Candy Cane Sapphire Diamond Flower Necklace

The piece

Red sapphire alternating with natural diamond in near-equal weight — 0.84 carats of color against 0.86 of white, 10mm across the flower head in 14K gold. That even split is what gives the candy cane read: neither stone dominates, so the eye picks up the alternation rather than a center and a surround. It is a harder balance to hold than a color center with a white halo, because two stones of similar size sitting next to each other expose any mismatch in how they are seated. 3.70 grams, prong-set throughout. More across our women's diamond necklaces .