You've never seen rings like these before.
Over the past few years, I've been quietly collecting true antique old mine and old European cut diamonds. Not for any specific project, just because I kept finding ones I couldn't leave behind. Each one is hand-faceted, which means each one is genuinely unique: slightly different proportions, different plays of light, sometimes a natural inclusion or an asymmetrical facet that no machine-cut stone would ever have. These characteristics aren't flaws, they're what make antique stones so enchanting.
I started building designs around the stones rather than designing first and sourcing to fit. Alongside the signature slim claw prongs we’re known for, some of these designs feature a new setting I've been experimenting with: an organic, petal-shaped bezel that cups each stone softly, sometimes punctuated with tiny claw prongs throughout. The result feels organic, with a touch of the otherworld.
The collection is called Effloresce: meaning to burst into flower. A term that encompasses both the bursts of light within these dazzling gemstones and the current season of bloom. None of these pieces are based on our current designs, but were meticulously designed and hand carved, deriving from my first inspirations from the individual beauty and personality of each stone. I would love to tell you more about each of them!
The Rosalie Peach Sapphire Trilogy Ring
Some stones glow, but this one blushes. The centre stone is a padparadscha sapphire from Madagascar, and if you're not familiar with padparadschas, they occupy a very specific colour range: a peachy-pink that sits somewhere between a pink sapphire and an orange one, warm and rosy at the same time. This one is untreated, which is harder to find than it sounds! Most padparadschas on the market have been heat-treated to intensify the colour, and finding one this vivid in its natural state takes real patience. I loved it immediately.
Flanking it are two old European cut diamonds, true antiques, hand-faceted long before precision machinery existed. They have a different quality of light than a modern brilliant cut—rounder, warmer, a little more romantic—and each one is ever so slightly unique. The setting is deliberately quiet: thin prongs, a rounded band, the three stones arranged together like the way flowers arrange themselves. It’s a timeless arrangement full of old-world charm.
The Dorothea Apricot Emerald Cut Sapphire Ring
Some sapphires are easy to walk past, but I immediately knew that we had to make something with this one. A 4-carat peachy-apricot sapphire with this kind of clarity doesn't come around often, and I knew the emerald cut was right for it the moment I saw the stone. Where a round stone sparkles, an emerald cut shines in long, still flashes, and in a stone this clean, that shine is incredible. The colour sits in a very particular territory: apricot, peachy, warm without tipping into orange, soft without washing out. Difficult to name and impossible to look away from.
The old European cut diamonds I paired with it have a completely different energy: chunky, bright, with a watery quality that catches light in a way modern cutting just doesn't replicate. The contrast of the two, soft against still, warm against bright, makes this ring serene, elegant, and regal.
The Florence Opalescent Sapphire Halo Ring
Washed upon a moonlit shore, the Florence is a completely one of a kind design featuring a dreamy, pale blue opalescent sapphire with hints of peachy-yellow. If you've never encountered an opalescent sapphire before, they're quite different from what most people expect of a sapphire; they glow rather than sparkle, with a soft, shifting light that feels almost otherworldly.
We don’t have a halo design in the permanent collection; this is my first take on one. I used antique old mine and old European cut diamonds that have that watery warmth I love about antique stones, which suits the dreaminess of the sapphire perfectly. Each diamond is cupped softly rather than gripped, the arrangement organic and flower-like, framing the oval centre without crowding it in the organic bezel style I’ve been experimenting with.
The Hazel Cushion Cut Sapphire Ring
Somewhere between green and brown, teal and taupe, the Hazel is built around a material most people have never encountered.
The sapphire is from Songea, Tanzania, a source known for producing some of the most unusual, muted colour combinations in the sapphire world. It's genuinely difficult to source; most Songea material moves through independent lapidary artists in very small quantities, and only small amounts of rough exist globally. What makes this particular stone so interesting is the optical illusion it creates: there are two opposing colour families living inside it—teal green and taupe red—that the eye reads together as a complex, shifting brown-green. In natural light it shows more green; under incandescent light it shifts toward brown. It's the kind of colour that you’ll be able to stare at for years and always find new depth.
Six antique old European cut diamonds are set into the band in a custom organic bezel, warm and softly glowing against the stone's quiet mystery.
The Maeve Opalescent Plum Sapphire Solitaire Ring
Deep plum and alive with colour, the Maeve centres on a spellbinding 2.40-carat opalescent sapphire from Sri Lanka. The stone is a rich violet-plum with flashes of red and pink moving through it, and then, depending on the angle, these subtle peach sparkles appear that you almost don't expect. That shifting quality is exactly what opalescent sapphires do best. This deep red-purple colour is uncommon among opalescent sapphires, and extremely difficult to track down. I was tempted to keep this one for myself!
I set it with eight evenly-spaced prongs rather than the usual six. The stone has a beautiful cushion shape, and the extra prongs felt right; distributed evenly around the sapphire, they let the colour breathe from every side. The setting cradles it reverently, like a rare treasure, and the contrasting satin finish band and high polish setting enhances its shine.
The Esme Antique Pastel Yellow Cushion Cut Sapphire Aurelia Ring
Pale, sunny, and impossibly sparkly, the Esme is set into our Aurelia, a favourite for stones that deserve an elegant foundation. The centre sapphire is a 2.49-carat pastel yellow from Sri Lanka, untreated and eye clean, cut by one of our favourite lapidary artists in an antique-inspired cushion style with ultra-precision faceting.
Pastel yellow sapphires in this soft, shimmery range are rarer than the deeper canary tones; there's something almost watercoloury about this one. The antique-inspired cut produces bright, chunky sparkles that catch every corner of a room, which is a very fun quality in a stone that looks this gentle. It has a certain sunniness to it that I think you'll find very hard to resist.
All six rings are one of a kind and ready to ship now. For all except the Esme (built on the Aurelia), there are no made-to-order versions, no waitlist, and no restock — once each one finds its home, we may never be able to recreate it.
If one of them has caught your eye and you'd like to see more photos, talk through sizing, or just ask a question, please reach out. We genuinely love talking about these pieces!
I’m so excited to unveil this new collection, and I hope you’re as taken with it as we are ✧˖°.