Sterling Silver Jewellery

Jewellery has always been an object of immense fascination for women. The quest for newness in jewellery is one that has been ongoing for ages together as craftsmen strive to create innovations in design, material and styles to satisfy the embellishment needs of women and decorate their beauty.Jewellery was originally made using precious metals and rare gems. This attribute made people yearn to possess such masterpieces that were rare and unique. Jewellery’s worth was based on the metal, the stones used and the craftsmanship. These factors made jewellery an unattainable aspiration to many and a luxury that only the elite could afford. In recent years there has been a paradigm shift. The use of sterling silver has made jewellery a dream come true to those who have been just gaping at the windows of jewellery shops. Silver has been used as a metal for jewellery for long, but silver as such is too soft a metal, and pure silver is seldom used for making jewellery.

Sterling silver, however, is a harder alloy lending itself for exquisite craftsmanship Sterling silver is 92.5 percent of silver and the remaining an alloy that is predominantly copper. Sterling silver offers just the right material properties like malleability and flexural strength and allows itself to be crafted into intricate designs. Another great advantage is that sterling silver can be gold plated or plated with rhodium to make it look like platinum, giving it the appearance of one of the most expensive metals at the price of silver.

One more unbeatable feature about sterling silver is that the metal can be given an antique finish to add a touch of nostalgia and a classic look to jewellery.