Earrings with handpainted charms, made of antique treated lead-free pewter, in the shape of a pair of Saint Bernard Dogs. Above each dog is a crystal bead from Swarovski in the lovely color Emerald Aurora Borealis X2. This is an emerald green bead that has been completely covered with a blueish aurora shimmer. The charms are three dimensional and of course painted on all sides.

These earrings are for pierced ears and they have surgical steel fish hooks with coils. The hooks not included, the earrings are about 28mm (about 1-1/8") long.

Item No e08263.

The Saint Bernard Dog is often portrayed as being ever ready that, with its cask filled with reviving brandy, venture out to save lost travellers in the snowy mountains of its homeland in the Valais Alps between Italy and Switzerland. These modern days the dogs' services are not much called for but they are still there, just as they have been for 300 years now. The hospice on the pass still has a kennel for genuine pure-bred Saint Bernard dogs and you can even buy a puppy from them if you like. These gentle giant dogs are first mentioned in 1708 and have become a symbol of the mountains.