Royal Blue Sapphire Earrings
21st Century and Contemporary Stud Earrings
Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Stud Earrings
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Stud Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Baroque Drop Earrings
Opal, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Gold Plate, Silver
2010s Hong Kong Modern Stud Earrings
Opal, Pearl, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Antique 15th Century and Earlier Artisan Loose Gemstones
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire
2010s Hong Kong Art Nouveau Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s Hong Kong Art Deco Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drop Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Stud Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Drop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Asian Art Nouveau Stud Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s Drop Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s American Stud Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Mid-20th Century Dangle Earrings
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Hong Kong Contemporary Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s American Stud Earrings
Sapphire, Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, White Gold, 14k Gold
2010s Hong Kong Modern Dangle Earrings
White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
Vintage 1980s Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Stud Earrings
Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Stud Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1950s French Modern Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Stud Earrings
Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1960s Retro Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Stud Earrings
Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Unknown Art Deco Lever-Back Earrings
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Silver, Sterling Silver, Gold Plate, Rose Gold
2010s Italian Contemporary Drop Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Black Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
Vintage 1980s Unknown Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Italian Contemporary Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s American Contemporary Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
Late 20th Century Dangle Earrings
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Unknown Art Deco Lever-Back Earrings
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Silver, Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Stud Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modernist Stud Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, White Gold
2010s Indian Contemporary Drop Earrings
Blue Topaz, Topaz, Sapphire, Diamond, White Gold, 18k Gold, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Stud Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Stud Earrings
Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Art Deco Stud Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Indian Contemporary Drop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Indian Modern Stud Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s British Modern Drop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Indian Modern Stud Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Indian Anglo-Indian Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Indian Contemporary Hoop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Indian Modern Drop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s American Stud Earrings
Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s British Edwardian Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Contemporary Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Stud Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, White Gold
2010s Chinese Retro Chandelier Earrings
Blue Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary Hong Kong Contemporary Stud Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s American Contemporary Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s American Contemporary Drop Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 22k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Stud Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
1990s Hoop Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Stud Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold
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Royal Blue Sapphire Earrings For Sale on 1stDibs
How Much are Royal Blue Sapphire Earrings?
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.
Finding the Right Earrings for You
In the United States, ear piercing didn’t really become popular until the 1950s and ‘60s, but our desire for a dazzling pair of vintage earrings has deeper roots than that. In fact, wearing earrings actually goes back thousands of years, and you can find many tangible connections between now and then in how we continue to talk about these treasured accessories.
Women wore ornamental earrings — studs and hoops at the very least — in Ancient Egypt, which is home to mines that are among the earliest sources of emeralds in the world. Emerald earrings are highly prized today, and their quality lies in their rich, saturated color. The highest-quality emeralds are green or bluish-green. Earrings worn by the affluent in early Roman civilizations were set with precious stones such as diamonds and pearls, and a clean-looking pop of pearl on the front of the lobe is as timeless as ever. Hoop earrings are imbued with symbolism and cultural significance for many, and on view in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Ancient Near Eastern Art Gallery is a pair of simple gold hoops from Mesopotamia dating to between 2600 and 2500 B.C.
Today, ear piercing is very popular all over the world, and, as a result, it is difficult to overstate how much everyone pines for a good pair of earrings — modernist drop earrings, glamorous Victorian hoops, geometrically complex chandelier earrings, you name it. Sure, jewelry trends and the fashion darlings of social media come and go, but earrings have a staying power that seems impenetrable: The still-strong love affair between British royals and Cartier earrings is more than a century old, glossy 1970s hoops from legacy houses such as Bulgari and Van Cleef & Arpels remain the statement makers they’ve always been and although people have been stacking earrings for many moons, the allure of an expertly mismatched stack of charms and studs still feels fresh and new.
While there is no shortage of modern earring designs to choose from, the classics, like coral earrings, Art Deco–style earrings and diamond drop earrings are still heavy hitters. On 1stDibs, find a wide range of antique, new and vintage earrings today.
- 1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Whether or not royal blue and sapphire blue are the same color is largely a matter of personal perception and how the names are used. Generally, both colors describe a deep bright blue. You may see them used generally, but manufacturers of paints, apparel and other items that come in many hues may refer to one blue as royal and another as sapphire.
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