Necklace and Ring Sets Sterling Silver and Amethyst Gemstones Handmade Indian Jewelry

Silver Necklaces with Gemstone. Jewelry set of necklace and earrings in matching designs are worn by Indian city women as casual wear. These are every day use jewelry items and working women find them informal yet very stylish and often wear them to their offices. Silver jewelry sets are also very popular as informal and friendly party wear.

Necklace set is the most coveted and elaborate of women's ornaments in India. In terms of construction, the neck ornaments can be classified into three main types, i.e. the stiff choker type, the flexible necklace type, and a combination of the two having a stiff collar portion adorned with loose hanging decorative pieces which keep simmering with tremulous light. The stiff collar portion is either solid or hollow; the former being adorned with chiseled or engraved patterns. Often series of decorative units to act as beads of different shapes are cast separately and strewn together to form a necklace. Silver is considered to possess the alchemic properties of coolness against that of heat generated by gold. In other words, silver jewelry is supposed to have a cooling effect on the wearers metabolism, whereas those of gold are believed to heat up the body.