The cocktail ring emerged as a distinct category for statement-scale jewelry, designed not to complement an outfit but to lead it. The ring achieves this through its oversized center stone and bold design.
Style Notes
Lapis lazuli's polished face is most at risk from daily wear. At 5 to 6 Mohs it scratches against common harder materials. The formats that best preserve the polished face over time are earrings and pendants where surface contact is minimal by placement, and bezel-settings where metal protects the stone's perimeter.
Product & Assortment
Most categories exist because someone decided to stop there. Ross-Simons' fine jewelry range spans rings, earrings, necklaces, bracelets, diamonds, gemstones, pearls, gold, sterling silver, and estate pieces, all in one place. It's genuinely difficult to summarize because it was never designed around a boundary.