Sugar Loaf Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Ruby, Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Cocktail Rings
Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Band Rings
Sapphire
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Cufflinks
Sapphire, 14k Gold
Vintage 1920s Art Deco Engagement Rings
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Platinum, Rose Gold, 18k Gold, Gold
Vintage 1950s English Art Deco Cluster Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Hong Kong Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Ruby, Sapphire, Tanzanite, 18k Gold
Early 20th Century Engagement Rings
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary American Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1960s Modern Cufflinks
Sapphire, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
Vintage 1910s French Edwardian More Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Antique 1890s Pendant Necklaces
Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
Vintage 1970s European Contemporary Cufflinks
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Antique Early 1900s English Belle Époque Brooches
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, White Diamond, Diamond, Silver, 14k Gold, Rose ...
Vintage 1960s French Retro Cufflinks
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Fashion Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Antique Late 19th Century Pendant Necklaces
Diamond, Star Sapphire, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Cocktail Rings
Sapphire, Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
2010s Hong Kong Art Nouveau Cocktail Rings
Diamond, South Sea Pearl, Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Engagement Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
Recent Sales
21st Century and Contemporary French Three-Stone Rings
White Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
French Brooches
Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Cocktail Rings
Sapphire, Tourmaline, Sterling Silver, Gold Plate
2010s American Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Diamond, White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
20th Century More Rings
Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Gold, White Gold
2010s Thai Modern Dome Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, White Gold
2010s Australian Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
American Cocktail Rings
Sapphire, Diamond, 18k Gold
2010s English Contemporary Fashion Rings
Diamond, Star Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1970s Italian Dome Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, White Gold
2010s British More Rings
Diamond, Platinum
Vintage 1950s American Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Antique 19th Century Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Antique Late 19th Century Art Nouveau Cufflinks
Sapphire, 18k Gold
Antique Early 1900s Unknown Victorian Cufflinks
Blue Sapphire, White Diamond, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, Silver
Vintage 1920s American More Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Platinum
2010s British Engagement Rings
Sapphire, 22k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Solitaire Rings
Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1930s French Cufflinks
Sapphire, Yellow Gold, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Fashion Rings
Diamond, Quartz, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
20th Century Art Nouveau Fashion Rings
Sapphire, Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1980s Italian Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Vintage 1960s Dome Rings
Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1960s Unknown Retro Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s American Contemporary Cocktail Rings
White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s American Contemporary Stud Earrings
Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Cufflinks
Sapphire, 14k Gold
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Cufflinks
Sapphire, 14k Gold, Platinum
Late 20th Century Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Early 20th Century Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1910s Engagement Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Antique Late 19th Century Unknown Victorian Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Italian Link Bracelets
Sapphire, Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold
Early 2000s Unknown Art Deco Fashion Rings
Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s American Modern Fashion Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1930s French Cufflinks
Sapphire, 18k Gold, 14k Gold
Vintage 1970s American Modern Cocktail Rings
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
2010s American Artisan Engagement Rings
Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
Vintage 1960s French More Objets d'Art and Vertu
Sapphire, 18k Gold
People Also Browsed
21st Century and Contemporary American Drop Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
White Diamond, Diamond
21st Century and Contemporary French Structured Shoulder Bags
1950s French Evening Dresses and Gowns
2010s Turkish Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Sapphire, Topaz, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Multi-Strand Necklaces
Yellow Diamond, 18k Gold
1990s American Drop Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, 18k Gold, Platinum
Early 2000s French Evening Dresses and Gowns
Vintage 1930s Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Star Sapphire, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Three-Stone Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Blue Diamond
2010s British Loungewear
2010s French Capes
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Artist Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, White Gold
Antique 17th Century British Tudor Engagement Rings
Yellow Gold
Early 20th Century Cufflinks
Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum, Enamel
Sugar Loaf 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.
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