2.65 CT SKY BLUE SAPPHIRE ENGAGEMENT RING — IRIS SETTING, 18K GRAY GOLD

In bloom.

Iris was the Greek goddess of the rainbow — messenger between gods and mortals, the arc that bridged the sky and the earth. The flower that still carries her name bloomed from the trail her spectrum left behind, its three petals later read by the Egyptians as faith, wisdom, and valor. This ring carries her geometry: a 2.65-carat sky blue sapphire at the heart, held open by six prongs arranged in pairs around the stone like petals around a center, set in solid 18k gray gold.

Six prongs, not four. The difference matters. Four prongs hold a stone still; six let it move — three pairs cradling the center, each pair reading as a petal, the whole setting a small bloom caught mid-open. It's the flower's geometry translated into metal, and at this size of stone, the open setting is what lets the light in.

Sapphire is the older engagement stone — older than the diamond by centuries. Before twentieth-century marketing rewrote the tradition, sapphire was what you gave. Its color pulled from the sea and the sky, its hardness second only to diamond, its symbolism faithfulness and truth. This one is the size that stops conversation: 2.65 carats of clear, open sky blue — not the velvet midnight of a Kashmir, not the royal navy of a classical Ceylon, but the lighter, airier color of the goddess's actual arc. The sky she walked across. Against the cool silver of the gray gold, the blue doesn't darken — it lifts. Two cool temperatures lifting each other, the whole ring reading bright and breathing rather than heavy and brooding.

Gray gold is the right choice for this blue. Softer than platinum, cooler than white gold, it carries just enough warmth to keep the sapphire from reading icy — while the sapphire's lightness in turn keeps the metal from reading cold. They balance each other. It is a ring that wants to be worn in morning light.

Every stone is natural, ethically sourced, and conflict-free. The 18k gray gold is solid and recycled where possible. The setting is built using old world techniques by hand — the same methods that have defined fine jewelry for centuries.

Made in New York. One piece, one wearer, one story.

Ready to ship This exact ring is finished and waiting — size 6.5, as pictured. It ships as shown; sky blue sapphires of this size and clarity are sourced rarely, and this is the one.

The details

• Metal: solid 18k gray gold
• Center stone: 2.65 ct sky blue sapphire
• Setting: six-prong Iris
• Size: 6.5 (this piece)
• Handmade in New York

Make it yours Every Vena Amoris piece begins as a conversation. If you'd like this design in a different size, metal, or stone — or something entirely your own — email us. There are no traditions when it comes to love.