Caring For The Silver Tone Accents
The spacers, butterflies, snowflakes and lotus fittings need slightly different handling from the stones.
Why accents darken
Antique-tone and vintage-tone silver fittings are meant to sit darker than bright silver, and they deepen further with wear and skin contact.
Bringing back the shine
Wipe the accents with the soft cloth supplied with the bracelet. This is the same cloth used for the stones, so no separate product is needed.
Keep cleaners off the fittings
When washing in mild soapy water, rinse and dry quickly rather than soaking, so cleaner does not sit in the carved detail of a spacer.
Store away from other metal
Storing crystal jewellery with other metal jewellery scratches both the beads and the fittings.
Mentioned In This Article
A Bracelet This Applies To
Blessings Arrive
The same Chinese stone as Sila, finished with colour accents instead of longevity motifs
99.00 USD
Sila
A Chinese ornamental stone cut into beads, with the accents chosen for what they mean
126.00 USD
Feather of Purity
The darkest strand in the range and the most affordable way into it
98.00 USD
Questions
Questions About This Topic
Are the accents solid silver?
They are silver-tone and vintage-silver-finished decorative fittings. No precious-metal content is published for them, so that detail is TBC.
Can I use silver polish on them?
Use the soft cloth supplied. Polishes are formulated for solid metal and can get into the carved detail and onto the beads.
Will the darkening get worse over time?
It deepens with wear, which is the intended look on the antique-tone fittings.
Ask The Workshop Directly
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