gold will be hallmarked as standard. sometimes we will already have a piece in stock and hallmarked, if you don't want this please let us know