A poppy enamel pendant in gold-plated brass — its petals the saturated red-orange of the ring counterpart, its center detailed — hangs on a strand of faceted black onyx bead stations, the strand concluding with a black onyx teardrop drop. The onyx is near-black, absorbing rather than reflecting; against it, the poppy enamel reads with maximum intensity. The color contrast between the pendant and the strand is structural: it is the formal reason the necklace works. The teardrop drop at the base of the strand introduces a second onyx element that completes the piece below the pendant. A necklace that uses contrast to make the poppy enamel the only possible subject.