| Metal | Brass |
| Stone Type | No Stone |
| Weight (g) | 70.00 |
| Colour | Blue |
| Occasion | Festival |
This oxidised antique shield pendant necklace is built like an heirloom piece: twin rows of round flower links run down each side, joined by a horizontal bar, and below that hangs a broad shield-shaped pendant worked edge to edge in peacock scrollwork. Small stones are set into every flower on the chain and across the pendant, and a fringe of white beads hangs along the lower edge. The piece photographed is in blue, and the design comes in four colour options. Its construction, with the chain as ornate as the pendant, is what gives it the look of traditional silver jewellery rather than a modern pendant on a chain.
Each link in the chain is a small round flower, alternately plain with a stone at its centre and worked with a crosshatch texture, and the links are set in two parallel rows so the chain has width where most necklaces have a thin line. The rows converge on a horizontal bar set with a line of small stones, and the pendant hangs from that bar rather than directly from the chain, which is a construction borrowed from older temple jewellery. The pendant is shield-shaped, its surface dense with curling silver scrollwork and paisley forms, with peacocks worked into the design and a cluster of stones arranged as a flower at the centre. Around the lower curve hang clusters of small white beads. The oxidised finish settles into all that detail, so what could look flat instead has real depth. Available in Blue, White, Baby Pink Mint and Baby Pink.
A necklace with this much detail needs a plain background, so wear it over an unembroidered blouse or a simple kurta and let it be the only thing at the neck. It sits best with handloom cotton, silk and chanderi, in solid colours that let the stones read. Keep earrings small and oxidised rather than adding a matching pair, because the pendant already occupies the centre of the look. Hair up, wrists plain, and nothing else competing.
Navratri and Durga Puja, festival evenings, weddings where you want silver rather than gold, exhibitions and craft fairs, and gifting to someone who collects antique-style Indian jewellery. It is a statement piece rather than an everyday one.
Dense scrollwork traps dust, so wipe the pendant with a dry soft cloth after each wear rather than letting it settle. Keep the necklace away from water, perfume, hair spray and sanitiser, which dull the finish and can loosen settings. Store it flat in its pouch with the bead fringe supported, and keep it apart from harder jewellery that could catch on the openwork.
| Metal | Brass |
| Stone Type | No Stone |
| Weight (grams) | 70.00 |
| Colour/Finish | Blue |
| Occasion | Festival |
| Gender | women |
| SKU/Product Code | KEYU9-29AADBD298 |
