Eye Keep Braided Leather Sterling Silver Collection

Description

Eye Keep Braided Leather and Sterling Silver Collection – Multi-Colour

We are a small Irish family business creating luxury handcrafted accessories that tell a story.  All our products are handmade in our studios in Dublin using the finest quality materials. Our handmade eyeglass holders known as Eye Keeps addressing the problem of where to keep your glasses when not on your face.  The Eye Keep Braided Leather and Sterling Silver is a  beautiful piece of functional jewellery. Worn around the neck like a necklace it has an Irish Sterling Silver Ring. This ring allows your glasses to sit safely through so that they are close to hand at all times. In reality, it is a necklace for eyewear.

The Eye Keep is ideal for anyone who wears reading or occupational glasses and perfect for your sunglasses. Our Eye Keeps come in everyday casual wear where we have cord eyeglass holders, to high-end jewellery pieces to include beaded eyeglass holders and pearl eyeglass holders, so there is one to suit all occasions.  They come in a wide range of colours too.  The Eye Keep comes with a velvet pouch.

We love and appreciate the story behind each of our products and want to share that with you.  As a result we have taken the time to select the right materials to make our Eye Keeps. We want you to experience today, that small piece of history that existed long ago.

Our Braided Leather Eye Keeps are made from Nappa leather and are fitted with Irish Sterling Silver findings and ring to keep and hold your glasses.  It comes in three colours, Black, Baby Pink and Tan.

Our Products

At Woods & Byrne we use 925 Sterling Silver in all of our Eye Keep Silver collections.  Each handcrafted piece features the stamp of the Dublin Assay Office.  This is your guarantee of quality craftsmanship and quality materials. Dublin Assay Office

There are different purity levels of silver

Fine silver or .999 level of purity. This is pure silver and lustrous.  It is also very soft and not very suitable for jewellery.

Sterling silver or 92.5% pure silver and 7.5% of another metal, usually copper.  This silver must contain 92.5% pure silver to be called sterling silver.  Sterling silver is used in jewellery and tableware.

Silver-plate on the other hand is a thin layer of pure silver plated over a base metal.  This is a more affordable option to the more expensive forms of solid silver.

A little piece of history…..

Nappa leather was first made by a man named Emanuel Manasse in the year 1875. He was German by birth but moved to America. He went to work in the Sawyer Tanning Company in Napa City, California in 1871 and it was here that Nappa leather was first made.  The Sawyer Tanning Company remained in business for 120 years only closing its doors in 1990.

Known for being tough yet soft and pliable,  Nappa leather is a full grain leather.  It is used to make high-end speciality goods for personal use such as bags, wallets, gloves and shoes

In the beginning… According to a study published in the Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics in September 2012, silver, like gold formed in stellar outbursts called supernovae.  The study found that exploding smaller stars produced silver while the bigger stars produced gold. These metals exploded onto the Earth.

Silver has a long history.  The first evidence of silver mining dates back to 3000 BC to Turkey and Greece.  Today most of the world’s supplies of silver comes from the USA, Canada, Mexico, Peru and Bolivia.

In Ireland, the Silvermines in Co. Tipperary is unique amongst Irish mines for two reasons.  Firstly, it contains argentiferous lead and commercial amounts of copper, zinc, barytes and sulphur.  Secondly, for its longevity. Mining at Silvermines dates back as far as 1298 when Italian miners came in search of silver.  The last working mine was closed in 1993.

Silver has many applications and uses as well as in making jewellery, coins and tableware.  Silver is used for making mirrors as it is the best reflector of light. It is also used in electronic and electrical circuits.  And it played a big role in making early photography possible.  What you may not know is that silver also has antibacterial properties. Silver nanoparticles are used in clothing to stop bacteria digesting sweat and producing unpleasant odours.

Dimensions

Approx 57cm (22.5in) long

25mm Sterling Silver ring

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