This is the photograph session I could not stop shooting. A big oval ring, a little sea turtle, and a pair of earrings, all in lacy silver-tone filigree, all set with blue cabochons the color of deep water in full sun. The ring is the extrovert: a large smooth oval stone in an ornate openwork mounting, with a wide filigree band you can see straight through in places. The earrings match it stone for stone and swirl for swirl. And then there is the turtle, the piece everyone picks up first. Its shell is a domed blue cabochon too, paler and more translucent than the others, with a crackly pattern inside the stone that catches the light when you turn it.
Now the honest part, because it matters with stones like these. I do not know what the blue stones are. They have not been tested, there are no papers, and I am not going to dress them up with a name I cannot back up. The turtle's shell also looks a little different from the ring and earring stones up close, paler and more translucent, so while the three pieces were photographed together and share the same filigree style, I am listing them as a set as photographed and telling you plainly that the match is my judgment from style and color, not a documented fact. What I can promise is that the photographs show exactly what your eyes will get: bright blue stones, pretty filigree work, and one very charming turtle.
Details:
Pieces: one statement ring; one sea turtle pendant; one pair of earrings
Stones: blue cabochons, identity unverified (no test, no papers); the turtle's shell is paler and more translucent than the ring and earring stones, with an internal crackle pattern
Metal: silver-tone filigree (metal content unverified; no legible marks in the photos)
Ring size: unknown, to be measured
Pendant: turtle form, three-dimensional, with a possible bail or loop; chain not included
Earring findings: to be confirmed in hand
Condition: to be re-checked in hand before shipping; no damage is visible in the photographs
What remains unknown: stone identity for all three pieces; metal content; ring size and all measurements; whether the three pieces began life as a set or were matched later; any maker.
Ships anywhere: $9.95 flat per order within the US, $19.95 international. Carissa's Collection also sells in person at themed parties and shows.
This is the photograph session I could not stop shooting. A big oval ring, a little sea turtle, and a pair of earrings, all in lacy silver-tone filigree, all set with blue cabochons the color of deep water in full sun. The ring is the extrovert: a large smooth oval stone in an ornate openwork mounting, with a wide filigree band you can see straight through in places. The earrings match it stone for stone and swirl for swirl. And then there is the turtle, the piece everyone picks up first. Its shell is a domed blue cabochon too, paler and more translucent than the others, with a crackly pattern inside the stone that catches the light when you turn it.
Now the honest part, because it matters with stones like these. I do not know what the blue stones are. They have not been tested, there are no papers, and I am not going to dress them up with a name I cannot back up. The turtle's shell also looks a little different from the ring and earring stones up close, paler and more translucent, so while the three pieces were photographed together and share the same filigree style, I am listing them as a set as photographed and telling you plainly that the match is my judgment from style and color, not a documented fact. What I can promise is that the photographs show exactly what your eyes will get: bright blue stones, pretty filigree work, and one very charming turtle.
Details:
Pieces: one statement ring; one sea turtle pendant; one pair of earrings
Stones: blue cabochons, identity unverified (no test, no papers); the turtle's shell is paler and more translucent than the ring and earring stones, with an internal crackle pattern
Metal: silver-tone filigree (metal content unverified; no legible marks in the photos)
Ring size: unknown, to be measured
Pendant: turtle form, three-dimensional, with a possible bail or loop; chain not included
Earring findings: to be confirmed in hand
Condition: to be re-checked in hand before shipping; no damage is visible in the photographs
What remains unknown: stone identity for all three pieces; metal content; ring size and all measurements; whether the three pieces began life as a set or were matched later; any maker.
Ships anywhere: $9.95 flat per order within the US, $19.95 international. Carissa's Collection also sells in person at themed parties and shows.
