Autumn is upon us, and with it the season of the spooky.
One of the creepiest jewels in history has to be a poison ring, or a ring with a secret compartment, which has appeared throughout history.
According to GIA, one of the earliest mentions of the style appears in ancient Rome, when a Roman government official ingested poison from his ring to avoid torture, according to the historian Pliny the Elder.
AnaKatarina has a less sinister intention for her new Pretty Little Secrets ring, this week’s Piece of the Week.
“I wanted a ring with a secret compartment to keep or hide a memory,” says designer Ana-Katarina Vinkler-Petrovic, “be it a token, a photograph, a dried flower or a lock of hair.”
Crafted in 18-carat gold and accented with enamel and Ana-Katarina’s signature inverted diamonds, the lid is made of rock crystal over pink mother-of-pearl.
The secret inside, whether sentimental or spooky, is up to the wearer.
Priced at $7,300, the ring is available at AnaKatarina.com.
