Etincelle de Cartier or The Tiffany Setting
Cartier · Tiffany & Co.
Etincelle de Cartier
A band about a millimetre and a half wide, paved with small diamonds and carrying a larger stone in the same line, so the ring reads as one spark.
The Tiffany Setting
Six slender prongs lift a round brilliant diamond clear of the band, so the stone, not the mount, carries the ring.
About a millimetre and a half: that is the width of the band on Etincelle de Cartier, the house's slimmest bridal ring, paved with small diamonds that run straight into a larger centre stone so the whole ring reads as a single spark. The Tiffany Setting separates the two, a plain band below and a round brilliant held high on six prongs, a design Charles Lewis Tiffany introduced in 1886. Cartier lets stone and band merge. Tiffany keeps them apart.
| Fact | Etincelle de Cartier | The Tiffany Setting |
|---|---|---|
| Introduced | — | 1886 |
| Designer | — | Charles Lewis Tiffany |
| School | Place Vendôme | New York |
| Materials | yellow gold, rose gold, white gold, platinum, diamond | platinum, diamond |
| Moves | No | No |
| From | €3,300 | Not published |
| Top of line | €3,300 | — |
Prices in euros as published by each house, October 2026.