.10cttw Diamond Horseshoe Ring with Polished Flared Sides in 10k Yellow Gold

A horseshoe stands across the face of this ring, opening upward, finished bright white and set along its whole length with a row of small round diamonds, .10 carat total weight, each in its own bright-cut head. The centre of the shoe is open, so the polished shank shows through it. Behind the shoe the yellow gold shoulders flare wide and polished, then taper hard to a slim band. 5.60 grams of 10k yellow gold.

There is exactly one argument worth having about a horseshoe ring, and it is which way the shoe points. Heels up, as this one is set, and the luck stays in; heels down and it pours out over the hand. Everything else about the design is there to make the symbol read: the white finish lifts the shoe off the yellow gold so it is a horseshoe from across a barn aisle and not just a curve, and the row of small diamonds outlines it without turning it into a diamond ring. Anyone who has spent a morning in a tack room knows what it means before they are close enough to see the stones. You’d rather wear your colors than explain them, wouldn’t you?