A rich, honey-cognac amber in a cabochon cut opens up this pendant like a piece of light caught mid-fall. The fossilized resin holds tiny glints and streaks that catch the light differently with every movement - no two pieces look alike, which makes such a stone easy to overlook and hard to match later with another of the same depth of colour. The vintage form of the setting, with its gently aged silver texture, recalls jewellery-making from decades past, and the big size of the stone draws the eye straight to the neckline.

Pure, refined silver 925 surrounds the amber with a setting that never competes with its colour - it's the fineness mark that confirms the purity of the alloy, free of nickel and other harmful additives, so the metal is gentle on the skin. The piece is stamped with the French maker's mark, which denotes the origin of the silver. Silver and good-quality amber both get more expensive year on year, and stones of this calibre are increasingly rare, so at this price you're getting a quality that's hard to find today. In jewellery-making tradition, amber has long been linked with the warmth of the sun and with the symbol of success.

In summer, this pendant pairs best with a linen dress in a light écru shade or a cotton shirt with an open collar - the amber then brings a warm accent to life against cool greys and whites, without any unnecessary flourish. It also looks good against a simple khaki neckline, where the stone's colour takes on extra depth. At 3.5 g, the pendant sits lightly on the neck, and its big size means the amber leads the whole look.