Indian Silver Necklace

A chunky necklace of faceted beads in honey, caramel and tea-brown.

This yellow quartz and silver necklace is from India, and is contemporary. Silver jewelry has a long history in India, where metalsmiths work the metal into beads, links and pendants by hand. Irregular, oval beads with flat cut facets are strung in a graduated loop on a black velvet bust. The colors shift from translucent yellow to darker reddish brown, and the beads grow smaller toward the back. It is 20 inches long.

It glows like a row of boiled sweets.