Vasundhara Peridot Necklace

Peridot is the stone emerald gets compared to and rarely the one anyone chooses. Here it is the whole argument: marquise leaves in a green that is yellow rather than blue, laid between two diamond rows and finishing on a pale pear that is nearly the colour of the velvet it was photographed on.

Stones

9 peridot marquises, 1 peridot pear, 188 brilliant-cut diamonds

Metal

18ct yellow gold

Setting

Claw, open gallery

Atelier

Jaipur — 240 hours

Set claw, open gallery, and finished on every surface the wearer touches rather than only the ones a photograph reaches. Each piece in the house is made once and is not repeated.

Nothing here is dispatched. Scribeo Jewel is a demonstration storefront built by Scribeo Studio: no order is placed, no payment is taken, and no piece leaves the atelier.

Jaipur · New Delhi

Emerald is softer than diamond and is cut with its inclusions rather than against them, so it dislikes heat, ultrasonic baths and solvents — including the alcohol in most perfume. Clean it with a soft brush, warm water and nothing else.

Platinum does not tarnish. It moves: over years the surface gathers a fine matte patina, which is the metal displacing rather than wearing away, and which a polisher can return to a mirror whenever you would rather have one.