Raymond Yard Sapphire
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1940s American Contemporary Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Purple Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
20th Century Brooches
18k Gold
Vintage 1950s American Retro Brooches
Diamond, Moonstone, Pearl, Ruby, Sapphire, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, White Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Enamel
Vintage 1940s American Retro Clip-on Earrings
Moonstone, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Platinum
Vintage 1920s Art Deco Link Bracelets
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1930s North American Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco More Bracelets
Cultured Pearl, Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Platinum
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Vintage 1920s American Art Deco More Rings
Star Sapphire
20th Century American Art Deco Engagement Rings
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Sapphire, White Diamond, Platinum
Mid-20th Century Engagement Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1940s American Clip-on Earrings
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Engagement Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1940s American Brooches
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold
Vintage 1960s Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, Platinum
Vintage 1970s American Fashion Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1930s American Cluster Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Cocktail Rings
White Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Purple Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1950s American Brooches
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1950s Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
American Link Bracelets
Diamond
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Engagement Rings
White Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1920s Art Deco Brooches
Platinum
20th Century American Brooches
Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Green Sapphire, 14k Gold
20th Century American Art Deco Cocktail Rings
White Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1960s Retro Brooches
14k Gold
Vintage 1950s American Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, White Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum, Enamel
20th Century American Retro Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1950s Retro Three-Stone Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Link Bracelets
White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Chalcedony, White Diamond, Platinum
2010s American Modern Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
20th Century American Modern Brooches
Ruby, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Rose Gold
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Late 20th Century Link Bracelets
Sapphire, Rose Gold
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Beaded Bracelets
Diamond, Moonstone, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1920s Art Deco Fashion Rings
Diamond, Star Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1950s Unknown Retro Engagement Rings
Sapphire, Diamond, Platinum
Vintage 1950s Unknown Retro Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1940s American Retro Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1940s American Link Bracelets
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, 14k Gold
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Sapphire, Diamond, Platinum
Vintage 1940s American More Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
1990s American More Rings
Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1940s American Retro Brooches
Amethyst, Peridot, Pink Sapphire, 14k Gold
Vintage 1930s Brooches
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1940s Brooches
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Aquamarine, Diamond
Vintage 1940s American Brooches
Sapphire, Ruby, Diamond
Vintage 1940s American Brooches
Sapphire, Ruby, Diamond, Platinum
Vintage 1960s American More Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold
Vintage 1950s Retro More Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold
Vintage 1940s Brooches
Diamond, Sapphire, 15k Gold, Platinum, Yellow Gold
2010s American Drop Earrings
Aquamarine, Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary American Drop Earrings
Diamond, Onyx, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary American Drop Earrings
Onyx, Sapphire, Diamond, Platinum
2010s Cocktail Rings
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1930s Brooches
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
20th Century American More Bracelets
Sapphire, Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary American More Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Sapphire, White Diamond, 18k Gold, Platinum, Yel...
21st Century and Contemporary American Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1940s More Earrings
Moonstone, Sapphire, 14k Gold
Vintage 1950s American Brooches
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum, 14k Gold
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Vintage 1920s Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, Emerald, Sapphire, White Gold, Platinum
20th Century French Retro Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Cuff Bracelets
Mid-20th Century Retro Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1980s French Artisan Drop Necklaces
Brass, Bronze, Gilt Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Stud Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1980s French Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, White Gold, Platinum
Vintage 1970s French Modernist Cocktail Rings
Turquoise, White Diamond, Diamond, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
20th Century American Modern Stud Earrings
Diamond, Yellow Gold, Enamel
1990s French Retro Cufflinks
Lapis Lazuli, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Sri Lankan Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Padparadscha Sapphire , Diamond, White Gold, 18k Gold
1990s Unknown Modern Fashion Rings
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1930s French Retro Brooches
White Diamond, Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Solitaire Rings
Diamond, Platinum
1990s American Brooches
Diamond, White Diamond, Pearl, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1970s Link Bracelets
Diamond, Emerald, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Raymond Yard Sapphire For Sale on 1stDibs
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The Legacy of Sapphire in Jewelry Design
On 1stDibs, shop the bright blue gems that star in sapphire rings, sapphire necklaces and other vintage and antique sapphire jewelry.
Sapphires — the stone of choice for Napoleon, Princess Diana and Elizabeth Taylor — have been a favorite of aristocrats and the well-to-do since the time of the Ancient Greeks.
Picture a sapphire. If the stone you conjure is a deep cornflower blue, you’re seeing only part of the picture. Although blue Kashmirs are considered the most valuable, sapphires come in every color except red. No matter the hue, this very special gem is rich in history and beloved by royals (FYI, Princess Diana and Kate Middleton share an 11-carat sapphire engagement ring), so September babies are in very noble company.
America’s version of royalty — old money and celebrities — have also shown a predilection for the blue stones. In 1940, John D. Rockefeller Jr. had Cartier mount a 62-carat sapphire he had bought from an Indian maharajah in a brooch for his first wife, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller; in 2001, the piece sold for a then-record of $3,031,000 at Christie’s New York.
The grand dame of jewelry, Elizabeth Taylor had a passion for the gems that her lovers were happy to indulge. Second husband Michael Wilding gave her an engagement ring set with a cabochon sapphire, while Richard Burton famously presented her with a BVLGARI sautoir set with diamonds and sapphires, including at its center a cabochon Burmese weighing 52.72 carats. One of the star lots in the sale of Taylor’s jewels at the Christie’s New York in 2011, it sold for $5,906,500.
You don’t have to have blue blood or a bulging bank account, however, to get an eyeful of this much-coveted gem. A number of outstanding examples reside in public collections.
The Smithsonian Museum of Natural History owns the 423-carat Logan sapphire, a gift from the Guggenheim family, and the Hall sapphire and diamond necklace, designed by Harry Winston and featuring 36 fine, well-matched cushion-cut Sri Lankan sapphires weighing a combined 195 carats. Also in the collection is the Bismarck sapphire necklace, designed by Cartier and sporting a central sapphire weighing 98.6 carats, which Mona Von Bismarck donated to the museum.
Sapphires are composed of corundum. Their color derives from trace elements, such as iron, titanium, chromium, copper or magnesium. When the trace element produces a ruby hue, the stone is called, what else, a ruby. (which is, as mentioned above, why sapphires cannot be red by definition).
The allure of large gemstones endures throughout the periods characterized as vintage, and sapphire features frequently in vintage engagement rings. (On 1stDibs, a range of buying guides can be found for those in the market for antique engagement rings, vintage engagement rings or Art Deco engagement rings.)
Find an exquisite collection of vintage and antique sapphire jewelry on 1stDibs.