Pair of gold-tone drop earrings with a seated figure moulded in relief, an oval green cabochon at the top and a fringe of white and green beads at the base, resting on a textured stone block beside small white flowers

Earrings

Green Cabochon Drop Earrings

₹13,000

A gold-tone drop built around a seated figure in relief, with an oval green cabochon set above the crown. Green and white beads hang from the base in a short fringe.

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