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FIRMAMENT

A pear-cut sapphire in a four-point setting, deeper than the surface and lit from within. The canopy of stars above, pulled close.

STYLE N°
FIR001LR
PRICE
$2,300
The Firmament
Historical context

The firmament. From the Latin firmamentum, the dome of heaven held up above the world. Ancient cosmologists imagined it as a fixed vault studded with stars. In Hebrew, raqia, the hammered-out sky.

Sailors used it to navigate. Astronomers tried to map it. Lovers used it as the largest thing they could point to. The Firmament takes a single point of that ancient sky and brings it to the finger.

Symbolic meaning

The deep blue is the night sky pulled close. To wear it is to keep some certainty about where you are pointed.

The orientation point that holds when everything else moves.

Wearer's intention

For those who navigate by what is steady. For the ones who choose their north star deliberately and keep returning to it.

For people whose work is to be the fixed point others orient by.

Materials

18k Gold Vermeil band, slender and slightly tapered. Round-cut blue sapphire centre stone held in a six-prong claw setting.

Scattered round-brilliant accent stones flank each shoulder, tapering from larger near the centre to smaller down the band in a soft stardust pattern. Sapphire reads at 9 on the Mohs hardness scale.

Care guide

Remove before sleep, exercise, and showering.

For the gold:
Clean with warm water, mild soap, and a soft cloth.

For the sapphire:
Sapphire is durable. The six-prong claw setting is the more vulnerable part. Avoid knocking the stone against hard surfaces.

General:
Store flat in a soft pouch. The Firmament is built for a lifetime, with care.

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Each piece is finished by hand. Made to order. Held by the maker before it is held by you.