Hand carved cloisonne daisy art deco sapphire earrings, a perfect Mothers Day gift. Daisy is the birth flower of the month of April. Daisies symbolize innocence and purity. This stems from an old Celtic legend. According to the legend, whenever an infant died, God sprinkled daisies over the earth to cheer the parents up. In Norse mythology, the daisy is Freya's sacred flower. Freya is the goddess of love, beauty, and fertility, and as such the daisy came to symbolize childbirth, motherhood, and new beginnings. Daisies are sometimes given to congratulate new mothers. Daisy's are composite flowers, meaning that they actually consist of two flowers combined into one. The inner section is called a disc floret, and the outer petal section is called a ray floret. Because daisies are composed of two flowers that blend together so well, they also symbolize true love. - Hand carved cloisonné panels - The panels are in solid jeweler gold bronze. - Hand painted - Embedded 2 mm midnight blue sapphires - Signed in the back by the artist - The earrings are 1.5" long. - 14k gold filled ear wire - Gold filled has 100 times more gold than plated thus does not rub or peel off. - Nickel free - Each piece is fired individually thus sizes and colors may vary slightly from the listed pictures. Bronze is an alloy of copper and tin. There is no nickel and is hypoallergenic and antimicrobial. It is not coated in gold. It is the natural color of yellow bronze. Bronze does oxidize over time and is easily polished.
