A Ganesha carved in green gemstone and finished in silver, shown from the front and the reverse

Artefacts

Ganesha in Green Stone

₹78,000

Carved in a green gemstone and finished in silver, seated on a lotus. The reverse is worked to the same standard as the front.

Metal
Argentium 96096% silver. Sterling silver is 92.5%.
Stones
Gemstone
Mark
Argentium-stamped.
Availability
Made to orderApproximately 45 days.

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.