Spoilers below.
Nobody Wants This season 3 is full of surprises—and Joanne and Noah’s engagement is just one of them. Halfway through the season, Joanne (Kristen Bell) thinks she and Noah (Adam Brody), her hot rabbi boyfriend, are traveling to Napa, California, because he’s officiating a wedding. Turns out, he’s proposing to her instead. Not long after the couple sets foot on the scenic vineyard grounds (after a nightmarish encounter with a fan at the airport), Noah gets down on one knee, stunning Joanne and the audience, too. He adds another surprise when he reveals the engagement ring: a cluster ring with a large center diamond surrounded by a ring of smaller stones.
Turns out, the piece is from Fox and Bond, an antique jewelry brand based in L.A. that was founded by Blair Fox and Sunny Bond in 2015. Erin Foster, the show’s creator, whose life inspired the story, had the idea to source from them. And she knew the exact style she wanted for Joanne. This episode hits especially close to home for Foster; the proposal was based on her own engagement to her now-husband, Simon Tikhman.
Here’s what to know about Joanne’s super sparkly ring.
Joanne’s old mine-cut ring is 2.27 carats.
According to the Fox and Bond site, Joanne’s is “a Victorian era diamond cluster ring” made with 18K yellow gold and silver. The center stone is a 1.26-carat diamond with an old mine cut, which means each facet is unique.
“It was cut in the Victorian era before modern diamond cutting technology was invented,” Sunny Bond explains. “So [on] every old mine cut diamond, every single facet is different.”
“They’re not symmetrically cut like they are now,” Blair Fox adds. “And it’s one of the things that we both love about old diamonds. They just reflect light in a different way, and you just can’t take your eyes off of them.”
There are 10 additional, smaller diamonds surrounding the center stone, bringing the total weight to 2.27 carats. The piece is currently for sale for $11,385. (It was only loaned for production.)
The cluster style is also significant. “If somebody wanted a big look [for their ring] but couldn’t afford a big diamond, a cluster, in essence, kind of recreates that surface area, and creates so much sparkle because there’s so many facets that it’s an evergreen style that of course is still being made today,” Bond says.
Foster sought out a vintage ring for Joanne.
