Advantages of Silver Jewellery



Posted: Monday, February 28, 2011

by Ola Gorie
http://www.olagoriejewellery.com

Silver jewellery has come a long way since it was seen as a poor man’s ornamentation. The wealthy did not use silver for their jewellery but only used this metal to make their utensils. However, today silver has proved its metal in the jewellery industry with wedding rings, anklets, necklaces, ear-rings and even bangles being crafted from silver. The metal has become so popular that it has been worn by the who’s who of the world and walked down red carpets several times.

The reason for this shift from gold to silver is quite obvious. The latter has several advantages and now with jewellery designers creating fine jewellery using silver, the consumer has no dearth of great designs to choose from. Below is a list of some of the advantages of silver over gold –

• Sturdy- Silver jewellery is known to be very sturdy as opposed to gold, which is a softer metal. Most of us who pay for gold will choose ornaments that have at least 18 karat gold in it and many will even opt for the 22 karat gold percentage. As the purity of gold increases, its softness increases also. Gold ornaments are therefore much more likely to loose their shape or break as opposed to silver, which is a much stronger metal even in its purest form. This quality of silver is what has attracted jewellers to craft wedding rings and engagement ring from this metal. The ring can be worn for years without bothering about loosing its shape.
• Cheaper- Another advantage that silver has over gold is the fact that the former is much cheaper. In fact silver prices are almost half of that of gold. With a cheaper metal, if a consumer is able to enjoy higher durability, the buyer is most likely to tilt towards the cheaper metal rather than pay for gold. While silver was always cheaper that gold, jewellery designers were not creating fine ornaments with this metal. However, now since silver has become the new pet metal for jewellery designers, consumers are having a ball with the large variety that they get to choose from and all the while paying much lesser for it.
• Easy to stud – Silver is a metal that is very sturdy when it comes to studding gems in it. In fact even jewellers making an engagement ring prefer to embed the diamond in silver, since the hold of silver is much more than gold and therefore the chances of the gem falling off are much lesser. Even gems like emerald, rubies, sapphire, etc are much easier to stud in silver as opposed to gold and much more likely to stay fitted in the ornament for a longer duration.

It would not be wrong to state that silver jewellery has opened new avenues for both the buyer and the manufacturer of ornaments. If the graph continues this way, it will not be long before gold ornaments will fade out and silver shall replace gold in terms of cosmetic appeal. While gold may continue to be considered a good investment, the appea factor of jewellery will be stolen by silver.
Karoline Watson is at the hub of all activities at Ola Gorie, as well as overseeing the admin, co-ordinating orders with the workshop and expediting delivery, she also finds time to write about the company and its many gold jewellery products. To learn more, just check out the website at www.olagoriejewellery.com.
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