The front of this necklace is a "curlicue" that is open in the middle and has an inscription on the back. The front is the plain silver, but it has a lot of texture as it is molded to come up and form sort of a "concave" ridge. The texture on the front makes this a really pretty necklace. Then on the back is the inscription. The inscription is fairly legible, but as it gets toward the tail end of the curlicue, it has to get a little smaller to squeeze into it. Also, the hoop for the chain is attached right in the middle of the inscription. It would have been better if positioned at the top of the curlicue rather than in the middle of the back of the pendant. The chain is attached directly to that loop on the back, so the necklace doesn't shift very much.

My one complaint was this necklace arrived in a velvet bag, but unlike the other necklaces I ordered for my wedding party, there was no plastic bag inside the velvet bag. Therefore, the chain was all matted and tangled and took forever to unravel. I wish it had been packaged the same way the other necklaces had been- plastic bag with two compartments to keep  the chain from tangling, inside a velvet bag, inside a box.

Still, really beautiful necklace!