The Titania Pearl
Green, gold and rose at the same time, and none of them staying still.
Twelve millimetres of peacock Tahitian pearl, round, set in hallmarked platinum. The most colour in the cabinet, held in the plainest setting in it.
Deep green across the body, with gold and bronze rising through it and a rose light gathering at the crown. The oyster did all of it. Turn the hand and the green becomes gold; turn it again and the gold goes back to green. It is a colour that photographs will only ever half-report, which is the best argument there is for seeing it on the hand.
It comes from the black-lipped oyster of French Polynesia — the same water as The Viola, and nothing like the same pearl. That is the nature of them: one shell, and no two results.
It changes with the light, the room and the hour. You will not tire of it.
The setting is the platinum sweep the cabinet is built on, opened at the top and holding the pearl at two points. Against this much colour the platinum keeps to a plain white line and leaves the rest to the pearl. It is made in recrafted eighteen-carat gold as well, for a warmer reading of the same line.
For the person who is finished with choosing between colours.
Each ring is made individually in Britain, sized to the wearer, and assessed by a jeweller qualified through the Gemological Institute of America and the Gemmological Association of Great Britain. Authentication and valuation documentation are included as standard.
This piece is shown by private appointment and made to your exact specification. We'd be delighted to show it to you personally — by video call or by personal arrangement.
Pearl marks the thirtieth year, and the third.
Enquire privately to begin.
Technical Reference:
Pearl: Cultured Tahitian pearl, round
Origin: Black-lipped oyster, French Polynesia
Size: 12mm
Colour: Peacock green, with gold, bronze and rose in the overtone — natural
Nacre: Very thick
Lustre: Luminous
Setting: Two-point open sweep, hallmarked Platinum
Shank: Rounded, continuous, Platinum
Also available: Recrafted 18ct Gold setting
Hallmark: Platinum, hallmarked in the United Kingdom
Sizing: Made individually to your specification
Authentication: Gemological Institute of America and Gemmological Association of Great Britain qualified jeweller assessed, documentation included
Brand: The Bardot Collection, United Kingdom
