A gilded Ganesha worked into the face of a rose quartz slab with a raw gilded edge

Artefacts

Ganesha on Rose Quartz

₹1,65,000

A gilded Ganesha worked into the face of a rose quartz slab, the fractured edge left raw and gilded along its break.

Metal
Argentium 96096% silver. Sterling silver is 92.5%.
Finish
18k gold vermeilRe-coated by the house for life.
Stones
Rose Quartz
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.