Indian Necklace

One green drop, after all that gold, is all it asks of you.

This necklace is gold with an emerald drop, from India, 20th century. Gold has long been central to Indian adornment and family celebrations. Several strands of small openwork beads sweep down from hinged bars, gathering at a pointed spacer. Spacer bars hold the rows apart on either side. Below hangs a flowerlike filigree pendant and, finally, the emerald. Twenty inches long.

The gold did the work. The emerald gets the credit.