Sapphire Earrings French
Vintage 1980s French Retro Dangle Earrings
Coral, Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Stud Earrings
White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Diamond, Platinum, White Gold, 1...
Late 20th Century French Contemporary More Earrings
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1970s Modern Drop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1960s French Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
Vintage 1960s French Retro Stud Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow ...
20th Century French Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Early 2000s Unknown Stud Earrings
Sapphire, Topaz, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1950s Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1980s French Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, White Gold, Platinum
20th Century Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Stud Earrings
Quartz, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, White Gold, Platinum
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1960s French Retro Lever-Back Earrings
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1950s French Clip-on Earrings
Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Pink Sapphire, Blue Topaz, Sterling Silver
Vintage 1980s French Retro Drop Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Unknown Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1970s Unknown Clip-on Earrings
Emerald, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1980s French Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1970s French Retro Drop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
20th Century Thai Art Deco Stud Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1940s European Clip-on Earrings
Ruby, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold
Early 20th Century Unknown Belle Époque Lever-Back Earrings
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1970s French Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1950s Unknown Artisan Drop Earrings
White Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
20th Century French Clip-on Earrings
Coral, Diamond, Emerald, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Hoop Earrings
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Turquoise
2010s French Modern Dangle Earrings
Aquamarine, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1950s French Modern Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Platinum
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Platinum
2010s French Contemporary Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1990s American Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Drop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1960s French Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Turquoise, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Morganite, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
20th Century French Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
1990s Art Deco Hoop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold, Gold
Early 2000s French Dangle Earrings
Gilt Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Stud Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow ...
20th Century Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century French Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Vintage 1970s Unknown Stud Earrings
Diamond, Natural Pearl, Pink Sapphire, 14k Gold
20th Century French Modern Hoop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French Aesthetic Movement Drop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Lever-Back Earrings
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Modern Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French Baroque Dangle Earrings
Citrine, Moonstone, Pink Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French Contemporary Chandelier Earrings
Sapphire, Multi-gemstone, Coral, Citrine, Amethyst, Yellow Gold, 18k Gol...
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How Much is a Sapphire Earrings French?
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.
- What are French clip earrings?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertNovember 6, 2023French clip earrings are a type of earring with a specific backing. The design is typically characterized by an open wire clip with a hinge that swings shut to fit over the post and rest against the back of the earlobe. A benefit of the French clip is that it helps to keep earrings from bending or shifting during wear. Explore a large selection of French clip earrings on 1stDibs.
- What is a French clasp earring?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertDecember 4, 2023A French clasp earring is a pierced earring with a uniquely designed backing. Specifically, the French clasp is a curved wire mounted on a hinge that fits over the post after you insert the earring. Also called the French clip, the hardware helps to keep earrings from rotating or bending in a piercing. On 1stDibs, find an assortment of French clip earrings.
Roman Malakov DiamondsMarch 24, 2021French wire in earrings is a type of back that features a curved hook that goes through your ear. The hook is open at the back, and the earring can sit on the earlobe without an earring back.
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