A round gold-tone jewel with an elephant motif set in small colourless stones, framed by red rectangular and flat colourless stones, lying on cream satin beside white flowers.

Pendants

Elephant Circle Pendant

₹21,000

An elephant worked in close-set colourless stones sits inside a gold-tone circle. Red rectangular stones alternate with flat colourless ones around the rim.

Metal
Argentium 96096% silver. Sterling silver is 92.5%.
Finish
18k gold vermeilRe-coated by the house for life.
Stones
Colourless stone, Red gemstone
Mark
Argentium-stamped.
Skin
Designed nickel-free, for sensitive skin.
Availability
Made to order

Delivered worldwide. Everything leaves the bench through nine inspections.

The material

Argentium 960

96% silver

Sterling silver is 92.5%.

Argentium is a modern silver alloy: germanium in place of part of the copper that sterling uses. That substitution is the whole of the difference, and it is decided at the alloy rather than applied to the surface afterwards.

The alloy
Germanium in place of part of the copper.
The source
A UK supplier, and alloys in development with them.
The mark
Stamped Argentium on everything made in it.