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| Metal | Brass |
| Stone Type | Opal |
| Weight (g) | 37.00 |
| Colour | Gold |
| Occasion | Daily Wear |
A pale mint-green teardrop stone sits in a slim bezel at the lobe with two small gold leaves curving out from its base, and a small fluted bell with a fine pearl fringe hangs beneath.
Traditional jhumkas use saturated colour — deep red, bottle green, royal blue — because those are the colours that hold their own against gold at full strength. A pale mint does the opposite: it is lighter in tone than the gold around it, so instead of contrasting it recedes, and the earring reads as soft rather than striking. That makes this one of the few stone-set jhumkas that works for daily and office wear without looking like an occasion piece pressed into service.
The two leaves at the base of the stone are the detail that lifts the design. They are small, curved and veined, and they turn a plain bezel into something botanical — without them the top would be a stone on a post. The bell below is deliberately small and plainly fluted so the colour at the top stays the focus, and the pearls are fine seedpearls rather than full drops.
Mint sits easily with white, ivory, beige, pale pink and grey, and it is a good answer when a saree or kurta is already a strong colour and a matching earring would be too much. Hair up or down — at this scale they read either way.
Daily wear, office, college, daytime functions and festivals.
Light. A small stone, a small bell and seedpearls — comfortable from morning to night.
This piece is brass finished with a gold-tone plating rather than solid gold, which is what keeps the price where it is and the weight low enough for comfortable wear. Plating is a surface rather than a bulk property, so how long it lasts depends almost entirely on what it is exposed to. Perfume, hairspray, sweat, soap and chlorinated water all shorten its life; a dry cloth after wearing and a closed pouch between wearings extend it considerably.
Put these on after perfume, hairspray and foundation. Wipe with a dry soft cloth after wearing and use a dry soft brush between the pearl drops and inside the bell, where a cloth cannot reach. Hang or lay them flat in a pouch so the fringe is not crushed, and never use toothpaste, bleach or an ultrasonic cleaner.
Type: Petite jhumka earrings. Metal: Brass. Finish: Gold-tone plating. Work: Bezel-set mint teardrop cabochon with gold leaf accents over a small fluted bell with seedpearl fringe. Closure: Post and butterfly back.
The fitting is a standard post and butterfly back for pierced ears, nothing specialist. The back is the part people lose, so it is worth checking it is seated firmly before you leave the house; a silicone stopper behind the metal back, which costs almost nothing, will stop a heavy earring drooping forward on a soft lobe.
Costume jewellery earns its place by letting you wear a shape you would never commission in precious metal. The designs here come out of a tradition centuries old; the materials do not pretend to, and we do not describe them as though they did.
| Metal | Brass |
| Stone Type | Opal |
| Weight (grams) | 37.00 |
| Colour/Finish | Gold |
| Occasion | Daily Wear |
| Gender | women |
| SKU/Product Code | KEYU9-B682EC291E |
