Coral and Lapis Lazuli Sterling Silver Bracelet

There are silences in silver that only coral and lapis can fill. This bracelet is wrought in sterling silver, its surface carrying the weight of a tradition that runs through the cooler craft corridors of Rajasthan and the Himalayan foothills, where blue stone and red stone have long been paired as cosmic counterpoints. Coral, warm and oxide-red, sits against lapis lazuli whose deep mineral blue carries its own interior light, a pigment prized since antiquity along the old trade routes into India. The sterling silver setting frames each stone with a deliberateness that speaks of hand-worked bezels rather than machine repetition; the metal itself is left with a finish that lets its natural lustre do the quiet work. At forty-five grams, the bracelet has genuine presence on the wrist without heaviness, and stretches to a length of eight inches (approximately twenty centimetres), suited to most wrists. Wear it with a raw-silk kurta in ivory or saffron, where the coral reads against the cloth with particular warmth. It carries just as well with a narrow-sleeved evening blouse under a sheer georgette sari in midnight blue, the lapis in the bracelet echoing the fabric. The free-size construction means this piece will settle comfortably across a range of wrist proportions, and sterling silver at this gauge needs little beyond occasional polishing with a soft cloth. It is a bracelet made for daily devotion, not the occasional outing.

Details

• Material: Sterling Silver
• Dimensions: 8 inch Length
• Weight: 45.0 g
• SKU: LCJ82