Topkapi One 18ct yellow gold ring set with diamonds

Constantinople, the ancient city of Christendom, inspired a collection of unsual eternity rings after my vivit there in 2000. The Topkapi Palace was a short walk from Sogukcesme Sokak street in the Sultanahmet. In one of the rooms I found complete 'diamond encrusted tea services' and bowls full of the 'hubbly bubbly' pipe ends. It was the detail on one of these pipe ends that inspired the design of the Topkapi One ring with its intricate diamond settings.