Sapphire Jewelry
1960s Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Pearl, Blue Sapphire, 15k Gold, Yellow Gold
1950s Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Emerald, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Sapphire Jewelry
Purple Sapphire, Green Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Blue Sa...
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Yellow Sapphire, Gold, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, White Diamond, Diamond, Mixed Metal, Yellow Gol...
1890s British Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary British Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Platinum
1950s Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Gold, Platinum
2010s British Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Tanzanite, Topaz, Tourmaline, Turquoise, S...
1960s American Retro Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s English Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Steel
1970s Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Green Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1960s British Victorian Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Pearl, Sapphire, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold
1910s French Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Multi-gemstone, Garnet, Emerald, Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1960s American Contemporary Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
1910s Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Gold
1870s British Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1990s Unknown Retro Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s British Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Jasper, Sapphire, Gold, 9k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold, Mixed Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Green Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold...
1920s Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
16th Century Unknown Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Yellow Gold, Gold
1910s English Edwardian Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Diamond, Platinum
19th Century Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Pearl, Pink Sapphire, Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century Unknown Artist Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Gold
2010s British Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Sterling Silver
1870s British Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Gold, Silver
1930s Unknown Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Unknown Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Diamond, 18k Gold
1920s Unknown Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
20th Century Sapphire Jewelry
Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Turquoise, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, White Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1980s French Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, 18k Gold
1850s British Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Pearl, Blue Sapphire, Ruby, Natural Pearl, White Diamond, Diam...
Early 1900s British Edwardian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold
1950s Unknown Retro Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Diamond, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold, Gold
1920s British Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
1930s Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Yellow Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary British Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
White Diamond, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary British Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Vermeil
1970s British Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary English Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s British Edwardian Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Star Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Green Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Purple Sapphire,...
2010s French Sapphire Jewelry
Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire
1890s British Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Cultured Pearl, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Gold, Silver
1950s American Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Emerald, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sapphire Jewelry
White Diamond, Yellow Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
15th Century and Earlier British Medieval Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Yellow Gold
1970s Unknown Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, Enamel
Vintage and Antique Sapphire Rings, Sapphire Necklaces and Other Sapphire Jewelry for Sale on 1stDibs
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.)
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