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Crescent moon pin in 18kt yellow gold with dark red garnet gemstone border
Crescent moon garnet pin on black blouse, gold setting with dark red stones
Crescent moon pin in 18kt yellow gold with dark red garnet gemstone border
Crescent moon garnet pin on black blouse, gold setting with dark red stones

C. 1950 Vintage 4.75 ct. t.w. Garnet Crescent Moon Pin in 18kt Yellow Gold

$3,695
C. 1950. Joining our Estate collection from the Retro era, this simple statement flaunts a lot of luxury. The pin resembles a classic cresce…

Item 246175

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All weights and measurements are approximate. Most gemstones are treated to enhance their beauty and may require special care.

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Quality & Value

Authenticated Retro jewelry has shown consistent collector demand and price stability, backed by historical specificity, material quality, and a finite supply of genuine period examples that only gets smaller over time. The value case is structural, and it doesn't depend on trend cycles.

Myth & Meaning

The sun and moon pairing as a symbol of duality and complementary balance appears in Hindu, alchemical, and Native American traditions independently, each arriving at associations with masculine and feminine forces, light and dark, and cyclical opposition. Jewelry adopted the pairing because the visual format, two recognizable celestial forms in deliberate relationship, carries the symbolic content directly without requiring additional context.

Stone Story

Color-change garnets have two color relationships with light instead of one: a daylight appearance and a separate incandescent appearance, both produced by the same stone. That optical behavior is rare enough in fine gemstones to be worth seeking out.

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