Oval Locket Pendant - 18k Yellow Gold - Blue Enamel with Paillons - 1 Sapphire
By Victor Mayer
Located in Pforzheim, DE
It is typically blue, but natural "fancy" sapphires also occur in yellow, purple, orange, and green colors; "parti sapphires" show two or more colors.
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold, Enamel
Unique IGI Certified Bi Colour Blue Yellow Australian Sapphire 0.80ct Cushion
Located in Birmingham, GB
Unique and beautiful sapphire. Rare parti colour with Australian origin.
Sapphire
Unique 1.05ct IGI Certified Bi Colour Sapphire Yellow Blue Australian Untreated
Located in Birmingham, GB
Unique and beautiful sapphire. Rare untreated parti colour with Australian origin.
Sapphire
IGI Certified Bi Colour Sapphire Yellow Blue 0.71ct Australian Untreated Gem
Located in Birmingham, GB
Totally untreated and unheated, very rare for natural sapphires. Parti and Bi colour sapphires are proving incredibly popular lately and the price is only going one way for the high ...
Sapphire
Unique IGI Certified Bi Colour Blue Yellow 0.76ct Australian Sapphire Untreated
Located in Birmingham, GB
Also has excellent clarity, very clean stone. Unique and rare sapphire. Parti and Bi colour sapphires are proving incredibly popular lately and the price is only going one way for th...
Sapphire
Unheated 0.79ct IGI Certified Bi Colour Blue Yellow Australian Sapphire Cushion
Located in Birmingham, GB
Also has excellent clarity, a very clean stone. VVS. Parti and Bi colour sapphires are proving incredibly popular lately and the price is only going one way for the high end stones s...
Sapphire
Unique 1.16ct IGI Certified Bi Colour Sapphire Yellow Green Australian Untreated
Located in Birmingham, GB
Totally untreated and unheated, very rare for natural sapphires. Parti and Bi colour sapphires are proving incredibly popular lately and the price is only going one way for the high ...
Sapphire
Unique IGI Certified Bi Colour Sapphire Australia 0.67ct Blue Yellow Unheated
Located in Birmingham, GB
Totally untreated and unheated, very rare for natural sapphires. Australian origin stone. Parti and Bi colour sapphires are proving incredibly popular lately and the price is only go...
Sapphire
Untreated IGI Certified Bi Colour Sapphire 1.42ct Blue Yellow Australian Oval
Located in Birmingham, GB
VS. Unique and rare sapphire. Mined in Australia. Parti and Bi colour sapphires are proving incredibly popular lately and the price is only going one way for the high end stones such...
Sapphire
Natural 1.90ct IGI Certified Bi Colour Blue Yellow Australian Sapphire Trillion
Located in Birmingham, GB
Slight hazy-ness to this stone. Parti and Bi colour sapphires are proving incredibly popular lately and the price is only going one way for the high end stones such as this!
Sapphire
1.04ct Unique IGI Certified Bi Colour Blue Yellow Australian Sapphire Gemstone
Located in Birmingham, GB
VS. Unique and rare sapphire. Mined in Australia. Parti and Bi colour sapphires are proving incredibly popular lately and the price is only going one way for the high end stones such...
Sapphire
1.09ct Unique IGI Certified Bi Colour Blue Yellow Australian Sapphire Untreated
Located in Birmingham, GB
Also has excellent clarity, very clean stone. Unique and rare sapphire. Mined in Australia. Parti and Bi colour sapphires are proving incredibly popular lately and the price is only ...
Sapphire
Natural 1.00ct IGI Certified Bi Colour Blue Yellow Australian Sapphire Octagon
Located in Birmingham, GB
Totally untreated and unheated, very rare for natural sapphires. Unique and beautiful sapphire. Parti and Bi colour sapphires are proving incredibly popular lately and the price is o...
Sapphire
Natural 1.07ct IGI Certified Bi Colour Untreated Blue Yellow Sapphire Octagon
Located in Birmingham, GB
Totally untreated and unheated, very rare for natural sapphires. Parti and Bi colour sapphires are proving incredibly popular lately and the price is only going one way for the high ...
Sapphire
1.29ct IGI Certified Bi Colour Sapphire Blue Green Yellow Australian Untreated
Located in Birmingham, GB
Totally untreated and unheated, very rare for natural sapphires. With rare Australian origin. Parti and Bi colour sapphires are proving incredibly popular lately and the price is onl...
Sapphire
Unique IGI Certified Bi Colour Blue Yellow Australia Sapphire 0.74ct Unheated
Located in Birmingham, GB
Unique and beautiful sapphire. Parti and Bi colour sapphires are proving incredibly popular lately and the price is only going one way for the high end stones such as this!
Sapphire
IGI Certified 1.25ct Australia Bi Colour Blue Yellow Sapphire Untreated Oval Cut
Located in Birmingham, GB
Totally untreated and unheated, very rare for natural sapphires. Parti and Bi colour sapphires are proving incredibly popular lately and the price is only going one way for the high ...
Sapphire
Natural 1.20ct IGI Certified Bi Colour Blue Yellow Australian Sapphire Octagon
Located in Birmingham, GB
Totally untreated and unheated, very rare for natural sapphires. Unique and beautiful sapphire. Parti and Bi colour sapphires are proving incredibly popular lately and the price is o...
Sapphire
IGI Certified 0.74ct Australia Bi Colour Blue Yellow Sapphire Natural Oval Cut
Located in Birmingham, GB
Parti and Bi colour sapphires are proving incredibly popular lately and the price is only going one way for the high end stones such as this.
Sapphire
Unique IGI Certified Bi Colour Blue Yellow 1.30ct Australian Sapphire Round Cut
Located in Birmingham, GB
Also has excellent clarity, very clean stone. Unique and rare sapphire. Mined in Australia. Parti and Bi colour sapphires are proving incredibly popular lately and the price is only ...
Sapphire
IGI Certified 0.90ct Australia Bi Colour Yellow Sapphire Untreated Oval Cut Gem
Located in Birmingham, GB
Totally untreated and unheated, very rare for natural sapphires. Parti and Bi colour sapphires are proving incredibly popular lately and the price is only going one way for the high ...
Sapphire
IGI Certified Bi Colour Australia Blue Yellow Sapphire 0.67ct Oval Cut Unheated
Located in Birmingham, GB
Parti and Bi colour sapphires are proving incredibly popular lately and the price is only going one way for the high end stones such as this.
Sapphire
IGI Certified Bi Colour Blue Yellow Natural Sapphire 0.79ct Oval Cut Gemstone
Located in Birmingham, GB
Parti and Bi colour sapphires are proving incredibly popular lately and the price is only going one way for the high end stones such as this.
Sapphire
Unique IGI Certified Bi Colour 1.01ct Blue Yellow Australian Sapphire Oval Cut
Located in Birmingham, GB
Also has good clarity with only some small natural inclusions visible when looking closely. Unique and rare sapphire. Mined in Australia. Parti and Bi colour sapphires are proving in...
Sapphire
$129Sale Price|20% Off
Fine Australian Green Blue Bi Colour Sapphire 0.91ct Heart Cut Rare Gem
By Gems and Jewels UK
Located in Birmingham, GB
Natural Green Blue Parti-Colour/bi colour Australian Sapphire Gem. 0.91 Carat with a beautiful and unique green blue bi colour.
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Green Sapphire
Unique IGI Certified 1.08ct Australia Bi Colour Green Yellow Sapphire No Heat
Located in Birmingham, GB
Totally untreated and unheated, very rare for natural sapphires. Parti and Bi colour sapphires are proving incredibly popular lately and the price is only going one way for the high ...
Sapphire
Fine Natural 0.54ct IGI Certified Bi Colour Vivid Yellow Blue Sapphire Unheated
Located in Birmingham, GB
Unique and beautiful sapphire. Parti and Bi colour sapphires are proving incredibly popular lately and the price is only going one way for the high end stones such as this!
Sapphire
Natural 1.07ct IGI Certified Bi Colour Blue Yellow Ceylon Sapphire Unheated Gem
Located in Birmingham, GB
Unique and beautiful sapphire. Parti and Bi colour sapphires are proving incredibly popular lately and the price is only going one way for the high end stones such as this!
Sapphire
IGI Certified 1.04ct Natural Blue Yellow Bi Colour Sapphire Australian Pear Cut
Located in Birmingham, GB
Totally untreated and unheated, very rare for natural sapphires. Also Australian origin. Parti and Bi colour sapphires are proving incredibly popular lately and the price is only goi...
Sapphire
1.25ct Unique Bi Colour Sapphire Blue Yellow Antique Cushion Cut Gem 6.7x5.1mm
Located in Birmingham, GB
1.25ct Unique Bi Colour Sapphire Blue Yellow Antique Cushion Cut Gem 6.7x5.1mm Unique Natural Parti Colour Sapphire Gemstone. 1.25 Carat with a beautiful and unique blue green yello...
Sapphire
IGI Certified Australia Bi Colour Vivid Blue Yellow Sapphire 0.66ct Oval Cut Gem
Located in Birmingham, GB
Parti and Bi colour sapphires are proving incredibly popular lately and the price is only going one way for the high end stones such as this.
Sapphire
IGI Certified 0.91ct Australia Bi Colour Blue Green Yellow Sapphire Oval Cut Gem
Located in Birmingham, GB
Parti and Bi colour sapphires are proving incredibly popular lately and the price is only going one way for the high end stones such as this.
Sapphire
Unique 1.35ct Bi Colour Sapphire Australia Yellow Blue No Heat IGI Certified
Located in Birmingham, GB
Totally untreated and unheated, very rare for natural sapphires. Parti and Bi colour sapphires are proving incredibly popular lately and the price is only going one way for the high ...
Sapphire
$1,134Sale Price|20% Off
IGI Certified 1.43Ct Unique Natural Bi Colour Yellow Blue Sapphire Oval Cut
By Gems and Jewels UK
Located in Birmingham, GB
Parti and Bi colour sapphires are proving incredibly popular lately and the price is only going one way for the high end stones such as this.
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire
$4,862Sale Price|20% Off
GIA Certified Untreated Bi Colour Australian Sapphire 18k White Gold Ring ITSIT
By ITSIT
Located in Birmingham, GB
ITSIT Natural Parti Colour Untreated Australian Sapphire 18k White Gold Three Stone Ring.
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Green Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold...
Unique IGI Certified 1.35ct Australian Bi Colour Yellow Blue Sapphire Fancy Cut
Located in Birmingham, GB
Parti and Bi colour sapphires are proving incredibly popular lately and the price is only going one way for the high end stones such as this.
Sapphire
GIA Certified 1.53ct Bi Colour Australian Untreated Sapphire Yellow Blue Heart
Located in Birmingham, GB
GIA Certified 1.53ct Bi Colour Australian Untreated Sapphire Yellow Blue Heart GIA Certified Untreated Australian Green Yellow Blue Bi Parti Colour Sapphire. 1.53 Carat sapphire wit...
Sapphire
2.00ct Bi Colour Yellow Blue Australian Sapphire 18k White Gold Three Stone Ring
By ITSIT
Located in Birmingham, GB
The centre stone measures approx. 8x5 with side stones measuring 5.5x3.5mm. Parti and Bi colour sapphires are becoming incredibly popular and the price is only going one way for hig...
White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Green Sapphire,...
Natural 1.60Ct Bi Colour Sapphire Unique Blue Green Cushion Cut Loose Gem If
By Gems and Jewels UK
Located in Birmingham, GB
Unique top grade bi/parti colour sapphire. Standard heated like nearly all sapphires on the market.
Sapphire
IGI Certified Bi Colour Blue Yellow Australia Sapphire 0.50ct Rectangular Gem
Located in Birmingham, GB
Unique and beautiful sapphire. Parti and Bi colour sapphires are proving incredibly popular lately and the price is only going one way for the high end stones such as this!
GIA Certified Untreated Bi Colour Sapphire Blue Yellow 0.87ct Rectangular Gem
Located in Birmingham, GB
As to be expected in a parti colour sapphire. Fully certified by GIA confirming stone as natural and untreated.
Unique Bi Colour IGI Sapphire Certified Blue Yellow Australia 0.69ct Rare Gem
Located in Birmingham, GB
Unique and beautiful sapphire. Parti and Bi colour sapphires are proving incredibly popular lately and the price is only going one way for the high end stones such as this!
Unique IGI Certified Bi Colour Blue Yellow Australian Sapphire 0.98ct Fancy Cut
Located in Birmingham, GB
Also has good clarity with only some small natural inclusions visible when looking closely. VS. Parti and Bi colour sapphires are proving incredibly popular lately and the price is o...
Unique 0.77ct IGI Certified Bi Colour Blue Yellow Australian Sapphire Fancy Cut
Located in Birmingham, GB
Unique and beautiful sapphire. Parti and Bi colour sapphires are proving incredibly popular lately and the price is only going one way for the high end stones such as this!
1.48ct Unique Green Sapphire Fancy Cushion Scissor Cut Loose Gem 9.8x4.5mm VVS
Located in Birmingham, GB
1.48ct Unique Green Sapphire Fancy Cushion Scissor Cut Loose Gem 9.8x4.5mm VVS Unique Natural Vivid Parti Green Australian Sapphire Gemstone. 1.48 Carat with a beautiful and uniq...
Unique Natural 1.61ct Blue Green Bi Colour Sapphire Heart Cut Rare 7x6.3mm VVS
By Gems and Jewels UK
Located in Birmingham, GB
Unique NATURAL 1.61ct Blue Green Bi Colour Sapphire Heart Cut RARE 7x6.3mm VVS Unique Fine Natural Blue Green Parti-Colour/Bi Colour Sapphire Gem. 1.61 Carat with a beautiful and un...
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.