31 Enchanting Butterfly Jewelry Pieces to Suit Your Fancy
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With their fluttering wings and fantastical patterns in every color of the rainbow, butterflies are truly nature’s masterpieces. A source of fascination for artists throughout history, the creatures’ delicate charm has inspired countless captivating works like the famous Hundred Butterflies painting by Yu Sheng, a renowned artist at the court of the Qianlong Emperor in the 18th century.
The enchanting creature is also uniquely suited to be admired as jewelry. These precious butterfly jewelry pieces from masterful artists around the world bring the butterfly’s dainty silhouette into the three-dimensional realm. Enhanced with glimmering shine and sparkling with gemstones, these jewels offer a composition of exquisite beauty.
Creamy Mother-of-Pearl Butterfly Clip
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Dotted with colorful gems and fine gold veining, iridescent mother-of-pearl creates the shimmering illusion of butterfly wings in Van Cleef & Arpels’ dainty clip.
Crystal and Diamond Butterfly Brooch
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A real butterfly specimen forms the basis for this magnificent piece of butterfly jewelry by artist Wallace Chan. The brooch is outfitted in high-refraction crystal and colored diamonds for ultimate brilliance.
Lacy Filigree Brooch
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In a collection inspired by Queen Alexandra of England, artists used the 19th-century filigree technique to weave white gold into lace-like wings for this Muse butterfly brooch from Garrard.
Captivating Blue Aquamarine Brooch
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A blue-yellow butterfly artist Wallis Hong saw as a child inspired the vision of this brilliant creation made with Santa Maria aquamarine. The piece took the artist three years to complete.
Lucky Jade Butterfly Jewelry Necklace
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This gold necklace by artist Lin Shiao Tung captures the butterfly, a symbol of luck in Chinese culture, in carved jade as it rests upon a precious pearl-petalled flower.
Vivid Turquoise and Pink Sapphire Ring
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Celebrating the butterfly’s powers of metamorphosis and freedom, the Ciufoli Papillon ring showcases vibrant hand-cut turquoise and pink sapphires surrounding a stunning single-carat diamond.
Sweet Blue Topaz and Sapphire Earrings
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The playful cluster of four butterflies forms each of these Michele Della Valle earrings, featuring diamond bodies and wings of blue topaz and sapphire.
Mythical Chimera Butterfly Jewelry
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Named after the mythological Chimera, this brooch from Giampiero Bodino combines sparkling butterfly jewelry with a long, curling tail.
Golden Butterfly Jewelry Brooch
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For a perfectly understated touch to a blazer or blouse, this petite brooch from Hemmerle presents gold-toned butterfly jewelry in shades of bronze with graduated yellow and brown diamonds.
Exotic Titanium Butterfly Jewelry Pin
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The butterfly’s exotic nature emerges in this Imaan butterfly jewelry pin by Andreoli. The piece is crafted from iridescent titanium and accented with pink and yellow sapphires.
Hypnotic Gemstone Butterfly Jewelry Earrings
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A mesmerizing kaleidoscope of colors is unveiled in these Austy Lee gold and mother-of-pearl earrings, glimmering with Australian opals, Pigeon-Blood Rubies, diamonds, and pink and blue sapphires.
Transformable Earrings with Diamond Droplets
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A pinkish-brown diamond glitters at the core of each of these elegant and transformable De Beers earrings, shaped like folding butterfly jewelry wings in white and rose gold.
Art-Inspired Earrings with Titanium Fiber
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A nod to the movements of nature and light, these Boghossian earrings evoke the sheer lightness of butterfly wings with fine titanium strands silhouetted in rose and white gold.
Dramatic Chrysocolla Earrings
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Handcrafted by Casa Castro’s artisan jewelers, each of these magical earrings is shaped like a butterfly jewelry wing and colored in dark blue chrysocolla, apatite, and yellow gold.
Show-Stopping Ruby Butterfly Jewelry Ring
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The passionate red of unheated Pigeon’s Blood Burmese rubies takes center stage in this double-headed white gold ring by Faidee. The rubies are surrounded by pear-shaped diamonds.
Autumn Fantasy Butterfly Brooch
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The colors of the autumn sky inspired this airy creation by Jewellery Theatre. The butterfly’s lacy silhouette is set with refractive diamond facets.
Mesmerizing Titanium Brooch
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Gemstones in a bold, vivid color palette—from emerald green to blue and mauve—feature across the wings of this architectural titanium butterfly jewelry brooch from Nisan Ong.
Fluttering Butterfly Jewelry Necklace
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A special tremblant mechanism allows the colorful, jeweled wings of diamond butterflies to move with lifelike flutter in this long chain necklace by Staurino Fratelli.
Sleek Bar Chandelier Earrings
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These simply styled chandelier earrings by Ilgiz show contemporary flair, with hot enamel butterflies topping the minimalist gold and diamond bars.
Ethereal Amethyst Butterfly Ring
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Butterfly jewelry takes on an organic, voluminous shape in this lovely Isabelle Langlois cocktail ring, featuring dimensional milky amethyst wings set on a rose gold, pink sapphire, and diamond base.
Enchanting Black and Rose Gold Earrings
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These delicate earrings from Ming Song capture the butterfly in a state of gentle slumber with its rose and black gold wings dropping softly. The piece is dotted with diamond droplets and finished with a pink conch pearl.
Colorful Degrade Earrings
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The art of color and movement is celebrated in these unique butterfly jewelry earrings from Rosior. The elegant twists highlight a vivid degrade of sapphires, rubies, diamonds, and aquamarines.
Pretty Pastel Diamond Brooch
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Pastel patterns of fancy yellow and pink diamonds color the wings of this refined butterfly jewelry brooch by NYC-based jewelry maker Cicada.
Tropical Butterfly and Parrot Cocktail Duo
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A butterfly and a parrot meet in this fun cocktail ring duo by Mathon Paris, featuring the brightly colored pair in gemstones and vibrant enamel.
Beautiful Stained-Glass Enamel Brooch
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This magnificent butterfly jewelry brooch from jewelry house Gevorgian resembles a stunning stained glass window with rainbow-colored enamel finished with diamonds and a scalloped gold border.
Abstract Butterfly Jewelry Earrings with Emeralds
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An emerald drop accents these unusual earrings from Palmiero, reinterpreting the butterfly wing in abstract form with an architectural play on light and shape.
Eloquent Platinum Butterfly Brooch
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An airy, playful shape with horizontal lines defines this simple yet eye-catching butterfly jewelry brooch from Sophia D, created entirely in platinum and diamonds.
Harmonious Diamond Butterfly Ring
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A collaboration with music legend Mariah Carey inspired Chopard’s Happy Butterfly ring, a diamond-pave butterfly jewelry in ethical rose gold, with a floating diamond at the center.
Refined Vintage Enamel Brooch
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Fine detailing creates a sophisticated textured effect in this vintage circa 1980s gold butterfly brooch by London-based designer Leo de Vroomen.
Lovely Feminine Vintage Brooch
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Swirls, whirls, and shades of pink bring ultra-feminine charm to this vintage Faberge butterfly jewelry brooch with intricate detailing in enamel and multicolored gemstones.
Retro Lapel Pearl Brooch
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An anatomically accurate butterfly inspired this vintage lapel brooch from Buccellati. Crafted in pink and white gold, the piece is set with a white Baroque pearl and brilliant-cut diamonds.
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