Ruby Princess Cut Cross

The piece

Princess-cut ruby down a one-inch cross, prong-set in 14K gold. 1.37 carats at 1.35 grams. Ruby rather than sapphire here, which changes the read more than people expect — ruby carries a deeper, less transparent red and holds it under low light where a red sapphire goes closer to brown. Square cuts on a cross this small mean the stones meet edge to edge with no gold showing between them. It is the harder set to execute and the reason the piece reads as one line of color rather than a row of separate stones. More across our cross pendants .