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The Vow Choker

$6,834.00

A ruby held at the lips, hands resting at the throat. The vow given before it was ever asked for, swallowed secret, kept close to the skin.

Hand-carved 14k choker with 2.5mm pomme ruby, two 2mm diamonds, and 3mm round ruby beads on 14k yellow gold wire.

Pendant measures 83mm by 25mm, choker length 15”.

All pieces are handcrafted in our New York studio, made-to-order.

Please allow 4-5 weeks to have the piece ready for shipping.

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A ruby held at the lips, hands resting at the throat. The vow given before it was ever asked for, swallowed secret, kept close to the skin.

Hand-carved 14k choker with 2.5mm pomme ruby, two 2mm diamonds, and 3mm round ruby beads on 14k yellow gold wire.

Pendant measures 83mm by 25mm, choker length 15”.

All pieces are handcrafted in our New York studio, made-to-order.

Please allow 4-5 weeks to have the piece ready for shipping.

  • Act 2, Scene 1

    Juliet

    Do not swear at all;

    or if thou wilt, swear by thy gracious self,

    Which is the god of my idolatry,

    And I’ll believe thee.

    …

    Romeo

    Th’exchange of thy love’s faithful vow for mine.

    Juliet

    I gave thee mine before thou didst request it;

    And yet I would it were to give again.

  • Drawn from the balcony scene: Juliet’s and Romeo’s hands and lips rest at the neck, the lips holding a ruby, strung on a ruby strand.

    Clothing patterns from Elizabethan Era.

  • The lips hold the secret. Theirs is a love the world will not allow, so it has to stay unspoken. The ruby at the lips is that kept secret and the love carried in the body and never let out.

    The choker sits at the throat where the voice forms. A love held there, unable to be said. Chokes, the ache of carrying what you cannot share. Even the play keeps it hidden: Shakespeare never shows the wedding on stage. The lovers approach it in one scene, and the next opens on a street after it has already happened. Perhaps the most important ceremony of their love kept offstage, unwitnessed by the audience and staying unseen.

    And yet on the balcony the vow was already given to Romeo from Juliet before it was ever asked for. Between them it was real before it was spoken, and it stays close to the skin. Held back from the world but never once in doubt between them.