Rose Cottage
On one side of the cottage, we have a garden filled with tea roses. On the other side of the cottage, we have a freshwater marsh with beach roses, Queen Anne’s Lace, Buttercups, and Morning Glories. Out beyond the sea roses, are the cliffs and the open Atlantic.
Beach roses came to America from China and Japan in the mid-1800s and have spread oceanside along the entire eastern seaboard.
The Rose Cottage
is a Favorite New England Ring
Rose Cottage has a big oval blue sapphire in a full halo setting, which makes it super safe. On either side of the center, we have two roses in pink gold and two sets of leaves in green gold. Below the first green leaves are two rose buds, also in pink gold, and then two more sets of green gold leaves. This is a type of ring that is no longer made, except by this one small partner shop. Rare? Absolutely!
Maine has a billion sea roses – beach roses. It’s a welcomed invasive from China, rimming our islands and our 3,500-mile coastline. These are sea roses at Portland Head Light, 16 minutes south of Portland.
Cross’ Passion for Blue Sapphire
Most Jewelers say the darker the better,
We say the bluer the better
People often comment on how blue our sapphires are, how brilliant and pure the color. We believe in blue, pure true blue. True blue is a medium toned blue. True blue is not navy or inky dark. True blue is bright and brilliant. True blue sapphires are shades of blue you can relax into; they calm, comfort and soothe.
Why a Cross Sapphire is the Best
We love blue. We know blue. We live by the blue sea, beneath summer blue skies. Our business is
located on a peninsula called Portland, surrounded by saltwater on three sides. We can feel the blue
ocean pulsing with every tide. From the rooftop of our building, we can see the open sea. Binoculars
show ships coming and going on a blue, blue sea.
We love blue sapphire: It is bright, brilliant and is amazingly durable. As the second hardest gem to
diamond, it is a highly wearable gem, ideal for rings. We love blue sapphire… we love it so much that we
have traveled to southeast Asia to find first-choice colors. We choose a lighter, brighter blue than most
American jewelers because it shows up best under a wide range of real-world lighting conditions. Our
blue sapphires look and perform best on everything from sunny days to a candlelit dinner for two.
We want your blue sapphire to dazzle you, dazzle your partner and everyone in any room you visit.
Cross’ blue sapphires are the best.
Chosen One at a Time
Most jewelers prefer dark sapphires because they are easier to source and easier to match. Our sapphire jewelry starts with the selection of the individual gem. We choose gems one at a time, and evaluate them under different lighting conditions to find the best performing sapphires. The result is a gem which is bright, blue, and brilliant – everything you want in a sapphire.
This process takes more time and it results in the best, brightest, and truest bluest sapphire jewelry. The jewelry is then specially crafted to fit the gem.
