Bespoke Sterling silver rose inspired london blue topaz engagement ring.
Jon wanted to create a unique engagement ring for Elaine which incorporated meaningful things to her. Firstly Jon knew it had to be based on a blue rose which had significance to them both, the stone Jon chose was a blue Topaz which is Elaines birthstone and being a bluey green tied in with the colour of the sea as Elaine is a keen diver. The way these elements were combined was to create a sculptural 3D rose shape setting head, the outer petals encompassing a smooth all around setting holding the roughly 3mm brilliant cut topaz in the centre. The rose sits on top of a 3mm wide satinised band flanked either side by an engraved stem leading up to the flower and a leaf on the other side. To complete the symbolism Jon asked for a special Latin inscription to be engraved onto the outside of the band meaning I want to give you a thousand kisses.
Jon tells his story
When Elaine was a little girl, she asked her father ‘what colour are roses?’ and he said that they can be any colour you like...so Jon spray painted a rose blue and sent it to her at work!
Elaine was giving a presentation at an Archaeological conference in Granada in Spain. I went with her armed with the “blue rose” engagement ring.
We went to the Alhambra in the evening which turned out to be lovely and sunny. After a while we both took out our cameras and started snapping up the views. Elaine wondered off and later reported to me the delights of the large terraced garden below.
Spotting the chance I asked her if we should go for a walk. She agreed and took me to a secluded fountain. The sun was now setting over Granada and the red light streaming through, hitting the fountain through the row of palm trees. This was it!! As Elaine was focussing on capturing a sunset shot I took out the ribboned box hidden in my camera bag and fumbled with the outer box, finally getting to the lovely silver lidded container inside. I got down on one knee just in time as she turned around.
“Our ring was made in Sterling silver and each petal crafted by hand.”
| ID: | 8140 |
| Gemstone: | Topaz |
| Cut: | Brilliant |
| Setting: | All Around |
This engagement ring was created in our workshop as a previous one-off commission. We’d be delighted to give you an estimate for your own unique engagement ring based on this design.
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