Sapphire Jewelry
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Green Sapphire, Sapphire, Multi-gemstone, White Diamond, Diamond, Platinum
Late 20th Century Italian Retro Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pearl, Sapphire, Turquoise, Agate, 9k Gold, Rose Gold, Silver, ...
2010s British Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Yellow Sapphire, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver
2010s Unknown Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Silver, Sterling Silver
2010s North American Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Emerald, Sapphire, Spinel, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold, S...
2010s Italian Retro Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pearl, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Rose Gold
2010s North American Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
2010s Sri Lankan Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
1940s Unknown Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Star Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
1960s Italian Retro Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pearl, Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Agate, Amethyst, Carnelian, Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Rock Crysta...
2010s Sri Lankan Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire
2010s Sri Lankan Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary Sri Lankan Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Yellow Diamond, Yellow Sapphire, Padparadscha Sapphire
1920s Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, White Diamond, Diamond, White Gold, 18k Gold, Gold
2010s Sri Lankan Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire
2010s Sri Lankan Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s Sri Lankan Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire
20th Century Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s Sri Lankan Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire
2010s American Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Gold
Early 1900s Edwardian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Pearl, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Sri Lankan Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire
2010s Turkish Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Amethyst, Emerald, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Green Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century American Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Emerald, White Diamond, Diamond, Yellow G...
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Baroque Sapphire Jewelry
South Sea Pearl, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, Gold Plat...
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Yellow Diamond, Sapphire, Padparadscha Sapphire , Gold, 18k Gold
2010s American Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 10k Gold, White Gold
2010s Sri Lankan Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire
2010s Sri Lankan Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary Sri Lankan Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Diamond, Blue Sapphire
2010s Sri Lankan Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Purple Sapphire, White Diamond, Diamond, Green Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire...
2010s Sri Lankan Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire
2010s Sri Lankan Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire
Early 2000s Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Pink Sapphire, Sapphire, Diamond, Silver, Gold Plate, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Sterling Silver
Early 1900s Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold
2010s Asian Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Padparadscha Sapphire , 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold...
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Onyx, Yellow Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow ...
21st Century and Contemporary German Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Tourmaline, Paraiba, Spinel, Green Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Blue Sapphir...
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Silver, Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Opal, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
1940s Italian Retro Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Green Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Silver, R...
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Topaz, 14k Gold, White Gold
Early 1900s European Modernist Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Edwardian Sapphire Jewelry
Opal, Blue Sapphire, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold
1980s European Retro Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold
Vintage and Antique Sapphire Rings, Sapphire Necklaces and Other Sapphire Jewelry for Sale on 1stDibs
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.