{"product_id":"horse-skull-gold-vermeil","title":"horse skull necklace | gold vermeil","description":"\u003ch2\u003eHorse skull necklace | 18K gold vermeil\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSome people grow up around horses and never stop looking at them closely. This horse skull necklace in 18K gold vermeil is for the equine vet, or for the rider who knows her horse's teeth as well as its temper.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 style=\"margin-top:2em;\"\u003eWho It's For\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ean equine vet, on the day she qualifies or opens her own practice\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea rider or trainer, for a birthday or after a big season\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ean archaeologist or palaeontologist, when she finishes her PhD\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea friend who wears gold and has loved horses since she was small\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eyourself, if horses have been part of your life for as long as you remember\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“I am absolutely delighted with this pendant. It is a perfect size and nice and heavy!” (Shirley S., from a review of the silver version)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 style=\"margin-top:2em;\"\u003eWhy the Bit Fits\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLook along a horse's lower jaw. Behind the front teeth (and, in most males, the canines) there is a long stretch of bare gum before the cheek teeth start. Riders call it the bars. That is where the bit goes. It rests on the tongue, which cushions the bars beneath it, and there are no teeth in the way for the horse to bite down on. The gap was not made for riding. Many grazing animals have one, and it gives the tongue room to move grass back to the grinding teeth. People found a use for it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2 style=\"margin-top:2em;\"\u003eExplore Related Animal Skull Jewelry\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sciencejewelry1824.shop\/products\/horse-skull\"\u003ehorse skull necklace | silver\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sciencejewelry1824.shop\/products\/dog-skull-18k-gold-plated\"\u003edog skull necklace | gold vermeil\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sciencejewelry1824.shop\/products\/raven-skull-18k-gold-plated\"\u003eraven skull necklace | gold vermeil\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sciencejewelry1824.shop\/products\/t-rex-18k-gold-plated\"\u003eT-Rex skull necklace | gold vermeil\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003csection class=\"product-faq\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 style=\"margin-top:2em;\"\u003eFAQ\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin-top:1.75em;\"\u003eHow big is the pendant, and what chain comes with it?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pendant is 26 mm (about 1 inch), about the size of a 2-euro coin and a little larger than a US quarter. It comes on a 45 cm (17.7 inch) gold vermeil chain with a lobster clasp and a 5 cm (2 inch) extender, and sits just below the collarbone. 18K gold vermeil means 2.5 microns of 18K gold over solid sterling silver, nickel-free and hypoallergenic. To keep the gold bright, wipe it with a soft cloth and store it dry in its box.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin-top:1.75em;\"\u003eIs there a silver version?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYes. The horse skull necklace also comes in sterling silver, at the same 26 mm. Choose the finish the recipient already wears: the design is the same in both. The dog, raven, T-Rex and Gila monster skull necklaces also come in gold vermeil.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin-top:1.75em;\"\u003eIs delivery free, and what if it isn't right?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYes. DHL Express delivers free in 1-5 business days worldwide, and we pay the import duties and taxes, so nothing is due at the door. It arrives in a ready-to-gift jewelry box and festive envelope. If it isn't right, our 30-day “Love It or Return It” policy applies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin-top:1.75em;\"\u003eWhere do today's horses come from?\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor a long time the answer was Botai, in northern Kazakhstan, where people kept horses around 3500 BC. Ancient DNA changed that. A 2018 study linked the Botai horses to Przewalski's horses, not to the horses we ride. In 2021 Ludovic Orlando's team compared 273 ancient genomes and traced modern horses to the lower Volga and Don steppes. From about 2000 BC that lineage spread across Eurasia with the first spoke-wheeled chariots and replaced almost every other population.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/section\u003e\n","brand":"sciencejewelry1824","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57028455989634,"sku":"NK0415-GV","price":250.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1411\/4806\/files\/horse-skull-gold-vermeil.png?v=1794385338","url":"https:\/\/sciencejewelry1824.shop\/products\/horse-skull-gold-vermeil","provider":"sciencejewelry1824","version":"1.0","type":"link"}