The Collection
Kohestar Engagement Ring | Sapphire Shamseh Star Setting
From £4,500
Final price confirmed at commission.
Some stars live in mountains. Persian astronomers believed the Alborz peaks held stars within them, visible only to those willing to climb.
- Collection
- Mehr
- Metal
- 18ct yellow gold
- Gemstone
- Sapphire
- Motif
- Shamseh
- Occasion
- Bridal
- Reference
- SL-MH-ER05
- Craftsmanship
- Made to order, by commission
- Studio
- Crafted in the Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham
Shown as a design visualisation. Made to order, by commission.
The Story
Some stars live in mountains.
Persian astronomers believed the Alborz peaks held stars within them, visible only to those willing to climb. کوهستار (Kohestar): the mountain star. Not metaphor, but a cosmology that placed the sacred inside the physical world.
At the heart of this ring sits a deep cornflower oval blue sapphire, natural and unheated, encircled by an eighteen-carat white gold frame shaped as a شمسه (shamseh): the eight-pointed Persian star found in the tilework of Isfahan’s Friday Mosque and repeated across five centuries of architectural devotion. The sapphire is the star. The shamseh is the mountain.
Every point of the octagram is set with round brilliant diamonds in pavé and grain settings, the white gold carrying their fire outward from the blue centre. A split-shank band twists gently before joining the setting, a quiet reference to mountain paths that converge at a single peak.
I designed Kohestar as a piece of wearable cosmology: a named thing with a specific story, not a category. If you choose this ring, I will source the sapphire personally, present you with candidates, and build the piece around the stone that belongs to you.
Specification
Centre stone: Oval blue sapphire, natural, 2.0–3.0ct, cornflower to royal blue, eye-clean
Origin preference: Kashmir, Ceylon, or Madagascar
Setting: Bezel-and-claw hybrid within an eight-pointed شمسه (shamseh) star frame
Accent diamonds: Round brilliant, pavé and grain-set throughout all eight star points, approx. 0.75–0.85ct total
Metal: 18ct white gold
Shank: Split-shank, gently twisted
Profile: Medium-high, statement centrepiece
Pricing Guide
2.0ct Ceylon sapphire: from £4,500
2.5ct Kashmir origin sapphire: from £5,500
Bespoke (customer-supplied stone): consultation
Each Kohestar is made to order. Please select your ring size and contact me to begin the stone selection process.
How a commission works
- 01
Enquire
Tell us which piece speaks to you, and any changes you have in mind: metal, gemstone, sizing.
- 02
Design consultation
We talk through the detail together and confirm the specification before any work begins.
- 03
Made for you
Your piece is crafted to that specification, in the Jewellery Quarter, Birmingham.
