| Weight (g) | 0.00 |
| Colour | Green |
| Occasion | Party |
Oxidised German-silver drop earrings, the dark finish sitting down in the recesses and coloured stones. A teardrop stone leads the design. They measure about 1.5 inches.
A drop earring hangs its weight below the lobe rather than resting on it, which lengthens the face and keeps the design moving as the wearer does.
The main stone is a pear, or teardrop. It is the shape that suits a hanging earring best, because the point leads the eye downward along the line the earring already takes.
A border of small clear zircons rings the main stone. The ring of light is what lifts a large coloured stone off a dark metal ground.
The stones are faceted rather than polished smooth, so they return points of light rather than a single sheen.
The metal is brass with a German silver finish. German silver contains no silver at all — it is an alloy of copper, nickel and zinc that happens to be silver-white, and it has been used for Indian tribal and oxidised jewellery for well over a century because it takes a blackening beautifully.
The coloured stone is Monalisa — the Indian trade name for a translucent glass stone, cut and polished so it holds a soft internal glow rather than a hard sparkle. Against dark oxidised metal that softness is exactly right; a brilliant-cut crystal would look wrong here.
They are stocked in 7 shades: Green, Turquoise, Sky Blue, Sea Green, Black, Peach and Baby Pink. The swatches on this page show them; the shade you choose is confirmed on your enquiry before anything is charged.
Keep the throat bare and let them hang clear. A drop earring is the cheapest way to lengthen a face, and it only works if nothing crowds it.
What you are buying at this price is design rather than material, and that is a perfectly reasonable thing to buy. The shapes here come out of a jewellery tradition several centuries old and they work at a fraction of the weight and a tiny fraction of the cost of the versions in precious metal.
The care is simple and it does matter: no water, no perfume, no chemicals on the metal. Wipe them dry after each wearing and store them sealed rather than in open air. On oxidised work, never use a silver dip — a dip strips the blackening that the design depends on and the piece cannot be brought back.
This piece is listed for enquiry rather than instant checkout. Stock runs in small lots per colour and turns over quickly, so rather than take your money and refund it later we confirm the shade is in hand first. Use the enquiry button on this page and we will come back with availability, the final price and a delivery window. Payment is prepaid in every case. We do not offer cash on delivery.
| Weight (grams) | 0.00 |
| Colour/Finish | Green |
| Occasion | Party |
| Gender | women |
| SKU/Product Code | KEYU-NAA3327 |
