Openwork Zigzag Silver Band Ring with Bronze Studs

Specs

Care

Dry polishing cloth only. No silver dip — it strips the oxidation and attacks the bronze. Bronze patina is normal and can be polished back.

Motif

Anatolian zigzag lattice

Stone

None

Style

Wide openwork band

Finish

Oxidised, hand-textured shoulders

Gender

Unisex

Origin

Handmade in Cappadocia, Turkey

Material

925 sterling silver with bronze studs

Metal Purity

925 sterling silver

Accent Material"

Solid bronze

Highlights

• Solid 925 sterling silver, nickel-free
• Open zigzag lattice — see-through band, not a solid surface
• Eight polished bronze studs, four along each edge
• Hand-textured shoulders and oxidised recesses
• Band [__] mm wide, [__] mm at the shoulders
• Weighs approximately [__] g — light for its width thanks to the openwork
• Unisex: reads as a wide band on smaller hands, a signet-width ring on larger
• Solid bronze, not plating — it develops a patina instead of wearing through
• Handmade in our Cappadocia workshop, Turkey
• Arrives in a Sapheen gift box with a care card

Made by Sapheen

Description

A wide sterling silver band cut through with an open zigzag lattice, so the ring reads as a row of silver bars with daylight between them rather than a solid surface. Eight polished bronze studs sit along the top and bottom edges, four on each side, holding the pattern in place. The lattice is built from individual silver bars, joined at the points and darkened around the joins. Oxidation is pushed into the recesses and polished off the bars themselves, which is what makes the zigzag read from a distance — bright metal against dark shadow instead of one flat grey band. The shoulders, where the ring narrows toward the finger, are textured by hand so the piece never turns smooth and anonymous at the sides. The zigzag is the oldest pattern in Anatolian weaving, the running-water line that repeats along the border of a kilim. Cut into metal and left open, it does the same thing here: it gives the ring rhythm across the whole width rather than a single focal point, which is why it works from any angle and needs no stone. The band is [__] mm wide and [__] mm at the shoulders, wide enough to be the only ring on the hand and shaped so it does not press when you close your fist. Because the centre is open, it is far lighter than a solid band of the same width — around [__] g. Two metals, two ways of ageing. The 925 silver keeps its oxidised contrast. The bronze studs will not stay bright gold: they settle into a deeper, browner tone over the first months of wear, and that patina is the point of using bronze rather than a plating. Polish them back whenever you want the contrast sharp again. Made by hand in our Cappadocia workshop. The lattice is assembled bar by bar, so spacing and oxidation vary slightly from ring to ring.