A DIAMOND COCKTAIL RING, BY MESSIKA Composed of a double hoop, the frontispiece pavé-set with brilliant-cut diamonds, to a floating brilliant-cut diamond at the centre within collet-setting, mounted in 18K gold, signed Messika with a brilliant-cut diamond accent, numbered, with maker's mark, French assay mark, ring size M¾ Parisian born Valérie Messika started her eponymous brand in 2005. Valérie is the daughter of the famous diamond merchant André Messika, from whom she developed her keen sense of design and love of precious stones. Messika’s jewellery collections are consistently based on classical jewellery themes, yet incorporate modern twists, playing on Valérie’s love of contemporary art and urban street style. Above all, Messika’s aim is to produce pieces to be worn by the modern woman, ensuring that anyone can walk, dance, run or work when wearing expensive jewels. With boutiques all over the world including Paris and New York and Shangai, a 2019 collaboration with Gigi Hadid, and boasting a host of avid celebrity fans from Hailey Bieber to Beyoncé, the success of Messika in recent years has consolidated their status as one of the most successful contemporary jewellery houses of the last decade.