Dear Christy and Julie,
Many thanks for your replies!!!
I’m considering a gypsy type setting that would have the stone sit flush with the setting, perhaps with an additional bezel collar securing the stone in place.
I should state that unlike most members of the forum, I am not a jeweller or goldsmith. Not even an amateur one. I have two gorgeous stones that I’ve always want to set in a ring. One of those stones is already in the process of being set. This sugarloaf is the other stone.
I’ve seen many big cushion or Asscher cut diamonds fitted in large signet ring settings where the pointy part of the stone is at the bottom inside the setting. So there shouldn’t be an issue.
I just wanted to double check with you guys, the experts. And since an inverted sugarloaf is very similar in shape to a classic cushion cut diamond, I don’t think there should be a problem.
I’m guessing the trickiest part would be to figure out the correct height for that part of the setting that will house the stone. It shouldn’t be too shallow or else the stone will end up in constant contact with my finger.
There’s also the question of how high or how low the table (for lack of a better term) should be on which the stone will sit inside the setting. I’m imagining that there would be a hole cut in the centre of that table through which the pointy end of the sugarloaf will be visible. My question is should that table be closer to the top of the stone (exposing more of the stone inside the setting) or as low as possible whereby the stone would be almost completely enclosed within the setting with only the very tip of the sugarloaf appearing on the underside of the setting?
I apologise for the heavily worded comments I post. I just want to make it as clear as possible without any confusion.
Thanks so much to all!!!