From source to legacy.

From Source

Every Saltique stone begins in the earth, chosen by hand.

Ready to acquire.

The Rings
Rose GoldThe marquise rose gold ring photographed flatMarquise Cut
A marquise cut diamond worn on the hand

One stone, given the whole stage.

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The Necklaces
Yellow GoldThe sapphire line necklace in yellow gold photographed flatSapphire and Diamond
The campaign frame, the pink sapphire line worn in a velvet interior

A continuous line of stones, set to sit flat on the skin.

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The Stones
Chosen at originA pair of cushion halo rings photographed flatSet by hand
Five cut stones in an open palm in dappled daylight

Held in daylight before anything is drawn around them.

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Someone has to go and look.

The house carries her name. Saltique is İstem Saltık, a gemmologist who buys at origin. That means getting on a plane, sitting at the trading table, and holding the stone in daylight before any money changes hands.

It is slower than buying from a catalogue and it is the only way to know what you are selling. A stone is judged on what it gives back to the eye, not on the paperwork that travels with it, and that judgement cannot be delegated.

What comes home is a small number of stones. Each one is set into a piece drawn around it, at a bench, by hand.

The journey, photographed
  • A cutter at his bench under a single lamp sorting small blue sapphires
  • Five cut stones in an open palm in dappled daylight

Where a stone begins.

A marquise cut diamond on the hand at a sorting table
A marquise, examined at the source.

Every stone in this collection was held at origin before it was bought. The pit, the trading street, the cutter’s bench, the gem laboratory. The first entry of the Journal is that journey, photographed as it happened.

  • A cutter at his bench under a single lamp sorting small blue sapphiresSorting by eye, one lamp.
  • The entrance to a national gem testing laboratoryThe gem testing laboratory.
  • A gem trading street at dusk under strung lightsWhere the parcels change hands.
  • Five cut stones in an open palm in dappled daylightDaylight, the only honest lamp.
Read the first entry

Begun at the deposit.

  1. Source

    The founder travels to the deposit. The stone is chosen by hand, turned in daylight, and bought at origin.

  2. Design

    The setting is drawn around the stone, never the stone fitted into a setting that already existed.

  3. Set

    Bench work in the workshop. Every prong is cut for that stone alone, so the seat is exact.

  4. Deliver

    The piece arrives with its report and its provenance. What it is, and where it came from.

Begin a bespoke piece

Begin with a conversation.