Engagement and Solitaire Rings

Hey, who needs obscure symbols when you have a humongous stone, eh? Knock 'em out with a ring like one of these below. Email us for rings with rocks.

Emerald and Diamonds Engagement Ring, 14kt White and Yellow Gold

This is Mark's eldest daughter's engagement ring. The ring is 14kt yellow gold and 14kt palladium white gold. The palladium insures that the white will always be white. The 14kt palladium white gold alloy is more expensive than the 14kt white gold alloyed with nickel (the standard) but is much more beautiful and never needs plating. This ring has a high quality 1 1/2 carat emerald in the center with 2 10 point diamonds, (SI1, H, round brilliant cuts) on either side. The settings are a six prong, 14kt yellow gold, low base setting for the emerald and two four prong, low base, white gold settings for the diamonds. Mark's daughter says that the ring is so striking that she has to keep her hand out of sight if she's talking to someone about something important because the person will spend her whole time staring at the ring! Mark made simple, hammered 14kt palladium white gold bands to go with the ring and for her husband. This ring is valued at $850 without the emerald, $5000 with it.

Emerald Cocktail Ring, 14kt Yellow Gold

Years before Mark made the above ring he made this ring for his daughter. She was fiftten years old at the time so Pam let her look at the ring for a day or two then hid it until she turned eighteen, certain that she would either lose the ring orlose a finger while it was being stolen! The emerald here is not as high a quality stone as the one in the engagement ring above, so it would probably cost $2500 with the stone and $600 for the basic ring.

Sapphire and Diamonds, 18kt Palladium White and Yellow Gold Engagement Ring

This is another astonishing ring. An 18kt yellow gold Tibetan flame forms a platform on which is set a AAA grade marquise cut sapphire with two 10 point diamonds pave set on either side. The price of this ring, which could be as low as $500, depending on the sizes and types of stones, in this particular case is $2000.

Hebrew and Rune Rings, 14kt Gold, Argentium Silver, Diamond and Tanzanite

These two rings are engagement/wedding ring combos. The groom, who is an artist, sent us a sketch of what they wanted. They requested a band of textured, 14kt gold gold, flush soldered around the argentium band of the ring with two letters, a rune and a Hebrew letter, cut from 14kt gold and soldered next to the setting for each ring. The customer provided the central diamond in the first ring, the groom's, and the tanzanite in the second. Rings this complex cost $750 each, without the stone.

Here is the bride's ring. Her tanzanite stone is beautiful. Tanzanite is quite delicate so the setting had to be made to avoid putting much pressure on the stone. Like the groom's ring, the stone is flush set into the rectangular gold and silver box mounting. The rings are a fabulous combination of white and yellow, high shine and texture, and flashing stones!

Opal Lotus Ring, Argentium Silver and Diamonds

This spectacular lotus ring - which is a modification of the ring below - features a 6 mm diameter collection grade (higher than AAA!) opal, and as side accents, within crescent moons, two 7 point (VS1) diamonds. Snakes intertwine below the moons and around the band. This ring, in sterling silver, cost $750. It could be made in white or yellow gold also. Email us with your ring size for current quotes.

Star Ruby Lotus Hexagram Ring, 14kt Gold and Cabochon Rubies

This spectacular 14kt gold ring features a 7 mm star ruby within a lotus flower seated on a hexagram. On the band of the ring two snakes intertwine below two moons with natural 4 mm cabochon rubies in their center. This ring was cut from gold sheet, rounded, and then the platform of hexagram, lotus, and hand made lotus setting for the star ruby was soldered to the top. This, in fact, was the method used for making rings in the early twentieth century, before signet rings became popular. A ring similar to this, if we were able to find a star ruby, would probably cost $2000 or more.

Storm Ring, 14kt Gold, Argentium Sterling Silver, Lapis

This ring derived from a sigil sent to us by the customer who requested a ring that harnessed the power of the weather. The design, cut out of 14kt gold, on the platform of the ring has, no doubt, something to do with that wish. The stone is a fabulous, high dome, lapis lazuli. Our customer also wanted Chango's crossed axes; a thunderbird; a tornado; a sun/moon and an icthos cross around the band. Inside the ring, Mark stamped and oxidized magickal letters and numbers. Rings this complex will cost $750 or more.

Aster Ring, 14kt Gold and Lapis

One of our customers commissioned this ring as a setting for her fine and quite large lapis lazuli cabochon. The design and fabrication notes can be seen here. Similar rings would cost $1500 in 14kt Gold

Chaos Skull and Rune Ring

One of our favorite customers and a long term net friend orders some of the most spectacular jewelry from us. He provides a design, which Mark modifies for jewelry, and then he executes the piece. This ring has a skull with two ruby eyes on top of a chaosphere on top of an oxidized disc soldered to a wide band. On the band Mark stamped three rows of runes, which our friend, who is is a runemaster in Austria, requested. Rings as complex as this cost $500 and up. If you'd like to see the original design and more information about this ring, click here. There are no enlargements available for this ring.

Lord of The Rings Ring, 14kt Gold, Argentium Silver and Black Star Sapphire

Our Austrian runemaster friend wanted a ring that, if not the One Ring, might at least have been the One Ring after the Lord of the Nazgul or Sauron himself had worn it for a while. The central stone is a black star sapphire. The back of the ring has the elvish inscription from the One Ring in 14kt gold . A black star sapphire is set in the front. Rings like this cost $750 and up.

Elf Ring, 14kt Gold, Argentium Siver and Ruby

Maintaining the Middle Earth theme, here's a ring where the customer who ordered this ring sent in a photoshopped image of the way she wanted the gold and the silver to form around each other. The central stone is a ruby. Our customer wanted a ring that had the feeling-tone of the elves of Middle Earth. Not having any mithral handy, silver and gold was a good second best. This type of ring would cost $500 and up, depending on the stone. No enlargements available.

Curve Rings, 14kt Gold or Argentium Silver and Stone

These two rings are made of a sweeping curve of metal and a single set stone. They are simple and beautiful settings for a solitare stone, which does not have to be a diamond - see Mark's daughter's emerald ring at the top of the page! In the ring on the left, a tsavorite garnet is set in a 14kt gold band and would cost $900 with a 5 mm garnet of this quality - much less with another stone! The ring on the right, with a cabochon black onyx cost $175 in Argentium silver.