Artefacts
Peacock on Amethyst
₹2,75,000
A peacock carved in white stone, standing on an uncut amethyst. The tail is set feather by feather and fans clear of the body.
- Metal
- Argentium 96096% silver. Sterling silver is 92.5%.
- Finish
- 18k gold vermeilRe-coated by the house for life.
- Stones
- Amethyst, Rose Quartz
- Mark
- Argentium-stamped.
- Availability
- By enquiry
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.
