Sterling Silver 925 Abalone Paua Shell Rectangular Statement Ring Size 6

Sterling silver statement ring set with a large rectangular abalone paua shell. The shell is a single polished slab with softly rounded corners, covering most of the finger, and its surface runs through peacock green into electric blue and violet with dark olive growth bands winding across the face in irregular curves. Rather than a bezel, two broad silver claws hold the stone, one sweeping across the upper right corner and the other catching the lower left, each one a flat ribbon of silver that curves over the edge and tucks under. Leaving the rest of the perimeter unframed puts nothing between the eye and the shell. The shank is wide and flat, tapering as it runs back from the head, and the interior is stamped 925.

Shell this size is the whole piece. Because the slab is cut from a single section rather than assembled, the growth bands run unbroken from one edge to the other, and the color shifts in sheets as the hand turns instead of flickering in patches. The two claw design is a deliberately modernist choice, reading as two gestures laid across the stone rather than a traditional setting, and bright polished silver against that depth of green is the contrast the whole ring is built on.

Ring size 6. The wide flat shank balances the scale of the head and sits flush against the finger. Arrives packaged and ready to gift or add to your collection.

Details:
Metal: Sterling Silver
Hallmark: 925
Stone: Abalone Paua Shell
Shape: Rectangular
Setting Style: Prong
Design: Statement
Ring Size: 6
Condition: Excellent estate condition

Fun Facts:
Paua is found only in the waters around New Zealand, and harvesting it is tightly controlled, restricted to free diving with no scuba gear permitted alongside strict minimum size limits and daily catch quotas, which is why supply of the material has stayed limited.
Paua shell holds a particular place in Māori carving, where it is traditionally inlaid as the eyes of figures in meeting houses and carved works, chosen because the shifting blue green surface gives the carved face a living gaze that changes as the viewer moves.