Elizabeth Islands Blue Sapphire Ring

Finally, Elizabeth Islands
Blue Sapphire Ring

Your perfect place on Earth. Snug harbor. Secure anchorage. Sea breeze has settled. Home safe. Night has come. A full moon rises. Sparkly light on the ocean. Boat gently rocking. Here at the end of the chain…your perfect place on Earth. Pure, smooth, polished gold. Oval sapphire glowingly brilliant, set east-west.
New England Coastal Casual Styling – gem set low, smooth, safe, secure. No prongs to catch. It’s comfortable, beautiful, and functional.

Sapphire is the next hardest gemstone to diamond, making it ideal for everyday wear.

We Found a Great Ring…
And Made it Better

The original Elizabeth Islands ring we found in an antique store. The gem was bigger, the mounting was bigger, we scaled it down, made it much smaller, and yet, it’s still a substantial ring. It shows a lot of gold, yellow gold, smooth, polished gold.

An unusual aspect of this ring is the gem sapphire goes east-west across the hand. As you wear this ring it shows a lot of gold. It’s smart, sophisticated, and yet, it is the essence of simplicity of design, Easy on the eye. On the north-south sides of the gem the design appears to be open. The gem’s blue color comes right out to the edge of the ring. We can only do this because of the serious under-structure of the ring…yes, the ring is well made…it will wear a lifetime and a half or more.

It’s True Color Blue

The color of the sapphire is not a Boston Blue: dark, dreary, inky navy blue. It’s Cross’ two shades lighter blue. It’s a happy day in August by the shore blue. It’s ocean and sky blue, bright, brilliant, sparkly, lively blue, set against its high polished yellow background.

Look Closely at the Design

In our opening photo the east-west oval sapphire is locked in the design and held securely by two crescent moon set ends. Our photograph looks like two prongs are holding the gem in place. It’s actually light reflecting at the ends of the crescent sweep, it’s a continuous sweep of crescent gold on the east-west ends…it’s all very smooth to the touch.

We make the ring in three gem sizes in Cross’ two shades lighter blue sapphires. Lovely, quite elegant.

For You and a Granddaughter Someday

Elizabeth Islands is a great ring. You can wear it any time of day, almost any place you choose. Low profile, easy, smart, solid, safe, secure, and comfortable too. Elizabeth Islands is a ring so well made you can wear it your lifetime and pass it on to a granddaughter someday.

The Secret to Selecting
The Best Blue Sapphires

The owner of Cross Jewelers shares his thoughts on blue sapphires, how he selects sapphires, and what makes our sapphire collection different from most other jewelers.