| Diameter | 18 mm |
|---|---|
| Metal | SILVER 925‰ |
| Weight | 3.5 g |
The pendant Virgin Botticelli illustrates the Virgin embracing Jesus. Inspired by The Virgin and child by Sandro Botticelli, both characters are represented with a halo. The art was painted around 1468 and is preserved to the Musée du Louvre.The back of the medal can be personnalized on request.
Our creations are enamelled using a rare technique known as grand feu enamelling. Another workshop sends the enameller a decoration, piece of jewellery or struck medal with hollow spaces on its surface. Using a dip pen, needle or brush, the enameller fills these hollows with enamel, which they have prepared themselves. The fixing of the variously coloured enamel powders is controlled by short, successive firings at 900 degrees.
Trained at the best schools, they have the years of experience behind them necessary to master all aspects of the craft. Using industrial oil-based modelling clay and working from a design executed freehand or with CAD software, they skilfully fashion a low relief model in order to enhance the engraving and the way it catches the light. They work alternately with concave and convex plaster moulds until satisfied they have achieved the best 3D rendering of the design.
