Sapphire & Diamond Pavé Oval Ring

An oval Sri Lankan sapphire, prong-set at center in 18-karat white gold, surrounded by a pavé border of round diamonds. The sapphire weighs over a carat and carries the particular depth of color that comes from Ceylonese material, cool blue with the kind of transparency that holds light rather than scatters it.

The diamonds along the shoulder do not compete. They frame. On the hand, the ring reads as a single composed object, a colored stone given its full due.