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A round gold pendant with a floral design and blue stone accents, resting on a textured green surface.
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  • A round gold pendant with a floral design and blue stone accents, resting on a textured green surface.
  • A round gold pendant charm with a floral design and small blue gemstones, resting on an open book page.
  • A round gold pendant with a floral design and blue stone accents, resting on a textured green surface.
  • A round gold pendant with a floral design and blue stone accents, resting on a textured green surface.
  • A gold pendant featuring a central flower motif with small blue gemstones, resting on a textured sage green fabric background.
  • A round hold pendant with a "14k" hallmark resting on a textured green surface.
  • A round gold pendant with a floral design and blue stone accents, resting on a textured green surface.
  • A round gold pendant with a floral design and blue stone accents, swaying on a white ribbon.
  • A round gold pendant with a floral design and blue stone accents, resting on a textured green surface.
  • A round gold pendant charm with a floral design and small blue gemstones, resting on an open book page.
  • A round gold pendant with a floral design and blue stone accents, resting on a textured green surface.
  • A round gold pendant with a floral design and blue stone accents, resting on a textured green surface.
  • A gold pendant featuring a central flower motif with small blue gemstones, resting on a textured sage green fabric background.
  • A round hold pendant with a "14k" hallmark resting on a textured green surface.
  • A round gold pendant with a floral design and blue stone accents, resting on a textured green surface.
  • A round gold pendant with a floral design and blue stone accents, swaying on a white ribbon.
Mid-Century “Do I Love Thee?” Sapphire Spinner Pendant

Mid-Century “Do I Love Thee?” Sapphire Spinner Pendant

$3,330.00
$3,330.00

Marine

"How do I love thee?"

Elizabeth Barrett Browning asked it in her famous sonnet in 1850. Someone answered with this. Let's count the ways.

This mid-century spinner pendant carries the full weight of that question — a swiveling clover set with sapphire cabochons in solid 14k gold. The five words on its face — deliriously, ardently, fervently, madly, dearly — are not decorations. They are a declaration.

Spinner pendants were made to be touched, to move, to reveal. This one has been loved. The light scratches on its surface are the evidence of a life worn fully, the kind of tarnish you cannot manufacture.

 

OBJECT RECORD

Era

Mid-20th century

Materials

14k gold

Sapphire cabochons
Origin

United States
Condition

Very good; light surface scratches commensurate with age
Dimensions

1.3" × 1.1"
Hallmarks

14k

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