Sapphire Jewelry
2010s Turkish Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Garnet, Sapphire, Tanzanite, Topaz, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, White Gold
Early 20th Century Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Yellow Sapphire, Tsavorite, Gold, 18k Gold, Tita...
20th Century Unknown Artisan Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Tourmaline, Gold, 18k Gold
2010s Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, White Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold, Gold
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
20th Century Artisan Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Belgian Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pink Diamond, Sapphire, Chrysoberyl, White Diamond, Yellow Diam...
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Multi-gemstone, Sapphire, Green Sapphire, Purple...
Early 20th Century Belle Époque Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, Platinum
2010s Turkish Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Amethyst, Garnet, Sapphire, Tanzanite, 14k Gold
2010s Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold
2010s Belgian Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Tourmaline, Paraiba, Diamond, White Diamond, 18k Gold
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
1990s Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Emerald, Gold, Enamel
2010s Turkish Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold
2010s Turkish Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Tanzanite, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Platinum
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
1980s American Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, Rose Gold
2010s Sapphire Jewelry
Agate, Carnelian, Chalcedony, Emerald, Hematite, Jade, Lapis Lazuli, Mal...
2010s Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Emerald, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
1980s Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s Sapphire Jewelry
Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Tourmaline, Tsavorite, Gold, 18k Gold
20th Century Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow ...
21st Century and Contemporary Byzantine Sapphire Jewelry
Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Amethyst, Diamond, Sapphire, Peridot, Topaz, Rose Gold, 14k Gold
1970s Italian Modernist Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Byzantine Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Multi-gemstone, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow ...
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Gold
2010s Turkish Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Byzantine Sapphire Jewelry
Multi-gemstone, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, ...
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Gold
1960s French Retro Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow ...
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Yellow Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold
2010s Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Gold
1990s Sapphire Jewelry
Spinel, Aquamarine, Citrine, Garnet, Sapphire, Gold
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Go...
Late 19th Century Napoleon III Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose ...
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Emerald, Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Turkish Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pearl, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold
2010s Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold
1980s Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Yellow Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage and Antique Sapphire Jewelry
The stone of choice for Napoleon, Princess Diana and Elizabeth Taylor has been a favorite of aristocrats and the well-to-do since the time of the Ancient Greeks. Learn how to shop for the bright blue gems that star in vintage and antique sapphire jewelry, and why it's chemically impossible for a sapphire to turn red.
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).
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