Sapphire Stick Pin
Vintage 1920s Brooches
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Brooches
Sapphire, 14k Gold
2010s American Brooches
Blue Sapphire, Yellow Gold, Sterling Silver
Vintage 1910s Art Nouveau Brooches
Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold
2010s American Brooches
Chalcedony, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique Late 19th Century Victorian Brooches
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold
Vintage 1920s Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Vanity Items
Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold
2010s American Brooches
Diamond, Star Sapphire, Black Star, 14k Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1910s Spanish Brooches
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Artist Brooches
White Diamond, Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Artist Brooches
White Diamond, Sapphire, Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Artist Brooches
White Diamond, Sapphire, Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
Early 20th Century Austrian Brooches
Diamond, Sapphire, Rose Gold
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, Pearl, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, Opal, Cultured Pearl, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Turquoise, Zircon, 1...
1990s Brooches
Diamond, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
Vintage 1920s Art Deco Brooches
Moonstone, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
Antique 1880s British Late Victorian Brooches
Diamond, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Green Sapphire, Purple Sapphire, Yello...
20th Century Brooches
Blue Sapphire, Gold
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Brooches
Sapphire, Yellow Gold, Platinum, Enamel
Vintage 1920s Art Deco Brooches
Sapphire, 14k Gold
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco More Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1930s European Art Deco Brooches
Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
Vintage 1910s Art Nouveau Brooches
Moonstone, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Brooches
Diamond, Pearl, Sapphire, Yellow Gold, 15k Gold
Early 20th Century European Edwardian Brooches
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, 14k Gold
Vintage 1910s American More Jewelry
Sapphire, 14k Gold
20th Century Brooches
Platinum
Vintage 1930s French Brooches
Amethyst, Diamond, Emerald, Sapphire, Platinum
Antique 1890s Victorian Brooches
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1910s American Brooches
Diamond, Pearl, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Platinum
Antique Early 19th Century Unknown Art Deco Brooches
Pearl, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Brooches
Vintage 1980s British Retro Brooches
Diamond, Yellow Diamond, Pearl, Sapphire, Platinum, Gold
Vintage 1910s French Belle Époque Brooches
Sapphire, Diamond, Platinum
20th Century Brooches
Sapphire, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1920s Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Artist Brooches
White Diamond, Sapphire, Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco More Objets d'Art and Vertu
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
20th Century Brooches
Cultured Pearl, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique 1880s British Victorian Brooches
Diamond, White Diamond, Oriental Pearl, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 1...
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Brooches
Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique 1880s British Victorian Brooches
Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 20th Century Russian Russian Revival More Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold
Late 20th Century Unknown Brooches
Sapphire, 18k Gold
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Brooches
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, White Diamond, Platinum
Vintage 1930s Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
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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.