Duskgild · The Register · Gothic Necklaces & Pendants
Gloaming Gothic Opal Crescent Moon Necklace, Thorn Moon with Lab-Created Opal
gloaming · the old word for dusk, the hour the shop is named for
925 silver · lab-created opal · black pavé · oxidized
Free US shipping · thirty-day returns · twenty-four-hour cancellation · Etsy buyer protection.
Images are AI-generated renders of the design, not photographs of your cast piece — which is made to order in solid 925 sterling silver to this same design.
The old word for dusk. A crescent of blackened silver, its face left rough, with briar wound over it and small stars set into the dark. A lab-created opal sits in the curve, held in a ring of thorns. The moon just after the light goes.
The dusk piece. Solid 925 sterling silver, hand-oxidized, chain included, made to order.
Details
- Oval lab-created opal cabochon, roughly 10 x 8 mm, in a thorned claw setting
- Lab-created black cubic zirconia set into the crescent, with polished silver stars
- Solid 925 sterling silver, hand-oxidized (antiqued) finish with the briar polished bright
- Pendant roughly 38 mm tall, chain included
- Made to order
Why you can trust it
- Solid 925 sterling silver. The real metal all the way through, not a coating.
- Any detail of this piece can change. The stone, its colour and cut, the metal finish, the size, the engraving, the proportions — because it is cast after you order, nothing here is fixed. Ask for the changes you want before you buy. Change enough and it stops being this design and becomes yours, at no extra cost beyond what the new piece takes to make.
- Every stone is lab-created and named. No mystery stones, no natural-stone pricing games.
- No plated base metal. Solid sterling all the way through — not silver-coloured brass.
- We tell you how it ages. The dark is an oxidized patina, not a coating — only microns thick. Worn every day it wears brighter along the raised edges while the recesses stay black. That is how oxidized silver ages, and it is not a fault.
- Made to order, and protected. Free US shipping, thirty-day returns, and Etsy buyer protection on every order.
- Wearing it on Halloween? Order by September 23 — it is cast after you order, so that is the last day the making and the post office both fit. Intricate casts take longer; ask us first.
Wearing it
Gloaming hangs flat and reads from across a room, so give it an open collar or a dark shirt with nothing else at the throat. The oxidized chain keeps it from reading as a charm, and the opal catches whatever light is left.
Read more: why the thorn keeps coming back →
Made to order
Every Duskgild piece is made after you order it — cast in solid 925 sterling silver, hand-oxidized, and shipped — most pieces in 3–4 weeks; intricate casts can take up to 5. Nothing comes off a shelf. Ordering and payment run through our Etsy shop, so buyer protection is handled for you. Want something that isn't in the register? Commission your own piece — bring a reference, a sketch, or three words.
- You place your order
- We cast it in solid 925 sterling silver
- Most pieces ship in 3–4 weeks — intricate designs up to 5
- Free tracked US shipping
- 30 days to return
Keep dry; polish the raised silver gently and leave the oxidized recesses dark — the finish is meant to deepen with wear.
