| 2025-11-11 | |
Stephen Silver Fine Jewelry has long been Silicon Valley’s destination for elevated gifting. The house’s unrivaled expertise in rare and precious-colored gemstones is on full display in this inspired array of fine jewelry and high jewelry creations. Each remarkable piece is a celebration of nature’s most extraordinary gemstone treasures, brought to life through impeccable design and artisanal vision.
From vivid, one-of-a-kind gemstone pieces to refined silhouettes designed to elevate the everyday, these radiant creations exemplify the house’s signature aesthetic: timeless yet contemporary, rare, yet effortlessly wearable. These distinctive designs capture the spirit of holiday giving at its most elevated, available online at shsilver.com and at Stephen Silver’s new boutique at The Villa Menlo Park in Menlo Park, California.
Stephen Silver presents a remarkable blue sapphire and diamond halo pendant, centered on a 61.62 carat blue sapphire. The pendant hangs from an equally dazzling diamond riviera necklace, set with expertly graduated diamonds. A stunning, heirloom-quality high jewelry piece that commands all attention, this necklace makes a dazzling gift of a lifetime, one to be worn and treasured for generations to come.
Effortlessly classic, this sapphire and diamond ring lets its magnificent 3.42 carat oval-cut blue sapphire do the talking. The exceptional unheated gem is flanked by two magnificent matched baguette-cut diamonds, making this iconic three-stone platinum ring an appealing and unforgettable holiday gift for gem lovers who appreciate the timeless allure of a world-class blue sapphire.
These alluring sapphire and diamond earrings from Stephen Silver feature a cascade of sapphires and colorless natural diamonds – an ideal holiday gift for the design-forward woman who loves to make a style statement. The earrings feature 22.62 total carats of rose-cut blue sapphires in various shapes, set amidst a further 1.39 carats of round brilliant-cut diamonds. The blue titanium coating applied to the 18-karat white gold settings only enhances their impactful chromatic effect.
Stephen Silver’s oval diamond link necklace lights up a room with its flashing scintillation and alluring, timeless design. The 16.5” necklace centers on a stunning 9.28 carat oval-cut diamond, set in a landscape format that sits gracefully, as if framed, by the clavicle. The 18-karat yellow gold adds yet more subtle allure with its links of mixed-cut diamonds, including carré cut (1.9 carats), round brilliant cut (0.42 carats), and oval cuts (3.15 carats). Altogether, this incredible necklace accounts for a total of 14.75 carats in natural diamonds.
This stunning diamond bypass bangle bracelet by Stephen Silver features 18 graduated emerald cut diamonds set in 18 karat white gold, 13.66 carats in total: a remarkable holiday gift of a lifetime. An impressive feat of artistry and precision, this design testifies to the eternal allure of natural diamonds and Stephen Silver’s expert eye at curating and presenting this matched group in a timeless, elegant design. The 18-karat white gold bracelet flexes, allowing the owner to easily take it on and off, and enabling hours of effortless wea
These unique inside-out hoops from Stephen Silver offer a whimsical update on the diamond hoop earring, making them a versatile, cherished gift that can be worn and enjoyed for years to come. Each hoop is composed of several diamond clusters inside and out, each with a center rose-cut diamond and halo of round brilliant diamonds. Altogether, these dazzling hoops present 4.56 total carats of rose-cut diamonds and 3.17 total carats of round brilliant-cut diamonds, all of exceptional quality, presented within an 18-karat white gold setting.
Exceptional in every way, this Burmese ruby and diamond ring from Stephen Silver showcases the majesty of a true Burmese ruby. The 5.51-carat oval Burmese ruby center stone dazzles with its chromatic depth and expert faceting. The lush red gem is accented on all sides with dazzling diamonds, including a total of 0.81 carats in trapezoid-cut diamonds and 0.31 carats in round brilliant-cut diamonds.
Stephen Silver revisits a classic Art Deco silhouette with this remarkable ruby and diamond bracelet. Bold, beautiful, and classic, this timeless bracelet stands to make a big impression as the holiday gift of a lifetime. The wide five-row ruby bracelet features 41.15 total carats of untreated step-cut rubies, framed on either side by round brilliant-cut diamonds (totaling 4.79 carats).
Stephen Silver is a Silicon-Valley based gemologist, geologist, diamantaire, and philanthropist. Over the course of the last 40 years, Silver has established a reputation amongst his global network of jewelry industry contacts and elite gemstone collectors for his expertise in diamond and color gemstone cutting and jewelry design. Following his geology studies at San Diego State University and earning a Graduate Gemologist degree from GIA, Silver later returned to the San Francisco Bay Area to found an estate jewelry firm specializing in antiques and precious stones.
There, he gained access to a number of history’s most important colored gems, including the famous Cullinan Blue Diamond necklace, a historic piece he went on to purchase and donate to the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, and later, the Pink Promise Diamond, which he recut and improved, resulting in a record price per carat at auction in 2017. Joined in recent years by son and Stephen Silver Fine Jewelry President Jared Silver, Stephen Silver expanded his business into a vertically integrated wholesale manufacture and retail operation of international reach with an office and retail boutique based in and around Menlo Park, California.