Silver Gifts for Men and Women That Aren’t Jewelry
The best silver gifts that aren't jewelry are solid .999 fine silver statues, hand-poured to order for men or women. Desk pieces from $199.
The best silver gifts that aren’t jewelry are solid silver statues: a small figure poured in .999 fine silver that sits on a desk or a shelf, starting at $199 for a 1.5 to 2 inch desk accent. They suit men and women equally well, because nobody has to wear one or guess a ring size.
Search for silver gifts and most of what comes back is one of two things. Jewelry, which asks you to know their size and bet on a style they’ll wear every day. Or plated tableware, a thin coat of silver over some other metal that years of polishing wear down to whatever sits underneath (here’s how to tell silver-plated from solid if you’re comparing). A silver statue is neither. It is metal all the way through. Its only job is to be looked at.
We pour them in a family workshop in South Florida, and have since 2004. There are about 770 original designs in 15 collections, and every one is the same grade: solid .999 fine silver, X-ray tested for purity and weight before it ships. Solid silver holds real value. It never turns into junk in a drawer.
The short version
- The silver gift that isn’t jewelry is a solid silver statue, with nothing to size and nothing plated
- Every piece is solid .999 fine silver, X-ray tested, with a serial-numbered Certificate of Authenticity
- Desk pieces start at $199 for about 1.5 to 2 inches, and a 12 oz centerpiece is $1,800
- For a piece nobody else will ever own, a custom statue from a photo starts at $900
- Each is made to order in 4 to 8 weeks, so order by mid-October for Christmas
Four silver statues that suit him or her
Silver gifts for men and silver gifts for women end up on the same shelf. So pick by the person. What would they stop and look at twice? Does it live on a desk at work or a dresser at home? The Standing Stag Silver Statue, the rose and the owl all start at $199 in the 1 oz size. The elephants are a pair, and they start at $398.
For the one who’d rather be outdoors
An elegant stag standing alert with its antlers raised. It puts something wild on a desk in a downtown office, which is where outdoor people tend to need it most.
For the person you’d bring flowers to anyway
A rose in a heart, poured in real silver. It says what a dozen roses say, except this one is still on the dresser next spring.
For a couple, or a friend who collects elephants
Two gently stylized elephants with smooth, flowing forms and softly curved trunks. A pair suits an anniversary or a wedding better than almost any gift with one figure in it.
For the one who reads past midnight
Folded wings, wide watchful eyes and finely textured plumage with a soft feathered gleam. It belongs at the end of a bookshelf, keeping the late shift with them.
If the owl is right but you want a sterner bird, The Watchful Owl Silver Statue is a horned owl with richly layered plumage and wide, unblinking eyes. Someone who loves old myths might like the Kitsune Fox Silver Statue better: a mythical fox with a flowing multi-tail form and a poised, alert stance.
And for the friend who keeps a copy of the Meditations by the bed, there’s the Marcus Aurelius Portrait Bust Silver Statue. Keep going in the Animals & Wildlife collection or the Art & Decor collection, or see all our solid silver statues in one place.
How big is a silver figurine, really?
Smaller than most people picture. Silver is dense. An ounce of it takes up very little room, and heights shift a bit from one pose to the next, so here is the honest scale.
| Size | About how tall | Where it sits | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 oz | 1.5–2 in | desk accent | $199 |
| 2 oz | 2–2.5 in | small desk piece | $310 |
| 3 oz | 2.5–3 in | desk piece | $450 |
| 5 oz | 3–3.5 in | shelf piece | $750 |
| 8 oz | 3.5–4 in | substantial shelf piece | $1,200 |
| 12 oz | 4–4.75 in | centerpiece | $1,800 |
| 32 oz | 5.5–7 in | large centerpiece | $4,800 |
There are ten sizes in all (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 10, 12 and 32 oz), but not every design comes in every one. For a desk, our pick is 3 oz. That’s about three inches of solid metal for $450, big enough that nobody mistakes it for a trinket. For a bookshelf, go 8 oz or up, because a two-inch figure vanishes next to a row of hardcovers, and a 32 oz silver sculpture, at 5.5 to 7 inches tall, belongs in whatever room they’re proudest of. You can pay by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay. Affirm and Klarna split the bigger sizes into installments if you’d rather not put $1,800 on one card.
A one-of-one, cast from a photo
Some people are too specific for any catalog. Their horse. The dog that sleeps on their feet. For them there’s the custom silver statue. Upload up to 4 photos and proofs come back in 5 to 7 business days. Nothing is cast until you approve it in writing.
Custom work starts at $900 at 6 oz and runs 6 to 32 oz as standard. Almost any other size is possible by quote, and so is solid gold. Then we cast it once and retire the design forever — never recast, never resold. There is exactly one.
If you honestly can’t call it, a gift card from $199 lets them choose the design and size. Less of a reveal on the day. Never the wrong animal, though. We also wrote a straight answer on what to get someone who has everything, and a longer look at whether silver is a good gift at all.
The honest part
This is not a same-week gift. Each statue goes through eight hand-worked stages, from design and 3D printing to casting, refinishing, stamping and shipping, and the whole run takes 4 to 8 weeks. You get an email at every stage and a live progress bar in your account, so you always know where it is. For Christmas, order by mid-October. If the birthday is this Friday, send the gift card today.
It ships FedEx, fully insured, with an adult signature at the door, anywhere in the US including Alaska and Hawaii. Inside the presentation box is a Certificate of Authenticity with its own serial number. The weight and purity are stamped into the metal, and a limited lifetime warranty covers defects. Nobody had to guess a ring size.
Still deciding? We also wrote about luxury gifts for men, luxury gifts for women and what makes a gift an heirloom.
Find the one that looks like them
Start with the stag, the rose, the elephants or the owl, or start from a photo of the real thing.