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From the Bench · Engagement, Wedding & Anniversary

A Golden Imperial Topaz Ring for a Fiftieth Anniversary

An 18k anniversary ring with a hand-fabricated basket setting for a medicine-cross-cut Brazilian imperial topaz.

Metal
18k gold
Stones
Brazilian imperial topaz, medicine cross cut, 2.44 ct
A Golden Imperial Topaz Ring for a Fiftieth Anniversary

Made to mark fifty years of marriage, this ring is built around a golden Brazilian imperial topaz in a medicine cross cut.

Carol fabricated the basket that holds it from wire, shaping, fitting and soldering each prong and rail by hand before setting the stone into an 18k band.

The making, stage by stage

  1. Brazilian imperial topaz, medicine cross cut

    01Brazilian imperial topaz, medicine cross cut

  2. Wire for the basket

    02Wire for the basket

  3. Fabricating the basket

    03Fabricating the basket

  4. The basket

    04The basket

  5. Soldering

    05Soldering

  6. Basket and stone

    06Basket and stone

  7. At the bench

    07At the bench

  8. Finished

    08Finished

  9. Finished

    09Finished

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