Gold-tone temple-form pendant on cream fabric, with standing figures under an arch beneath a domed roof, a row of pink-red and green square stones across the base, and green bead and white bead drops hanging below.

Pendants

Temple Shrine Pendant

₹41,999

A temple facade worked in deep relief, with a row of pink-red and green stones across the base and green bead drops hanging below. The recesses are darkened so the figures and the columns still read from a distance.

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