Silver pendants are fashioned out of silver – one of the oldest known metals in the history of civilization. Pendants are drops that hang from the main necklace that girdles the neck. To the early Egyptians silver had a special religious significance.

The advantage of silver is that it can be flattened into thin sheets. It would require 100,000 of these to make a inch high pile. Thus it is easy to fashion silver pendants by master silversmiths. The wires pulled out of silver can be as fine as a strand of human hair and are used to create intricate designs on the silver pendants.

It is the ductility of silver that has made silver pendants very popular. Silver pendants are formed in the smithy by hammering and spinning. It can be etched and engraved. Silver pendants are made from sterling silver that is said to be the queen of metals.It is the silversmiths who craft the silver pendants. They are highly skilled and the art is handed down from generation to generation. Outsiders were also carefully selected by the master silversmith.

The silver pendants are made from silver that dates from the 16th or 17th centuries. Previous to this silver was available to only the chosen few – the royals and nobles. Later a new merchant class arose thanks to the mobility of ocean travel and soon they penetrated the exclusive club of silver users. Their silver items including the pendants are etched with tales of the sea.

For instance the rope motif of Gadroon (Georgian silver)remained with the merchants in their silver pendants and other articles long after they had forgotten sea voyages. The shell motif common in George III collections also came from the sea.

In days of yore the silversmith was patronized either by the royals, nobles or the church. With time and the coming of social revolution the silversmith became an important figure in society by his own right.

There is no other more hygienic metal known to man other than sterling silver. It has germ killing properties. It grows more beautiful with passage of time and never wears out.

In the range of silver pendants are unique designs. Among the animal shaped silver pendants are starfish, dragonfly, butterfly, dolphin, humming bird, turtle, eagle and elephant. There are of course many heart pendants – folded, leafy, open, cubic, looped and puffed hearts. There are lockets resembling prayer houses, boxes, skulls, scuba divers, Christmas tree, musical note and an unique one showing a lady swinging on the moon. The moon and stars silver pendant will steal the heart away.