Sapphire Modern Bracelets
20th Century French Modern Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Gold, Platinum, Gold, 18k Gold
2010s Indian Modern Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 2000s Unknown Modern Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s French Contemporary Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Green Sapphire,...
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Contemporary Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold...
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Contemporary Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18...
20th Century Unknown Modern Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Amethyst, Aquamarine, Diamond, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
1990s Modern Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Emerald, Sapphire, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Green Sapphire,...
2010s American Modern Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Sapphire, Rose Gold, 14k Gold
2010s American Contemporary Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s American Contemporary Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Cultured Pearl, Ruby, Sapphire, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Artisan Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, 22k Gold
2010s Indian Modern Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Sapphire, Yellow Gold, Gold, 18k Gold
2010s Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, White Gold, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s American Modern Sapphire Modern Bracelets
White Diamond, Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
2010s Emirian Aesthetic Movement Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Ruby, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Gold
Early 2000s German Modern Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Pearl, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Yellow Gold, Gold, 22k Gold
2010s Swiss Aesthetic Movement Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Onyx, Pink Sapphire, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Hong Kong Contemporary Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow ...
2010s Italian Artisan Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Sterling Silver
1970s Modern Vintage Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Modern Bracelets
White Diamond, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
1980s Romantic Vintage Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Diamond, White Diamond, Blue S...
1980s Vintage Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Blue Sapphire, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Indian Contemporary Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold
2010s American Contemporary Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, White Gold, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Hong Kong Art Deco Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
Early 2000s Italian Contemporary Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Diamond, White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Diamond, White Diamond, Pink Sapphire, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, Gold, Yellow...
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Hong Kong Contemporary Sapphire Modern Bracelets
White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Modern Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Sapphire, Diamond, White Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold, Gold
2010s Australian Contemporary Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Jade, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Sapphire, 14k Gold, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary British Contemporary Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Pink Sapphire, Sterling Silver, 18k Gold, Gold, Rose Gold, Gold Plate, V...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Hong Kong Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Indian Contemporary Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Italian Modern Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Unknown Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s American Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Early 2000s American Contemporary Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Sapphire, Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold
2010s Italian Contemporary Sapphire Modern Bracelets
White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Sapphire Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, 18k 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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