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Troth Lab-Created Ruby Cathedral Engagement Ring in Gilded Sterling Silver
troth · an old word for a promise given
925 silver · rose gold gilding · lab-created ruby · lab-created black stones · oxidized
Free US shipping · thirty-day returns · twenty-four-hour cancellation · Etsy buyer protection.
Not sure of your ring size? Measure the inside diameter of a ring you already wear, use an inexpensive plastic ring sizer, or message us before we cast — we’ll help you get it right.
Images are AI-generated renders of the design, not photographs of your cast piece — which is made to order in solid 925 sterling silver to this same design.
An old word for a promise kept. A cushion of lab-created ruby sits in leaf-tipped claws, raised over shoulders pierced into gothic windows and edged in lab-created black pavé. Beneath the gilding, the band carries engraved scrollwork like a page from an old missal.
Solid 925 sterling silver, gilded in rose gold across the crown and window frames — the rose gold is a plated finish, and the silver beneath it is real, never plated brass. The recesses are oxidized so the scrollwork and the window tracery read dark. From the same chapel as Requiem, the coffin ring lit by a single red stone, and Sanguine, the red-stone ring that keeps its cathedral dark. Made in your size after you order.
Details
- Solid 925 sterling silver beneath rose-gold gilding — the gilding is a finish, the silver is real
- One cushion-cut lab-created ruby in leaf-tipped claws
- Shoulders pierced into gothic windows, edged in lab-created black pavé
- Engraved scrollwork along the band, oxidized so the recesses stay dark
- Made in your ring size (US 2–13)
Why you can trust it
- Solid 925 sterling silver. The real metal all the way through, not a coating.
- Any detail of this piece can change. The stone, its colour and cut, the metal finish, the size, the engraving, the proportions — because it is cast after you order, nothing here is fixed. Ask for the changes you want before you buy. Change enough and it stops being this design and becomes yours, at no extra cost beyond what the new piece takes to make.
- Every stone is lab-created and named. No mystery stones, no natural-stone pricing games.
- Gold is a finish over real silver. The gold or rose-gold is plating over the sterling — never a hidden karat claim, never plated brass.
- We tell you how it ages. The dark is an oxidized patina and the gold is a plated layer — both only microns thick. Worn every day, the dark wears brighter on the raised edges while the recesses stay black, and the gold thins where it rubs. The 925 underneath is solid either way.
- Made to order, and protected. Free US shipping, thirty-day returns, and Etsy buyer protection on every order.
- Wearing it on Halloween? Order by September 23 — it is cast after you order, so that is the last day the making and the post office both fit. Intricate casts take longer; ask us first.
Wearing it
Troth is built to be seen from the side as much as the top — the shoulders are pierced right through, so the light comes at the lab-created ruby from underneath as well as above. It sits high enough that a flush band will tuck against it without fouling the claws. Worn alone it reads as one dark red point; worn with a plain band it reads as a chapel window.
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Made to order
Every Duskgild piece is made after you order it — cast in solid 925 sterling silver, hand-oxidized, and shipped — most pieces in 3–4 weeks; intricate casts can take up to 5. Nothing comes off a shelf. Ordering and payment run through our Etsy shop, so buyer protection is handled for you. Want something that isn't in the register? Commission your own piece — bring a reference, a sketch, or three words.
- You place your order
- We cast it in solid 925 sterling silver, in your size
- Most pieces ship in 3–4 weeks — intricate designs up to 5
- Free tracked US shipping
- 30 days to return
Keep dry; polish the raised silver gently and leave the oxidized recesses dark — the finish is meant to deepen with wear.
