Rectangular Sapphire
Antique 1850s Italian Etruscan Revival Pendant Necklaces
Diamond, Pearl, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Artist Link Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
2010s American Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, White Gold, 18k Gold
Late 20th Century Drop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, 15k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Fashion Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, White Gold
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Platinum
20th Century German Clip-on Earrings
Vintage 1950s Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Late 20th Century Italian Fashion Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century Italian Fashion Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
2010s British Artisan Cufflinks
Amethyst, Diamond, White Diamond, Yellow Diamond, Black Diamond, Emerald...
2010s British Neoclassical Cufflinks
Amethyst, Diamond, White Diamond, Yellow Diamond, Black Diamond, Emerald...
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Chain Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Late 20th Century Modernist Drop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Contemporary Dangle Earrings
Sapphire, Diamond, Pearl, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Engagement Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Blue Topaz, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary European Art Deco Cluster Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Contemporary Band Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Stud Earrings
Pink Sapphire, Sapphire, White Gold, 18k Gold, Gold
20th Century Pendant Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
2010s Thai Artisan Stud Earrings
Blue Sapphire, Turquoise, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
1990s English Modern Cufflinks
Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 20th Century European Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Art Deco Cluster Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s British Neoclassical Cufflinks
Amethyst, Diamond, White Diamond, Yellow Diamond, Black Diamond, Emerald...
2010s British Neoclassical Cufflinks
Amethyst, Diamond, White Diamond, Yellow Diamond, Black Diamond, Emerald...
2010s British Modern Cufflinks
Amethyst, Diamond, White Diamond, Yellow Diamond, Black Diamond, Emerald...
2010s British Neoclassical Cufflinks
Amethyst, Diamond, White Diamond, Yellow Diamond, Black Diamond, Emerald...
2010s British Neoclassical Cufflinks
Amethyst, Diamond, White Diamond, Yellow Diamond, Black Diamond, Emerald...
2010s British Modern Cufflinks
Amethyst, Diamond, White Diamond, Yellow Diamond, Black Diamond, Emerald...
21st Century and Contemporary Romantic Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
20th Century Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Artist Cufflinks
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
1990s Thai Art Deco More Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
1990s Thai Art Deco More Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
Late 20th Century European Artist Brooches
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Late 20th Century Malagasy Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1960s Italian Solitaire Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Bangles
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, 18k Gold
20th Century Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Three-Stone Rings
Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Late 20th Century Unknown Artist Solitaire Rings
Diamond, Emerald, Sapphire, 18k Gold
20th Century Italian Modern Bracelets
White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Stud Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1980s Contemporary Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary British Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Late 20th Century Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Gold
Vintage 1930s Unknown Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
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Rectangular Sapphire For Sale on 1stDibs
How Much is a Rectangular Sapphire?
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.