Anne V Massey
Ripple silver heart pendant
Ripple silver heart pendant
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This graceful silver heart pendant is light and easy to wear. Its twisting, organic form is perfectly partnered by a subtle hammered texture and satiny finish. It would beautifully complement a romantic bridal ensemble. It would also make an ideal gift for Mother's Day, an anniversary, a birthday or Christmas.
- Made from 100% recycled Ecosilver or 100% recycled 18ct gold.
- Light and strong, thanks to the technique of anticlastic raising .
- The silver pendant comes with a silver snake chain in a choice of lengths – 40cm/16”. 45cm/18” or 50cm/20”. The gold pendant comes with a silver curb chain in the same choice of lengths.
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Comes in two sizes - the larger measures about 2.5cm by 3cm and the smaller about 1.8cm x 2.5cm. The gold pendant is available only in the smaller size, as is the pendant with a garnet.
- Designed and made by me in Hove.
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Keep it clean using this simple method.
This is one of those pieces which, once designed, made me wonder why I didn’t think of it earlier, it seems so obvious and natural. It emerged from my Ripple range quite organically. It can be worn with the Ripple Heart Earrings to make a big statement – Here comes the bride! – or, more casually, would add a touch of elegant romance to any outfit. Treat yourself, or give it to a special person to send a message!
Free gift wrapping can be selected from the Cart. Just click on View my Cart; it will be under the list of pieces ordered.
I send out my UK orders by Royal Mail Special Delivery – a tracked, next-day service – and international orders by Royal Mail International Tracked and Signed. Postage is included in the price, but non-UK customers will be responsible for any duties, taxes or additional delivery charges. I will send you the tracking details as soon as I have posted your order. I am currently not posting to countries in the EU due to the complexity of the new rules.
If there’s anything more you would like to know about this or any of my jewellery which is not covered in my FAQs, I would be delighted to receive an email from you via the form in my Contact Me page.
Care information
Care information
Silver tarnishes over time. Pieces which are gold plated all over (gold vermeil) may need cleaning every now and again; although gold does not tarnish, the silver underneath may. All my work is best cleaned by methods which do not involve rubbing, which causes the jewellery to lose its semi-matte finish and gradually makes it become shiny. My favourite involves using readily available household items - hot water and bicarbonate of soda with aluminium foil in a heatproof glass or ceramic bowl or a stainless steel vessel. Even better, it's sustainable! You can re-use old foil - repeatedly! - but it needs to be clean. You can clean more than one piece of jewellery at a time, but as this is an electrochemical process each piece needs to be in contact with the foil. It doesn't matter which way up the foil is. The hotter the water, the faster the reaction goes. Enough bicarb should be used to cover each piece. This won’t damage the gold plating on wholly- or part-plated pieces, but boiling water should never be poured directly onto pieces which incorporate stones; some stones can be damaged or even destroyed by thermal shock. You can use hand-hot water in this case, or - more effectively - bring the piece(s) up to boil from cold in a stainless steel saucepan. There are many versions of this technique available on the internet, and also many sites which have information about stones and their vulnerability/resistance to thermal shock.
The first two images show a pendant before and after cleaning by this method. 
The next series of images shows a more heavily tarnished brooch. The images are taken at 20 minute intervals. As you can see, the brooch never becomes as clean and bright as the example above.
This technique works best if the piece is not too heavily tarnished.
Storing your jewellery properly can help retard or prevent tarnishing. Direct sunlight, humidity, chlorine and hairspray all accelerate tarnishing. Storing the jewellery in a box in a dry room (not the bathroom, for example) will help keep it looking bright and fresh. The jewellery should not be worn to a swimming pool, and hairspray should be applied before putting jewellery on. Salt (including from perspiration) can also react with silver, so it should not be worn for swimming in the sea.
If you don’t mind losing the surface “bloom”, you can use a commercially available cleaner such as Goddard’s foaming paste, or even toothpaste, with a soft toothbrush.
Much of this information is taken from Masamitsu Inaba's article Tarnishing of Silver: A Short Review in the Victoria and Albert Museum's Conservation Journal, January 1996 Issue 18. Many thanks.
