Sapphire Bracelets
2010s Aesthetic Movement Sapphire Bracelets
Diamond, Onyx, Pink Sapphire, Gold
2010s Modern Sapphire Bracelets
Sapphire, Rose Gold, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Bracelets
Diamond, Moonstone, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Bracelets
Amethyst, Aquamarine, Diamond, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Sapphire Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Bracelets
Pink Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
1940s Vintage Sapphire Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1960s Retro Vintage Sapphire Bracelets
Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Modern Sapphire Bracelets
Sapphire, Yellow Gold
1930s Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Bracelets
Sapphire, Diamond, Platinum
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Bracelets
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Green Sapphire,...
2010s Sapphire Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Silver
1950s French Retro Vintage Sapphire Bracelets
Citrine, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, Tsavorite, 14k Gold
2010s Sapphire Bracelets
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Silver, 14k Gold
1920s Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Modern Sapphire Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Bracelets
Pink Sapphire, Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Bracelets
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Sapphire Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Bracelets
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold
1950s Retro Vintage Sapphire Bracelets
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Platinum
1980s Romantic Vintage Sapphire Bracelets
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
Mid-20th Century Sapphire Bracelets
Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Rose Gold
20th Century Modern Sapphire Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
1980s Vintage Sapphire Bracelets
Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s Sapphire Bracelets
Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, White Gold, 14k Gold
Early 20th Century Sapphire Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Bracelets
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Rhodium
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Bracelets
Sapphire, White Gold
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Bracelets
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, White Gold
2010s Sapphire Bracelets
Blue Sapphire, 24k Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold, 18k Gold
1960s Vintage Sapphire Bracelets
Onyx, Sapphire, Sterling Silver, Base Metal, Enamel
Mid-20th Century Retro Sapphire Bracelets
Coral, Emerald, Sapphire, Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Bracelets
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
1960s Retro Vintage Sapphire Bracelets
Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, Silver
Late 20th Century Retro Sapphire Bracelets
Diamond, Emerald, Pearl, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, 9k Gold, Silver, Rose Gold
Early 2000s Sapphire Bracelets
Diamond, White Diamond, Jade, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Go...
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Sapphire Bracelets
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold
Late 20th Century Art Nouveau Sapphire Bracelets
Emerald, Opal, Sapphire, Platinum
20th Century Sapphire Bracelets
Diamond, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
1970s Retro Vintage Sapphire Bracelets
Diamond, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Bracelets
Emerald, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Bracelets
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, White Gold
1920s Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Bracelets
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, White Gold
2010s Sapphire Bracelets
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Bracelets
Diamond, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
20th Century Sapphire Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Early 20th Century Sapphire Bracelets
Diamond, Quartz, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Bracelets
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Silver
1990s Contemporary Sapphire Bracelets
White Diamond, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Bracelets
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow ...
2010s Sapphire Bracelets
Amethyst, Citrine, Garnet, Topaz, Fluorite, Sapphire, Blue Topaz, 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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