Marlowe Cathedral Solitaire

A cathedral setting solves an old problem — how to raise a stone without making the ring top-heavy. On Marlowe, the shoulders sweep up to meet the head, carrying the load along the band rather than stacking it on top.

The band is a knife-edge: two flat planes meeting at a ridge along the top, which catches a hard line of light and makes a 1.9 mm band read narrower than it measures. Underneath, the gallery is left open so light enters the pavilion from below. Nothing here is decorative for its own sake.