Skyran Silver Drop Earrings

Skyran Silver Drop Earrings by Sheila Fleet

These Skyran drop earrings in sterling feature a circular whorl stone design with Ogham text that reads ‘A blessing on the soul’. The earrings delicately drop from silver posts and are hand-enamelled in our Orkney workshop. Each earring measures approximately 19mm in diameter.

Inspired by a small circular spindle-whorl stone, carved with ancient Ogham script and discovered at Buckquoy in Birsay, Orkney. This text is the first known text discovered in Orkney, thought to date back to about 500AD. The inscription in Ogham is believed to read ‘a blessing on the soul’ and Sheila has interpreted this message in silver and gold. After researching Ogham script, Sheila created further pieces with messages of her own.

The Skyran collection was designed as part of a unique collaboration with local Orkney musicians, the Wrigley Sisters. Skyran means to shine or glitter brightly in Orkney Norn and the collection is available in various enamel colors with the signature color, ‘Twilight’, capturing the rich blue-grey of the evening sky.