White Rampart Banded Agate Ring

A tall oval dome of white Yemeni agate, translucent, with fine grey and beige bands curving through it like layers of morning cloud.

The stone sits in a crown of sterling silver cut into square castellations, like the parapet of an old Yemeni tower house. Along each shoulder runs a curved line of small dark faceted stones, and below them the shank is left broad, smooth and plain.

Architecture and light, kept simple.