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| Metal | Brass |
| Stone Type | Ruby |
| Weight (g) | 8.00 |
| Colour | Silver |
| Occasion | Festival |
Interlocking curved forms wind around a single red stone, the whole face worked and blackened so each curve separates from the next. The band adjusts.
Most worked faces either radiate from the centre or sit in concentric rings. This one interlocks — each curve passes over one neighbour and under the next, so the surface reads as woven rather than arranged. That weaving is only possible because of the oxidising: the eye can only follow an over-under crossing if the piece underneath is in shadow, and blackening is what puts it there. In bright polish the whole thing would read as a flat tangle.
A single stone in a busy face has to be strong enough to hold its own, which is why red is the right choice here rather than something pale. Red is the most assertive colour available against blackened silver — it is the one that refuses to sit back into the metal — and in a face full of competing curves that assertiveness is exactly what is needed.
Adjustable at the back, so no ring size is needed. Ease it open with both hands and set it once.
Wear it alone with the hand bare. Red and oxidised silver suits maroon, bottle green, mustard and ivory, and handloom or block-printed cotton in particular.
Festivals, pujas, weddings, daytime functions and family gatherings.
Light for the width, as the interlocking construction leaves gaps rather than solid metal.
This is brass given an oxidised, antique-silver finish rather than solid silver. The metal is deliberately darkened and then the raised surfaces are polished back, so the blackening stays in the recesses while the high points stay bright. That contrast is the entire point of oxidised work — it is what makes every engraved line, pierced opening and raised edge read separately instead of dissolving into one shiny surface. It also means the finish is not uniform by design, and small variations between pieces are normal rather than faults.
Put it on after perfume, hand cream and sanitiser, and take it off before washing up, swimming or sleeping. Wipe with a dry soft cloth only. Do not use silver polish, dip cleaners or toothpaste — they strip the blackening out of the recesses, which is the one kind of damage that cannot be undone on an oxidised piece. Store it dry in a pouch, away from other rings that could scratch it.
Type: Adjustable statement ring. Metal: Brass. Finish: Oxidised antique silver tone. Work: Interlocking swirls around a bezel-set red stone. Fit: Adjustable, open band.
The single most common way an oxidised piece is ruined is a silver dip. Those cleaners work by stripping surface compounds, which is exactly what the darkening is, so a few seconds in a dip takes a piece back to flat grey metal and the effect cannot be put back. A dry soft cloth is the only cleaning an oxidised piece should ever get.
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 | Ruby |
| Weight (grams) | 8.00 |
| Colour/Finish | Silver |
| Occasion | Festival |
| Gender | women |
| SKU/Product Code | KEYU9-DF0CF89D75 |
