| Weight (g) | 0.00 |
| Colour | Silver |
A long jhumka with no stones at all: a stem of three graduated gold beads above a deep silver dome worked in fine lines, finished with a dense pearl rim. At three and a half inches it is the longest of the plain-metal jhumkas we carry.
With no colour to lean on, the whole design rests on the two platings — warm gold on the beaded stem and the small cap, bright silver on the dome — and on the fine ribbing cut into the dome itself.
Plain metal earrings of this length are the easy answer to a heavily worked outfit. Wear them with a embroidered kurta or a bandhani dupatta where a coloured stone would be one pattern too many.
Weddings where you are a guest, festive lunches, and any outfit that is already doing a lot.
There are no stones to lose and no colour to match, which makes this the lowest-maintenance long earring in the batch. The post and back closure holds better than a hook at this length. Keep the pearls away from hairspray, since the coating on imitation pearls is the part that dulls first.
Dual-tone work is harder than it looks: each plating has to be masked off from the other, and a sloppy job shows up as a smudged boundary where gold creeps onto silver. On this pair the line between the gold stem and the silver dome is clean, which is the first thing worth checking when the piece arrives.
Because there are no stones, there is nothing here to loosen or fall out, which makes this an unusually low-maintenance long earring. The only vulnerable part is the pearl rim, and that is strung rather than glued.
Plain metal jhumkas have quietly become the sensible buy for people with several heavily worked outfits. They do not need to be matched, they do not date with a colour trend, and at three and a half inches they still register as occasion jewellery rather than as something everyday.
A good first pair for someone who says she does not wear jewellery, because there is no colour to clash with anything she owns. See the rest of the finish in our 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 | Silver |
| Gender | women |
| SKU/Product Code | KEYU-NAA3607 |
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