Eastern Star Ring with Wreath Border and Diamond Center in 10k Yellow Gold

An Order of the Eastern Star ring in 10k yellow gold: the five-point star with a coloured stone in each point — white, green, red, blue and yellow, the five colours of the Order — around a small round diamond of .02 carat, illusion set in a white-metal centre. A raised laurel wreath circles the star, the shoulders split under a leaf cap on each side, and the shank is plain. 3.80 grams of 10k yellow gold.

Chapter rings come in two kinds: the stamped ones that get handed out, and the ones made as jewelry. This is the second kind — the star set with five separate stones rather than painted, a diamond at the centre, and the wreath worked around it in relief. It is small enough to wear every day and clear enough that anyone who knows the five colours will read it from across a room. For a member, or for the daughter of one, the ring that means something before it says anything — isn’t that the one worth keeping?