Victorian Damascene Tie Pin

An unusual tie pin featuring Damascene work. Damascene is a surface decoration process that involves the inlaying of gold or silverA metallic element which is malleable and ductile, and white in colour, making it ideal for use in jewellery. It is usually mixed with copper to improve its hardness.
wire into an undercut groove in the surface of bronze, iron or steel. Another form is the machining of curved line pattern into the surface of a metal. In this example geometric forms have been used for both the design and the shape. All our tie pins come with a stopper at the end of the pin.