Heirloom Fingerprint Story Bead

Product Description

What Happens After You Order

For UK Customers:

• Taking Fingerprints Yourself:

  If you request instructions for taking prints yourself, we will send you an inkpad and paper kit within one working day of placing your order. You can then send us back your fingerprints either by photographing or scanning them and emailing them to us, or by sending them to us through the post using our prepaid envelope. Alternatively, if you want to take your prints yourself at home without a kit, you can use a soft pencil, clear Sellotape, and white paper, which allows us to receive your prints quicker. To see how easy it is, please see the full instructions.

• Professional Fingerprint-Taking:

  For those who prefer a professional touch, we offer an appointment service for taking fingerprints. This ensures high-quality prints with minimal hassle. Appointments are available at two locations with different availability times. After placing your order, you will receive an invite to book an appointment for professional fingerprint-taking. This option is ideal for ensuring precision and clarity, especially for important keepsakes.

• Reuse Prints:

  If you have previously ordered from us, you can reuse the prints we have on file.

For International Customers:

• Taking Fingerprints Yourself:

  You will need to take your fingerprints yourself. You can use either an inkpad and paper or a soft pencil, clear Sellotape, and white paper. Once you have taken the prints, photograph or scan them and email them to us. Scan them at about 600 dpi, or photograph one or two prints at a time, close up in good light, and send the photo at full size: it should stay sharp when you zoom in. To see how easy it is, please see the full instructions.

• Reuse Prints:

  If you have previously ordered from us, you can reuse the prints we have on file.

How We Use Your Fingerprints:

Once we receive your fingerprints, we normally work with the central, most defined ‘whorly’ section of the print, as this is the area that carries the clearest and most characteristic detail for making into jewellery. If you would like us to use the full fingerprint, or if there is a particular area of the print you’d prefer us to focus on, please let us know when placing your order.

Sizing

Approximately 6mm wide.

Made From

Solid 925 sterling silver.

Each bead is individually handcrafted, so tiny marks and variations are a natural characteristic of the making process rather than a fault.

About Fingerprint Charms

Our Fingerprint Jewellery collection is renowned for creating deeply personal keepsakes, and our fingerprint charms are perfect for adding an extra layer of meaning to your existing jewellery. Whether you're looking to add a second charm to a necklace or bracelet you already own, or you're expanding on a piece from our collection, each charm is designed to capture the unique print of a loved one in a beautifully handcrafted way.

Many of our customers choose to add a second charm to their fingerprint necklace or bracelet as their family grows or to commemorate new milestones. Our charms are carefully crafted to seamlessly complement your existing jewellery, allowing you to carry more than one cherished memory with you. Whether it’s the fingerprint of a partner, child, or dear friend, these additional charms add even more personal significance to your piece.

Our fingerprint charms are versatile enough to fit most necklaces and bracelets, including those you may already own. However, we always recommend checking with us to ensure a perfect fit before adding your new charm to an existing piece. This way, you can confidently expand your collection while maintaining its beauty and harmony.

Perfect for marking life’s special moments—be it a birthday, anniversary, or the birth of a new family member—these custom fingerprint charms are handmade with care and attention to detail. Each charm serves as a unique reminder of someone special, whether worn on a chain around your neck or a bracelet on your wrist.

Priority Service

Each Morgan & French piece is handcrafted to order with exceptional care. We begin creating your jewellery once we have received everything we need, from your personalisation details to any required materials.

We understand that some customers may wish to receive their order sooner, so we offer the option to bring your piece forward in your maker’s schedule. These choices affect when your jewellery is created, never the skill or attention devoted to it.

Priority 1 – Express Creation

When time matters, your piece is scheduled for immediate bench work with your maker, crafted ahead of their usual making order. This typically brings completion forward by around three to five days, giving you a noticeably earlier finish for special gifts, meaningful moments and occasions where you simply need your jewellery sooner.

This premium service adds a 40% uplift to the base price of your piece (excluding any optional add-ons), so you’re never charged extra for choosing to include additional details or elements. It is available on selected designs each day.

Standard Service – Made in Turn

Your jewellery is handcrafted with the same care and attention, created in the natural rhythm of your maker’s schedule once everything required is in place. The same skill, the same devotion - simply made in turn.

The Story Bracelet Collection

This piece is part of our Story Bracelet collection, a range of personalised leather, nappa and paracord bracelets built around Story Beads: small sterling silver charms each made to carry something specific to you.

A Story Bracelet begins with a strap and a personalised bead of your choosing. That might be a fingerprint, a hand or footprint, a dog's nose print, a hand-stamped name, a line of someone's handwriting, a longer inscription, or an ashes bead to keep a person close. Spinning rings in copper, silver or black silver sit between the beads as a styling accent.

The appeal is cumulative. More beads can be added at any point, now or years from now, and rearranged however you like. A bracelet that begins with one bead for a birthday or a new baby might, in time, gather several more, each marking something worth keeping. New chapters, new beads.

Each piece is made to order by our small team. Browse the full collection to see the bracelets and beads available.

Care Guide

We want your jewellery to look beautiful for years to come, which is why we recommend using a good quality jeweller's cloth regularly as part of your cleaning routine.

Silver and other metals are prone to tarnish. This oxidising process is a natural occurrence, but some substances in our daily lives will speed it up, such as soap, hairspray, perfume, food, latex, perspiration and even the natural oils on our hands. You should always remove jewellery before showering or swimming, as metals can react with shampoo, chemicals and chlorine.

To combat this, we are proud to offer an anti-tarnish service that you can easily add to your order. Our Rhodium Anti-Tarnish Plating Service ensures your cherished pieces retain their lustre and shine for as long as possible.

As with all jewellery, straps, links and clasps can be opened, damaged or broken if not treated with care. Please check your jewellery carefully when it arrives and let us know as soon as possible if it is damaged or faulty.

We provide a six-month guarantee against faulty workmanship or materials. This additional guarantee does not cover accidental damage, misuse or normal wear and tear.

Your statutory rights are unaffected and are not limited to the six-month guarantee period.