{"product_id":"925-sterling-silver-italy-heart-lariat-y-necklace-box-chain-ball-drop-16-inch","title":"925 Sterling Silver Italy Heart Lariat Y Necklace Box Chain Ball Drop 16 Inch","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 925 sterling silver Italian necklace is built as a lariat, with a box chain that threads through a small open heart slider and falls into two tapered drops finished with textured silver balls. The heart sits at the base of the V and does double duty: it is the design element and the mechanism, since the chain runs through it and the whole thing forms a soft Y shape on the neck. The two drop ends are weighted with round beads given a stardust finish, that fine sandblasted texture that scatters light into a soft glitter instead of a mirror shine, and the contrast against the bright polished box chain is what gives this its dressed-up feel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eItalian chain is the standard the rest of the market is measured against, and it shows here in the box links: perfectly uniform, tightly articulated, and flexible enough to hang without a single kink. The drops swing freely as you move, so the necklace has a bit of motion to it rather than sitting dead flat. The clasp tag is stamped ITALY and the piece carries the 925 mark.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe 16 inch chain length with the drops extending below makes this sit high on the neck with the tassels falling into the hollow, a flattering line on almost any neckline and easy to layer with a longer chain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVerifications:\u003cbr\u003eSterling silver has been verified using JSP Silver Testing Solution.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDetails:\u003cbr\u003eMetal: 925 sterling silver\u003cbr\u003eHallmarks: 925, ITALY\u003cbr\u003eStyle: Lariat Y necklace with open heart slider and double ball drops\u003cbr\u003eChain: Box chain\u003cbr\u003eFinish: Stardust textured ball ends with high polish chain\u003cbr\u003eLength: 16 inches\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good estate condition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFun Facts:\u003cbr\u003eItaly has dominated machine-made gold and silver chain since the 1950s, when the goldsmithing town of Arezzo industrialized techniques its workshops had used since Etruscan times; today Italian chain is still the benchmark for uniformity in the trade.\u003cbr\u003eThe lariat necklace takes its name and its form from the cowboy's lasso, a Western import that fashion houses picked up in the 1920s and never let go of, prized because a single strand can be worn long, doubled, or knotted.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Updated August 2026","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52908834259309,"sku":null,"price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0972\/8272\/0109\/files\/925_sterling_silver_Italian_made_heart_lariat_Y_necklace_with_box_chain_and_stardust_ball_drops_in_16_inch.jpg?v=1785576997","url":"https:\/\/silverqueenstudio.com\/products\/925-sterling-silver-italy-heart-lariat-y-necklace-box-chain-ball-drop-16-inch","provider":"Silver Queen Studio","version":"1.0","type":"link"}