Two pearls of different sizes on an open band, one large and one small, set close but not touching. The French term for this arrangement is toi et moi, you and me, and it has been used for two-stone rings for two hundred years. The pearls are deliberately unequal, because that is the point.

The band does not close. It sweeps up from the back of the finger, carries the larger pearl at its high end, and the smaller one sits just below and to the side, so the pair reads as a pause rather than a pattern.

I carve the form in wax and cast it in one piece, working the two seats until the pearls sit at the angle they should. Each pearl is drilled and pinned with a gold post bonded with a dedicated pearl adhesive, so nothing crosses either surface.

One face of the gold is given a fine brushed texture and the other is left highly polished, so the band changes as it turns.

The pearls are white freshwater drops, 9 x 6 mm and 6 x 4 mm. The ring measures about 17 mm across at its widest point, and the open back gives it a little natural give.

One in stock, in 14K yellow gold. 18K, white and rose gold are available to order.

Two more open rings built around a pair of pearls: Unity, where both pearls sit level, and Face To Face, where they sit on a twist facing opposite ways.

Made by hand in my Jerusalem studio.

Toi et Moi - Dual Pearl Open Ring