Darkly sweet Death Head Hawkmoth impression in solid handcrafted and pressed sterling silver for your enjoyment!
*This listing has one ready to ship pendant and chain and then the option for one made to order. The made to order item, please expect around 1 week before item is ready to mail.
And yes, there really is such a thing as the Death Head Hawkmoth and those skull impressions on their backside are what give them their namesake. The real life versions are pretty large in size with an average wingspan of 5" long, found in parts of Europe, Africa and Asia and some of their favorite host plants happen to be in the deadly nightshade family.
This impression is made with a nice thick gauge sterling silver that I press manually in my home studio with a bottle jack and the impression die for replicating. This dark beauty measures 1 3/8" by 1" tall and 4mm at deepest point on skull.
Chain is a simple cable link style in solid sterling with lobster clasp and measures up to 21" long.
Patina is added for definition in details and finished off with a light polish.
All handcrafted in my home studio and made with love and good intention!