QUINTESSENCE NECKLACE

The moment four elements gather into a single balance.

The aluminum and oxygen that form sapphire are elements made long ago inside stars.

Ancient philosophy described the world through four elements: water, fire, earth, and air. Water meant emotion and intuition, fire meant will and passion, earth meant stability and endurance, and air meant thought and clarity. Because any one of them in excess tips the balance, the alchemists believed a fifth element lay at the center where the four gather evenly, and they called it the quintessence.

QUINTESSENCE NECKLACE holds these four elements in four colors of natural sapphire. The pink that echoes fire, the depth of blue sapphire that echoes water, the green of sapphire that echoes earth, the clear light of yellow sapphire that echoes air.

In the 1970s, when long chains were worn hanging below the chest, a long necklace was a symbol of effortless ease. That spirit has been carried into a pared-down form today. The long chain of softly squared links runs on without ornament and offers an unhurried refinement. It suits any outfit naturally, and the fixed sapphire pendant shines, casting different colors as you move.