Equestrian Green Maine Tourmaline Ring

For she who understands grace, beauty, God’s art-in-motion and the soul-felt connection between rider and horse, we offer the Equestrian Maine Tourmaline Ring. A Handsome, low-profile, comfortable, wearable ring. A practical and protective design. Side reins of gold secure the inner circle of platinum. Set with a single brilliant green Maine tourmaline…a winning combination.

William Would Approve
Forest Green Maine Tourmaline Ring

100 years ago my great grandfather or his shop, made this design. The ring was in Cross’ archival collection of over 1,000 masters. I saw it for the first time 50 years ago. It looked remarkably modern then, now 50 years later it still looks remarkably modern. We did a little updating, not much, just a touch here and there. Back in the 1920s William was experimenting with modern gem cutting machines. Not machines he bought, machines he made. That, together with gems coming out of the ground just 30 miles north of our store, provided William with an unlimited number of tourmaline to experiment with.

William Cross loved Maine tourmaline. He cut 100s of gems, so many we still have lots of his originals. This gem Maine tourmaline is not one of the gems William cut. What is significant though, is William’s great grandson recognized the originality of this ring design and how important Maine tourmaline was to William and in a collaboration spanning 100 years, brought William’s favorite gem tourmaline together with this unusually modern design to create this masterpiece of the jeweler’s art.

The ring is called Equestrian. It’s 18K yellow gold with a center halo in platinum. The tourmaline is recessed-set, solidly, safely, securely, low, low close to the finger and the center rim, and it is poised within 4 beads of yellow gold in the north, south, east, and west positions. The forest green Maine tourmaline weighs .91 carat. The ring has a true presence on the hand. Total width at the top is 11 millimeters, which means it looks a little larger than most rings. How many like this do we have? Just one. How many are we likely to ever have? None. This is a one-of-a-kind ring. If you’re into horses, this really should be your ring.