Screw Openable Sterling Silver Kada Bangles

There is a quiet authority in silver that gold, for all its warmth, cannot replicate. This kada is worked in sterling silver, that most democratic and enduring of the silversmith's metals, shaped into a broad cuff whose weight alone, at eighty-two grams, announces itself before the eye does. The silhouette is architectural: a substantial bangle with a clean, rounded profile and a screw-opening mechanism, which allows the piece to slip onto the wrist without the struggle that a rigid closed bangle demands. The screw closure is a mark of considered craftsmanship, its threading meeting flush so that the join disappears into the body of the piece. At one-point-two-five inches in height (approximately three-point-two centimetres), the cuff commands the lower wrist with the confidence of a broad torque, its surface carrying the cool, slightly matte luminosity that characterises hand-finished sterling silver rather than the mirror polish of mass manufacture. Wear it alone against an ivory chanderi kurta for a morning that requires understated distinction, or stack it with a single antique-finished silver bangle to anchor a formal silk sari ensemble at an evening gathering. The screw mechanism makes daily wear genuinely practical, as the bangle can be removed and replaced without effort. Sterling silver benefits from occasional buffing with a soft cloth; the metal will develop a gentle patina over time, deepening its character rather than diminishing it.

Details

• Material: Sterling Silver
• Dimensions: 1.25 inch Height
• Weight: 82.0 g
• SKU: LDD465