SIJS 22k gold ring set with a 4.48ct cushion cut unheated blue sapphire.

The Sri Lankan blue sapphire is a vivid cornflower blue, one of those sapphires all the better for its precision cut.

The stone is fully ‘clothed’ for all of its depth, this creates a very confident, comfortable ring.

Yet the risk in setting a cushion cut sapphire in full bezel is losing the light, but this is a fiery stone.

To create a subtle gentlemen’s ring, it is worthwhile when forging the metalwork to support the stone’s fire with gold. More than enough gold must be present to create a ring, whatever the size of the stone, to foster a solidarity with the stone.

The effect of this can be discerned when observing the sapphire under different lighting conditions. The stone can be very deep in color, but never dark, or the stone can be very bright.

It is almost like the stone changes, a trick we know must.