Jewel__A_Celebration_of_Earth_s_Treasures

Eight square-cut sapphires

set off main stone

Diamonds

98.57-carat deep blue sapphire

of exceptional clarity

Bismarck sapphire necklace | This necklace was

created in 1959. The sapphire was originally set in

a choker by Cartier in 1927. The stone hangs from a

chain of baguette and round brilliant-cut diamonds.

Sapphires possess

a beauty like that

of the heavenly

throne; they

denote... those

whose lives shine

with their good

deeds and virtue

Marbodius of Rennes

11th-century bishop and poet

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