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Vintage bar pin with three round blue gemstones in gold-toned filigree setting.
Sapphire bar pin on light blouse, showing blue round stones in gold setting.
Vintage bar pin with three round blue gemstones in gold-toned filigree setting.
Sapphire bar pin on light blouse, showing blue round stones in gold setting.

C. 1950 Vintage .60 ct. t.w. Sapphire Bar Pin with Seed Pearls in Platinum and 14kt Yellow Gold

$1,795
C. 1950. Slender and sophisticated, this Retro-era bar pin from our Estate collection pops with .60 ct. t.w. round sapphires and petite seed…

Item 252373

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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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The deeper story

A Storied Heritage

Hollywood's influence on Retro jewelry was structural rather than incidental. Major studios collaborated directly with jewelry designers in the 1930s and 1940s to produce on-screen statement pieces, and the resulting aesthetic crossed into fine jewelry production and shaped the period's design direction.

Myth & Meaning

Persian scholars, Hebrew scripture, Christian theology, and Buddhist tradition each arrived at the same conclusions about the sapphire. Wisdom. Divine favor. Truth. Fidelity. The stone appears in accounts of the Ten Commandments, the New Jerusalem, the robes of deities. When that many independent frameworks agree, it stops being coincidence and becomes reality.

Quality & Value

The positive-lock rotation of a revolver clasp means the barrel seats fully and stays put under tension. For a piece with high material or sentimental value, that mechanical certainty is worth the deliberate open-close action it requires.

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