Copper Firebrick is set in a heavy fine silver bezel with a sterling silver backplate. The unique and history filled firebrick measures just shy of 1" in length. The pendant slides on a 31" bolo chain to adjust for the perfect fit. The sterling silver chain has fire sculpted silver nugget tips. Can be worn high or low on the neck. One-Of-A-Kind.
Finished with my maker's mark "ELECTA" and "925", oxidized, and hand polished to a high shine
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A brief history of Firebrick~
"Firebrick is from the old, hand-fired copper smelter of the Calumet & Hecla Mining Co., at Hubbell, Michigan. Hubbell is on the Keweenaw Peninsula, also known as the Copper Country.
The Old hand-fired smelter was built in 1885-1886. But, by the end of the mid-1920's, furnace were added. The smelter continued to operate until 1968. It was than closed and dismantled from 1968-1973. Over the years, the smelting process resulted in the firebrick absorbing molten copper and other metals from the ore charge. When the smelter was torn down, local rockhounds and lapidaries quickly discovered that the copper impregnated bricks made beautiful clocks, bookends and jewelry.
What you have here is a rare piece of Michigan history."
