| Weight (g) | 0.00 |
| Colour | Red-Green |
A three-inch chandbali: a crescent of open metalwork edged with coloured stones, hung from a small stone-set top, with a domed jhumka and a fringe of pearls below the crescent. The crescent is finished in gold tone and the dome in silver.
A chandbali is defined by the open crescent, and this one keeps the opening genuinely open — the stones sit along the rim rather than filling the space, so you can see through the moon.
Chandbalis sit best with hair pulled back and a simple neckline, since the shape is doing the work. Skip a heavy necklace with these.
Weddings, sangeet, receptions and festive evenings.
Ear wires at three inches put the weight on the thinnest part of the lobe, so if you have worn heavy earrings before and found them uncomfortable, plan on these for an evening rather than a full day. The crescent is an open frame and can be bent out of shape, so store it flat rather than in a crowded box.
The reason a chandbali has to be hollow is weight: fill the crescent with metal and it becomes unwearable at this size. The open frame keeps a three-inch earring light enough for an evening, and it is also what lets the earring show the colour of your dupatta through it.
The two platings separate the crescent from the dome, which is doing something useful and not just decorative. Without it, a three-inch earring in one colour of metal reads as a single long blob at any distance; here the eye reads two shapes.
Chandbalis have a long association with Hyderabadi jewellery, where the crescent was often left completely open and the decoration kept to the rim. This pair follows that older logic rather than the modern habit of filling the crescent with stones, which is why it stays light at a size that would otherwise be unwearable.
A proper occasion gift — this is the kind of earring someone keeps for weddings. Browse more in dual tone earrings.
Dual-tone means two platings on one piece — a bright silver tone and a warm gold tone, applied to different parts of the same design so each section reads separately. It is harder than a single finish because the two have to be masked off from one another, and it is why these pieces show their detail so clearly: the eye separates the gold elements from the silver ones before it has read a single stone. The base metal underneath is brass, so this is plating rather than solid gold or silver.
Put this on after perfume, hairspray and hand cream, and take it off before washing, swimming or sleeping. Wipe with a dry soft cloth and use a dry soft brush around the stone settings and between any pearls, where a cloth cannot reach. Store it in a zip-lock pouch — the single most effective thing for a plated piece, because it keeps humid air off the metal. Never use silver polish, dip cleaners or an ultrasonic cleaner.
| Weight (grams) | 0.00 |
| Colour/Finish | Red-Green |
| Gender | women |
| SKU/Product Code | KEYU-NAA3615 |
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