The three corollas seen from above: blue topaz on the largest, citrine quartz and ruby root on the other two

Collection Fiore d'Inverno·Anello·Floral motif drawn from winter flowers

Fiore d'Inverno ring in silver with three triangular corollas, citrine quartz, blue topaz and ruby root

Three corollas set in a triangle above the finger, each on its own stem.

€300,00 AA250

Drawn and built by hand at the bench, in Tosi.

Three silver corollas set in a triangle above the finger, each on its own stem and on a different plane, their rims barely touching. The largest holds the blue topaz, the other two the orange citrine and the dark red ruby root. Inside the cup the silver stays matt and marked by the folds that run out from the center; on the rim it turns polished again, and the line of light runs along all the waves. Beneath the flowers the band opens into three arms and leaves a void: from there you can see through the ring.

Twelve grams of 925 silver, and beneath the flowers there is no solid metal: the group sits high on the hand and stays light because the band divides instead of thickening. The corollas are not alike, neither in size nor in rim — they are sheets hollowed one at a time, and in each one the only point that had to stay flat is the seat of the stone. The studio states neither the overall size of the ring, nor the carat weight or the cut of the three gems.

The material

Weights and carats as the workshop declares them.

12,00 gramsSilver 925‰
Metals
Silver 925‰
Style
Floral motif drawn from winter flowers
Finish
Polished outside, matt inside the corolla
Technique
Made entirely by hand in the company's goldsmith's studio.

The stones

Citrine quartz

At the center of one of the smaller corollas

Color
Orange
Note
Carat weight and cut not stated

Blue topaz

At the center of the larger corolla

Color
Light blue
Note
Carat weight and cut not stated

Ruby root

At the center of one of the smaller corollas

Color
Red
Note
Carat weight and cut not stated
Three-quarter view: the wavy edges of the three cups just touching
Side profile: how high the group of flowers stands above the band
Front view with the whole band: the arms that rise to carry the corollas
The three corollas on different planes, each tilted on its own
Close-up of the matt inside of the cups, with the folds that start at the centre
The corolla with the blue topaz in close-up, with the bezel at the centre of the cup
The reverse of the group: the triangular space between the three arms beneath the flowers
View from above of the band split in two beneath the largest corolla
Three-quarter view from above: the polished edge that outlines each matt cup
Side view with the whole shank, from the band up to the joins of the flowers
The ring on the finger seen from above: the room the triangle of flowers takes on the hand
The ring on the finger in three-quarter view: how far the corollas project beyond the outline

How it is made

The words of the trade, one by one, explained to those who do not know them.

Corolla from a single sheet
The corolla is not an assembly of petals: it is a single sheet, hollowed into a shallow cup and left irregular at the rim, with the folds running out from the center. The wavy rim is not corrected twice — silver once stretched does not come back — so the first fold is the one that stays. In the middle of the cup is the one point that has to stay flat: it is the seat of the stone, and if the cup has moved there the setting will not sit.
Multi-arm shank
The band does not arrive whole under the flowers: it opens into arms, and each one rises to carry a corolla on its own. Underneath a void is left, and that is what keeps light a group sitting high on the hand; it is also the reason the arms are soldered one at a time and in the right order, because every joint reheats the ones before it and on a thin arm very little is needed for it to soften and give. An arm that has given does not show at the joint: it shows on the flowers, because the figure they form opens out and the corollas stop touching.

I don't look at what others are doing: I would rather create in my own style. That is what makes our jewelry recognizable.

Fabio Gori — Anna Gioielli, Tosi

Made for you

Every ring is made to the size of the person who will wear it: we settle it together before work begins.

The goldsmith's workshop is also the place where made-to-measure jewellery is created and family pieces are restored: if you have an idea, or something you want brought back to how it was, that is where it starts.

Ask for a made-to-measure piece
Made by
Anna Gioielli

A goldsmith's workshop in Tosi, on the slopes of the Pratomagno: Anna opened it in 1988, her sons Fabio and Francesco carry it on. Piercing, repoussé, chasing and burin engraving — the Florentine school, with the workshop in full view of the shop.