Choose the height she will wear, then the stone, then check whether the chain is included
Size it to her before anything else. A pendant about an inch tall sits at the collarbone and suits daily wear, while most pieces here run larger and nearly all are also sold as men's. Then pick the stone, an opal, a blue cross or plain silver. Check the listing to see whether a chain comes with it, since a little over half do.
How big: small silver pendants for women, from a dainty charm to a bold piece
Read the height on the listing first. A piece about an inch tall sits close at the collarbone and suits every day, and fourteen here are that small or close to it. The middle piece stands just under an inch and a half, while thirteen reach two inches or more. Nearly all are listed for men too, so trust the inches over the page name.
The stone: opal, tiger's eye, sapphire and diamond silver pendants
Pick the stone she already likes. The two eagle claws, one gripping a free-form opal and one a tiger's eye, took more than two in five of the pieces sold here in the year. Both carry lab-grown diamonds. The colored crosses name sapphire, emerald, topaz, amethyst and rhodolite without saying natural or lab-made, so ask the live chat. Most diamond pieces say natural.
Crosses and faith: silver cross pendants, Jesus, angel, hamsa and chai
A cross gives you the most choice, and most of them carry a colored stone. The black diamond cross set, just over an inch on a fine cable chain, went out more than any other cross in the year. The Sanctity and Aqua Aura crosses stand two and a half inches, a bold look. Jesus pieces, a praying angel, a chai and an evil-eye hamsa round out the faith pieces, and the women's cross pendants hold more.
The chain: silver pendant necklace sets, 18 to 24 inch lengths and the width
A little over half come with a chain. Look for set or chain in the title, or a length menu on the listing. The opal claw, the baby elephant, the horseshoe, the heart photo pendant and the gator include one though their titles never say set, while the tiger's eye claw is the pendant alone.
More than half of the chained pieces offer every length from 18 up to 24 inches. Choose 18 to sit at the collarbone and longer to sit lower. A pendant on its own needs a chain that slips through its bail, so tell the live chat your chain's width, or browse the women's silver necklaces.
Care and returns: does .925 silver tarnish, and can a silver pendant come back
Every piece is .925 silver by its listing, the alligator with a small 24K gold bar added. Silver darkens slowly with air and skin. A soft silver cloth brings it back, kept off stones and antique finishes. Store each pendant dry and apart.
An unworn, unaltered stock piece has fourteen days from delivery to come back. The live chat clears it, it travels on our return label, and we deduct the five percent restocking charge plus the label's cost. Photo, custom and gold-dipped pieces stay final, and the gator's gold bar comes under the bullion rule. Call or text 212-872-9692 from 10 AM ET.