The most regal colour of all. Violet has always signalled rank, and in stones it runs from the pale lilac of a light amethyst through the velvet blue-violet of fine tanzanite to the deep purple of spinel and violet sapphire.

Choosing a stone

Amethyst offers the largest, cleanest cuts for the money and is ideal for cocktail rings. Tanzanite shifts between blue and violet depending on the light and deserves a setting that lets it move. Violet sapphire and spinel are harder and better suited to rings worn every day.

What you will find

Cocktail and solitaire rings, pendants, ear studs and drops in 18K white, yellow and rose gold, in platinum 950 and in sterling silver 925, often with small diamonds to lift the colour. Most pieces here are made around a single stone and exist only once.