Sapphire Link Bracelets
Early 20th Century Art Deco Sapphire Link Bracelets
Sapphire, White Gold
Mid-20th Century Sapphire Link Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
1970s Vintage Sapphire Link Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1990s Contemporary Sapphire Link Bracelets
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Link Bracelets
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
1990s Retro Sapphire Link Bracelets
Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Link Bracelets
Blue Diamond, Yellow Diamond, Diamond, Pink Diamond, White Diamond, Blac...
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Sapphire Link Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
1960s Vintage Sapphire Link Bracelets
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Sapphire, White Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Link Bracelets
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Link Bracelets
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Sterling Silver
20th Century Sapphire Link Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, White Gold
Early 20th Century Art Deco Sapphire Link Bracelets
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum, 18k Gold, White Gold
Late 20th Century Retro Sapphire Link Bracelets
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Link Bracelets
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Diamond, White Diamond, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold, ...
Mid-20th Century Retro Sapphire Link Bracelets
Coral, Emerald, Sapphire, Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold
Early 2000s Artist Sapphire Link Bracelets
Sapphire, Diamond, Platinum
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Link Bracelets
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Link Bracelets
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
1990s Sapphire Link Bracelets
Diamond, Ruby, Emerald, Blue Sapphire, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Link Bracelets
Emerald, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Yellow Gold
15th Century and Earlier Modern Antique Sapphire Link Bracelets
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
1960s Retro Vintage Sapphire Link Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Mid-20th Century Retro Sapphire Link Bracelets
Moonstone, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
1950s Retro Vintage Sapphire Link Bracelets
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Artist Sapphire Link Bracelets
White Diamond, Pink Sapphire, Sapphire, Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
20th Century Sapphire Link Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire
Early 2000s Modern Sapphire Link Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Green Sapphire, 18k Gold
1960s Contemporary Vintage Sapphire Link Bracelets
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Gold, Yellow ...
Early 2000s Sapphire Link Bracelets
Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Link Bracelets
Jade, Sapphire, Silver, Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Link Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
1950s Vintage Sapphire Link Bracelets
Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Link Bracelets
Diamond, Garnet, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Tourmaline, 18k Gol...
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Link Bracelets
Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
1920s Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Link Bracelets
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Link Bracelets
White Diamond, Multi-gemstone, Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Green Sapphire...
20th Century Art Deco Sapphire Link Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Gold, White Gold
Late 20th Century Contemporary Sapphire Link Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Byzantine Sapphire Link Bracelets
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Multi-gemstone, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sa...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Link Bracelets
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Link Bracelets
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Link Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Link Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Classical Greek Sapphire Link Bracelets
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Link Bracelets
Emerald, Pink Sapphire, Silver, Sterling Silver, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Link Bracelets
Ruby, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Link Bracelets
Diamond, Blue Sapphire
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Sapphire Link Bracelets
Sapphire, 18k Gold, Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary Byzantine Sapphire Link Bracelets
Emerald, Multi-gemstone, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Diamond, White D...
1980s Modern Vintage Sapphire Link Bracelets
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1990s Modern Sapphire Link Bracelets
Diamond, Emerald, Sapphire, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Sapphire Link Bracelets
White Diamond, Pink Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Link Bracelets
Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Link Bracelets
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
Late 20th Century Sapphire Link Bracelets
Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Link Bracelets
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
20th Century Sapphire Link Bracelets
Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, White 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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