Backs & care

Silver Butterfly Backs, 6 Pairs

Name: Silver Butterfly Backs, 6 Pairs
Brand: Lobe
Price: 18.00 GBP
Availability: InStock

Replacement sterling silver butterfly clutches, six pairs, fits 0.8 to 1.0 mm posts.

£18.00inc. VAT · delivery from £3.95

What actually touches you

The specification of the part in contact with your ear.

Post material: 925 sterling silver
Nickel release: ≤ 0.5 µg/cm²/week (prolonged skin contact limit)Tested to BS EN 1811
Post diameter: No post — nothing passes through skin
Post length: Not applicable
Back type: Butterfly clutchHolds by friction on a plain post. Easiest to fit one-handed, and the type most often lost.
Weight, one piece: 0.1 gWeighed singly, because one lobe carries one earring.

Nickel and reactions

Nickel-safe — tested to UK REACH limits (BS EN 1811).

Meeting the nickel release limit is not a promise that nobody will react. Some people react to other metals or materials — cobalt, chromium, resins and platings among them. If your ears are sensitive, wear a new piece for a short period first and see how it settles.

How we test, and what the limits do and do not mean

Metal and hallmark

Purity: 925 sterling silver
Weight, one piece: 0.1 g
Plating: None — solid throughout
Hallmark: Not required

No hallmark required. At 0.1 g this single piece is below the 7.78 g statutory exemption weight for silver. The purity stated is still exactly what the piece is.

How to read a UK hallmark

Delivery. UK standard £3.95, tracked £5.95. Free UK delivery over £60. Europe and worldwide tracked. Details

Returns. 14 days from delivery, no reason needed. This piece is not subject to the hygiene exception. Policy

In detail

The standard clutch: two sprung wings pinched around the post, holding by friction. Easiest to fit one-handed, and the one most often lost. These fit posts from 0.8 to 1.0 mm. They sit behind the lobe in prolonged skin contact rather than passing through it, so the prolonged-contact nickel release limit applies.