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Thumbies Product, and Placing Keepsake Orders Urns and Cleaning Instructions WOODEN KEEPSAKE URNS What matters Most... ™ The Heartfelt Keepsake Urn from ...is that you are fully satisfied with our products. This commitment Davis-Whitehall Company is now includes workmanship, metals, engraving, and our customer available with an embedded Thumbie service. If you would like to see additional product configurations Standard Charm. This beautiful beyond those shown in this catalog, please visit our website at handcrafted urn is available in three www.meadowhillco.com. Should you have any questions or wish to wood types: maple, cherry and walnut. U.S. Patent No. D622,024 order additional pieces, please contact your original order source. Two lines of engraving are included. Our Customer Service Center contact information is below. Thank Line 1 holds 12 characters and you so much for your interest and consideration. spaces; line 2 holds 18. Maple Cherry Walnut 2-3/4”W x 2-3/4”L x 1-5/8”H. The Thumbie People SATISFACTION GUARANTEE NEW Urns Meadow Hill warrants its products to be free from defects in WOODEN URNS from ARTISTIC URNS INC. material and workmanship for a period of one year. Meadow Hill is pleased to announce a LIMITATIONS new association with Artistic Urns Inc. Repairs not covered in this warranty include: Their hand-turned wooden urns are all • stone loss due to prong damage; works of art. Each piece is an original • discoloration due to environmental factors; • discoloration due to an allergetic reaction* to the base metal or its work signed and numbered by the artist. alloys; and To order an Artistic Urn with a Thumbie, • damage due to wear, customer neglect or abuse. go to www.artisticwoodurns.com Mini Acorn Urn with Outside of the first year, repairs to damage or worn pieces will be inset Thumbie Charm quoted based on standard jewelry repair costs. METAL ALLERGIES Most people have no problem wearing sterling silver. However, a small percentage of the population has metal allergies and reacts to the alloys used in sterling silver. When worn, their pieces quickly tarnish, turn colors and in severe cases, cause a skin reaction. If this happens, Meadow Hill can plate any sterling silver piece with Rhodium. There is a charge for this service plus the UPS charge to return the piece to you. CUSTOMER SERVICE Customer Service Representatives can be reached on our toll free A Thumbie Charm can be A Thumbead can be line, 877.848.6243 (847 381.9000 outside the U.S.) or by email at built into the lid of an Urn inset within the finial. [email protected]. Business hours are Monday thru Friday, MAINTAINING STERLING SILVER KEEPSAKES 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. CST. If sterling silver jewelry is worn daily, the natural oils in the body In an effort to give purchasers the best possible experience keep it lustrous for long periods. Over time, or if not worn regularly, with its Thumbie Fingerprint Keepsakes, Meadow Hill a piece can dull or tarnish. Cleaning restores its original shine. occasional adds, deletes, or changes a piece. Please make CLEANING INSTRUCTIONS sure that you are looking at the most current Product Catalog. 1. If your piece is heavily tarnished, first remove the tarnish with a liquid tarnish remover following manufacturer’s instructions. It only takes a second or two. Never submerge jewelry with stones (synthetic or genuine) in tarnish remover. 22285 N. Pepper Road, Suite 409, 2. Use a good silver cream polish to restore the shine and place a Lake Barrington, IL 60010 PRODUCT CATALOG protective coating on your piece. These are available in most www.meadowhillco.com hardware and grocery stores. 18 MHC-T-6/15-100M Standard CHARM Good things come in small packages! With a touch of Thumbies are crafted from the actual finger-, foot- a Thumbie Standard, you or handprint of people we hold dear. somehow feel connected to the person whose print From a two-dimensional ink or scanned print. Meadow Hill’s you wear. artisans create a three-dimensional wax mold that is then cast in precious metal using the ancient art of lost wax casting. Polished and engraved, perhaps embellished with a stone or chain, these one-of-a-kind keepsakes keep us coming back to the stories that connect us to the people we love. IT STARTS WITH THE PRINT The better the quality of the print sent to Meadow Hill, the greater the detail in the finished keepsake. Our artisans select the portion of the two- dimensional print that has the most unique characteristics. This area is then cast; the finished Standard Charm product replicates the ridges and life lines in that part of the 1/2”W x 5/8”L original print. The images shown on each page have been sized to show the features. Please refer to page 19 for an exact size ENGRAVING comparison. Two lines of engraving with 10 characters HELPING HANDS and spaces per line Meadow Hill works with a network of funeral homes who assist are included in your families with the collection of final fingerprints, presenting the price. An optional Thumbies product, and placing keepsake orders. Ask your third line may be funeral home to contact us should they need assistance. purchased. STONES - One or Two For information about prints, where to find them, accurate genuine or Swarovski product sizes and the components that make up your Thumbie Zirconia synthetic keepsake, turn to pages 19-20 at the back of this brochure. gemstones may be added. See p.17 CHAINS/CORDS - See p.17 Thumbies... The original fingerprint keepsakes www.meadowhillco.com See p. 19 for actual product size 2 ™ Single Heartfelt CHARM Grand CHARM Heartfelt emotions run deep. The print of someone you A simple touch of your love works at all ages and Thumbie and you think stages of life. Feel the ridges about the one you love. and think a good thought! Single Heartfelt Charm Grand Charm 5/8”W x 11/16”L 3/4”W x 1”L ENGRAVING ENGRAVING Two lines of engraving Three lines of with 10 characters and engraving with 12 spaces per line are characters and spaces included in your price. An per line are included in optional third line may be your price. An optional purchased. fourth line may be STONES - One or Two purchased. genuine or Swarovski STONES - One or Two Zirconia synthetic genuine or Swarovski gemstones may be Zirconia synthetic added. See p.17 gemstones may be CHAINS/CORDS - added. See p.17 See p.17 CHAINS/CORDS - See p.17 3 www.meadowhillco.com See p. 19 for actual product size 4 ™ SPECIALTY Grand CHARM Family Ties CHARM Personalize your Grand Charm A family is always more with a symbol layered over than the sum total of its a full fingerprint, or create a members. Show the world unique two-print piece. the dynamics in your family! FT-3 with a Family Name (additional fee) Grand Charm Family Ties Charm 3/4”W x 1”L 1-1/8” in diameter ENGRAVING ENGRAVING Three lines of Choose an option: engraving with 12 Up to three letters characters and spaces engraved on the back per line are included in behind each print your price. An optional -OR- fourth line may be up to three lines with purchased. 12 characters and STONES - One or Two spaces per line are genuine or Swarovski included in your price. Zirconia synthetic An optional fourth line gemstones may be may be purchased. added. See p.17 STONES - As many as CHAINS/CORDS - three stones can be added: two in the See p.17 bail and one center stone see p.17 CHAINS/CORDS - See p.17 5 www.meadowhillco.com See p. 19 for actual product size 6 ™ ™ Thumbead CHARM Double Heartfelt CHARM NEW Heartfelt emotions run deep. A simple touch of your Thumbie and you think about the one you love. Custom Thumbead Charms Double Heartfelt Charm Various shapes 1”W x 1”L • Crafted in solid .925 sterling silver ENGRAVING Snake Chain Bracelet • Same touchable Thumbie Fingerprint Choose an option: • Three or four character engraving One angled line of engraving (initials or date) included with 18 characters and spaces • Options with one or two print birthstones -OR- • Snake Chain Bracelet one, two, or three lines with 10 - (7.5 & 8.5” lengths) characters and spaces per line are included in your price. STONES - One or Two genuine 4 Different Styles or Swarovski Zirconia synthetic Hex - one print wrap with engraving (no stone option) gemstones may be added. Round - one print wrap with engraving and/or stone See p.17 Two-Heart - two heart-shaped prints with engraving and/or stone CHAINS/CORDS - Cube - Style 1— one print repeats on three panels with See p.17 engraving and/or stone on fourth panel -OR- Style 2—two prints face one another with engraving and/or stones on adjacent sides 7 www.meadowhillco.com See p. 19 for actual product size 8 ™ ™ Classic Oval CHARM KeyTag CHARM Just the right size, the Classic Oval begs you Style 1 to run your finger over its print. Noble Bronze 11/16”W x 7/8”L ENGRAVING Two lines of engraving with 10 characters and spaces per line are included in your price. An optional third line may be purchased. NEW Design Available in three styles, each Style 2 KeyTag comes complete with a black rubber silencer, a 30” stainless steel ball chain, and Single Rectangle CHARM a split ring for holding keys. The simple Single Rectangle design frames your print. Noble Bronze 11/16”W x 1-1/16”L ENGRAVING Two lines of engraving with 10 characters and spaces per line are included in your price.
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