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18K gold dolphins swimming through a sterling silver sea.

It measures 46.6 mm diameter base (1  27/32" ),  and 25 mm high to dolphin's fin ( 1" ).
It weighs 80.2 grams (5.1 grams 18K gold & 75.1 grams sterling silver).

 This is a cast sculpture.
It's required three castings.   First the base was carved in wax and and then cast in sterling silver.  The dolphins were sculpted in wax and cast using 18K yellow gold.  The dolphins were then placed within the wax sculpture of the seascape top.  When the top was cast using sterling silver, the 18K gold dolphin's were fused to the sterling silver seascape.  This process is called 'married metal' as the metals are fused, or married together; becoming a single cast sculpture.