About Us and Our Products
Silver b3 is a small personal retail enterprise focused on the sale of Classic, Celtic and Design Led Gifts, Personal Accessories, and Jewellery of quality, distinction, design elegance and where relevant, historically authentic hand crafted reproduction.
We are locally based in the South West of England, but we ship our products to most all international destinations.
Most all of our gifts and accessories are not only distinct in terms of their quality, substance and design elegance, but are very competitively priced. They are likely to be of considerablely better value than those that occasionally become available through other retail mediums, such as Major High Street chains, & Mail Order Catalogues, and other 'On-Line' shops and Catalogues etc.
So if your looking for that Special or Unique gift, one not to be found in any of the regular high street shops, and, particularly if it's a gift for one of those irritating friends and family members who already have everything ! then look no further. Be it for a Birthday present, Wedding present, Anniversary present, Classic Gift, Design Led Gift, Classic Jewellery or Contemporary Jewellery, or just any unique gift for that special person, friend or loved one, we hope that you will find it here.
We regularly update and expand upon the product range, and category of items available. So if you see nothing on this occasion that either appeals to you, or meets your requirements, please try again at some later date.
Accepted Credit / Debit Cards
We accept Visa, Visa Delta & Visa Electron, Solo, American Express (Amex), Maestro, & MasterCard. And are fully PCI DSS compliant.
(PLEASE NOTE: We DO NOT charge any surcharges for Credit or Debit Card payments, as some retailers do)
PayPal
We also accept PayPal, which provides an "Express Check-Out" for existing PayPal account holders.
Cheques
Should you wish to pay by cheque in advance of delivery please make cheques Payable to: 'Silver b3' and with your order details, send to:
Silver b3
PO box 6067
Bridport
Dorset, DT6 9AE.
ENGLAND.
If you have ANY questions or queries please feel free to contact us on 01297 561576 (phone / Fax) or e-mail us at:
(PLEASE NOTE: Our preferred method of contact is e-mail. If you are unable to make immediate personal phone contact with us, please leave a message, and we will return your call as soon as possible.)
3D Secure (Additional Online Security)
3D Secure is a culmination of 'Verified by Visa' and 'MasterCard Secure Code'. It is the latest additional fraud prevention initiative launched by the various card schemes as a more secure method for authenticating a customer / shopper at the time of the transaction.
3D Secure is an extra security step you must take to process your order, but is intended to provide greater customer security.
After you have chosen your item / goods and elected to pay, you will be sent to the payment pages on the Protx secure servers / card entry screens. There, you will enter your card details and submit them for processing.
When submitting your card details, depending on the card type entered, you will be redirected to a Visa or MasterCard page.
If you have already registered your card for 3D Secure, you will be asked to enter your 3D Secure password.
If you have not registered your card before, you will have the option to do so, there and then.
If you have not registered your card and do not wish to do so you can bypass the process.
If you have registered your card for 3D Secure, Visa or MasterCard will verify you and if the details you have provided are correct the transaction will continue as normal and be sent to the bank for authorisation.
PCI DSS Compliant.
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) is a set of 12 requirements designed to secure and protect customer payment data. PCI DSS is a worldwide information security standard defined by the Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council. The standard was created to help payment card industry organisations that process card payments prevent credit card fraud through increased controls around data and its exposure to compromise. The standard applies to all organisations that hold, process, or exchange cardholder information from any card branded with the logo of one of the card brands.
Shipping Method / Charges
ALL UK ORDERS ARE SENT BY Royal Mail 1st Class Recorded Delivery service. Postage is charged at cost. This is determined by the 'Gross Weight' of the product, (including packaging) The cost is then automatically calculated for you during the 'Checkout' process. There is no charge for UK Handling / Packaging.
UK Postage and Packing are FREE on orders over £100.00
Note - Please be aware that there should be somebody at the delivery address to sign for the goods.
OVERSEAS ORDERS:
Most all 'Overseas Orders' are generally sent by Royal Mail's 'International Signed For' Air Mail Service the costs of which are determined by choice of location / Country, and Gross Weight, then automatically calculated on this basis during the 'Checkout' process. The shipping cost includes insurance / compensation up to a maximum of between £250 - £500.00 dependant on destination.
The 'International Signed For' service is subject to gross weight limits. This is currently set by Royal Mail at 2kg. Should your order exceed this weight an alternative Royal Mail, or other air mail service will be used.
Delivery Schedules
We aim to process your order right away, and to dispatch your order within 48 hours, excepting weekends, and this will be the case for most 'in stock' items. However we ask you to allow 3-5 working days before dispatch, (Including International destinations). For 'out of stock' items we ask you to allow 7-10 working days before dispatch.
Please note our shipping schedule in respect of our Gold Elvish pieces. IF the item / size IS in stock then we advise you allow 5 - 7 working days before dispatch.
IF the item / size is NOT in stock, please allow 14 -21 days before dispatch. For 9ct White & Rose Gold please allow 21 - 28 days, and for 18ct Gold please allow at least 28 days. ALL ORDERS ARE SUBJECT TO AVAILABILITY.
For full terms and conditions please see our Terms and Conditions page via the 'Terms & Conds' tab above
Our Current Range of Products:
The Classic and Design Led Gifts Range A diverse range of highly distinct, principally Silver Plated Gifts, and Personal Accessories of substance, distinction, and beautifully simple design elegance. The ranges in this section are broken down alphabetically into 14 subsections. They are: 1) Business Card Cases, Plus. 2) Clocks. 3) Cufflinks. 4) Desk Accessories. 5) Dining and Bar Accessories. 6) Executive Games. 7) Grooming and Cosmetic Accessories. 8) Hip Flasks. 9) Keyrings. 10) Miscellany. 11) Pens. 12) Picture / Photo Frames. 13) Smoking Accessories. 14) Travel Accessories. 15) Sterling Silver Gifts.
The Classical Sterling Silver Jewellery Range, An extensive and VERY rare collection of hand finished ART NOUVEAU JEWELLERY and ART DECO JEWELLERY Classical Jewellery. The Heritage of our Classical 925 quality Dutch and Sterling Silver Jewellery Range begins in 1825 with the Van Kempen family, which merged in 1855 with the Begeer family. The hand crafted manufacturing quality of their jewellery and silverware earned them the honour of being named 'Royal Van Kempen and Begeer' supplying to the Royal Households and Aristocracy of Europe. By the late 19th century the company was at it's height of success in Europe, and specialising in Victorian, and then subsequently, Art Nouveau, and Art Deco Jewellery.
In 1974 GL Nederland BV was established and was fortunate enough to acquire this honourable and proud heritage of the Dutch silver industry together with 30,000 original and well preserved design masters, all crafted by hand, using those design masters this tradition is kept alive in the 'Classical Jewellery Range' utilising a combination of past, present, new, but authentic hand finished design and reproduction techniques.
The Celtic Jewellery and Gifts / Personal Accessories Range A diverse selection of authentically reproduced Celtic Jewellery and Celtic Gifts / Personal Accessories, hand crafted in solid Pewter in Cornwall, one of the last Celtic strongholds of the South West of Britain.
This wild and beautiful land was home to the many native Celts who were slowly driven out, during many decades of fierce and bloody conflict, from the temperate midlands and entire Eastern seaboard of Britain by invading European warriors, such as the Saxons, Angles, Jutes, and Franks of Northern Germany. The Celts in general identified these European warriors as one common enemy under a single banner of Saxon. The entire West of Britain, and particularly the South West, remained the last Stronghold of the British Celts for many Centuries.
It is in places such as Cornwall, Wales and Scotland that the art of the Celts and ancient Britons has survived, carved into stone tombs and discovered on pottery fragments and ornaments.
As the years went by, religious scholars and monks adopted the traditions of Celtic art, creating illuminated texts such as the Lindisfarne Gospels. Their work exemplifies the simple sophistication and originality of form and design.
As Christian beliefs spread across the world, the Celtic Cross evolved, with the circle that surrounds the cross symbolising the 'great wheel of life' - a belief that is thought to predate Christianity. These carved stone crosses are scattered throughout Britain and are a common site in our Churchyards and by our roadsides today.
Celtic art reverberates through the centuries, identified by it's unique simple sophistication of form and design, felt by many to represent an indefinable feeling for the rightness of things.
Modern interpretations of Celtic tradition have given us the Arts and Crafts movement, where the ancient Celtic beliefs in elegance of form, and a reverence for the Earth and its creatures, is apparent in the work of designers such as Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Archibald Knox. The result, as reproduced in the enduring alloy of pewter, is not only a recreation of the past, but a continual evolution of living art, created by modern craftsmen for the people of today.
The Middle Earth Elven / Elvish Jewellery Range The Middle Earth Elven / Elvish Range Jewellery Range takes it's inspiration from Tolkien's 'Lord of the Rings'. All the pieces are designed and hand crafted / made in Cornwall, one of the Last Celtic Stongholds of South West Britain. Unlike the mass manufactured pieces in High Street jewellery chains, the design and engraving are of considerably greater subtlety and quality producing a much more elegant finish.
The Elvish Jewellery range, in 9ct and 18ct Gold and Sterling Silver, includes:: Elvish Love Rings, Pendants, Earrings, Bangles and Bands and the Elven 'Star' Pendands and Earrings, Inspired by the same 'Evenstar' Pendant as that given to Aragorn by the Elven Princess Arwen, as a token / declaration of her love, any of which might well have come direct from Middle Earth itself, though of course they didn't, .....did they !?
The Contemporary Jewellery Range, A selection of Classic and Contemporary jewellery pieces; Bangles, Bracelets, Earrings, Neck Torques / Torcs, and Necklaces and Pendants, with a blended mixture of Classic and Contemporary design lines. Some of the items are unique 'One-Off' designs / pieces, and for a limited time, not to be found, or available anywhere else, but this site. Most all the stoneset jewellery pieces within our Contemporary Jewellery' range are set with Gemstones, and, or some with cultured fresh water pearls, of which the shape, tint and colouring etc. of the Pearls is achieved during the growing process.PLEASE NOTE:
All Items in the 'Contemporary Jewellery' range, are made and imported from outside the UK, and excepting the '925' Sterling Silver purity mark DO NOT have an English Assay Office Sterling Silver Hallmark. Consequently we are not permitted, under the Hallmarking Act 1973 (As Amended) to refer to any single items in this range, above 7.78 grams in net weight, as sterling silver or silver. However we believe to differentiate on the basis of the net weight of singular items above or below the 7.78 grams would lead to confusion. No items, therefore, will have any reference to their finish as Sterling Silver
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New Products and Ranges: We regularly introduce new products / items to our existing sections and ranges, some of which are listed in the 'New Products' column on the left of each page. So if you see nothing on this occasion that either appeals to you, or meets your requirements, please look again at some later date.
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