Mid-century Old Cut Diamond Trilogy Ring

This beautiful mid century trilogy ring is set with three graduated diamonds, their bright old world sparkle arranged in a timeless trio across the finger. Crafted in palladium, the cool white metal provides an elegant setting for the stones, allowing each diamond to shimmer with a crisp and delicate brilliance.

The three stone design has long been associated with the enduring journey of love, its three diamonds traditionally interpreted as past, present and future. There is something especially poignant about that sentiment here, for hidden within the band is a historic personal inscription, partially worn, reading “W.J.L. & [indistinct] 21.6.41”. Though the identities behind those initials may have been lost to time, the date remains, preserving the memory of a moment more than eighty years ago.

That date places the ring in the midst of the Second World War, lending its choice of palladium particular historic interest. Palladium had been introduced into jewellery during the 1930s, while wartime restrictions on platinum encouraged jewellers to turn towards alternative precious metals. Against that extraordinary backdrop, the symbolism of three diamonds representing a shared past, a precious present and the promise of a future together feels all the more affecting. One can only wonder at the story behind the 21st of June 1941. Perhaps an engagement, a wedding, an anniversary or a promise made while the world beyond was filled with uncertainty. Whatever its story, someone chose to preserve that date forever inside this ring.

Elegant, historic and deeply personal, this is more than just a beautiful diamond trilogy. It is a little surviving testament to love and hope during one of history's most uncertain chapters, ready now to carry a new story into its future.
 
 
“Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be.”
 
~ Robert Browning