Badger earrings, sterling silver wildlife earrings *This piece is finished and ready to be shipped* © Adrian Ashley

Designed and made in the United Kingdom. Sterling silver badger earrings, that would make the ideal gift for an animal lover or wildlife enthusiast.

The solid silver badgers measure 1.2cm from the bottom of the badger to the top of the rings they hang from the elegant earring with. The earrings themselves are hand made from solid sterling silver. The hoops are approximately 14mm in diameter, made from 1.5mm thick wire, with 0.9mm thick posts that have strong 3-scrolled butterfly fittings attached.

Found in its different guises across Europe, Asia and North America the badger is a much loved animal with strength and courage that are celebrated in countless folktales and children’s stories.  

This piece depicts a European Badger cub (Meles meles), the nocturnal, powerful but generally social and peaceful burrowing animal featured in Kenneth Graham's classic ‘The Wind in the Willows’, as Tommy Brock in Beatrix Potter's children’s books and as the house symbol for Hufflepuff in the ‘Harry Potter’ series.

The model for the badgers was originally hand carved, it then had a mould taken from the carving and was cast in solid silver.

The badger’s black and white stripes were created by oxidising the silver to make the black stripes and then cutting through the oxidisation to expose the silver beneath and create the white stripes.

Wearing a piece of Adrian Ashley's fine jewellery identifies you as someone who loves nature and the great outdoors. All of my silver jewellery is made from solid Sterling Silver (silver with a purity of at least 92.5%). It does not contain nickel, lead or other harmful materials.

I do my best to insure all the raw materials I use have been sourced responsibly and I always price my work honestly.

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