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Solitaire 1895 in platinum: a brilliant-cut diamond held by four claws on a plain band, on a pale ground.
Image © Cartier

Cartier · 1895

Solitaire 1895

One stone raised on four claws above a plain band, the house's barest answer to the engagement ring.

From €930on the Cartier site, October 2026

Introduced
1895 — 1895 is the year Cartier's archives record the house's first solitaire; the launch year of the current design is not stated.
Idea
The single stone
School
Place Vendôme
Materials
platinum, yellow gold, rose gold, diamond, sapphire, ruby, emerald

Solitaire 1895 at Cartier

The story

Cartier names the ring after 1895, the year its first solitaire appears in the archives. The current setting holds a brilliant, oval, cushion, pear or emerald-cut diamond, or a sapphire, ruby or emerald, on four claws in platinum or gold, with a matching 1895 wedding band.

The ladder

  1. Entry Alliance 1895, largeur 2.5 mm, or jaune €930
  2. Signature Solitaire 1895, diamant taille brillant, platine On request

Prices as published by Cartier in euros, October 2026.

Lineage

  • The Tiffany Setting engagement ring: a round brilliant diamond held by six prongs on a platinum band engraved Tiffany & Co., on a white ground.

    Answers · 1895

    The Tiffany Setting, Tiffany & Co. (1886)

    Nine years after Tiffany's six prongs, Cartier raised its one stone on four claws above a plain band.

  • Cartier Destinée solitaire in platinum: a brilliant-cut diamond inside a halo of small diamonds on a pavé band, on a pale ground.

    Answered by

    Cartier Destinée, Cartier

    Destinée rings the single stone with a halo set so lightly it seems to float free of the metal.

  • Mellerio Cut ring in white gold: an oval-shaped diamond in a halo of small diamonds on a pavé band, seen from above on a cream ground

    Answered by

    Mellerio Cut, Mellerio

    Mellerio keeps the lone stone but gives it a cut of its own, a softened oval in memory of the Beau Sancy.

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