Sapphire Earrings
1970s Vintage Sapphire Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Early 2000s Art Deco Sapphire Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, Pearl, Ruby, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Art Deco Sapphire Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Earrings
Diamond, Topaz, Tsavorite, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Purple Sapphire, Yel...
Early 2000s Sapphire Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Earrings
Amethyst, Diamond, Sapphire, Tourmaline, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Romantic Sapphire Earrings
Amethyst, Pink Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Artist Sapphire Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, White Diamond, South Sea Pearl, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Whit...
1970s Retro Vintage Sapphire Earrings
Sapphire, Diamond, Pearl, 14k Gold, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, White Gold
2010s Art Deco Sapphire Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
1990s Sapphire Earrings
Jade, Star Sapphire, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
20th Century Sapphire Earrings
Brown Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Renaissance Revival Sapphire Earrings
Yellow Sapphire, Diamond, White Diamond, Pearl, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold...
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Earrings
Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Earrings
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
1980s Vintage Sapphire Earrings
Sapphire, Agate, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
1960s Vintage Sapphire Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Sapphire Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Earrings
Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Art Deco Sapphire Earrings
Diamond, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Earrings
Pink Sapphire, Tourmaline, Diamond, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, White Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Silver, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
1890s Victorian Antique Sapphire Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Rose Gold
2010s Romantic Sapphire Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Emerald, Ruby, Pink Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire,...
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Earrings
Amethyst, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s Art Deco Sapphire Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Earrings
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Artist Sapphire Earrings
White Diamond, Diamond, South Sea Pearl, Pearl, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Whit...
1930s Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Earrings
Sapphire, Quartz, 18k Gold
2010s Sapphire Earrings
Tanzanite, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Rhodium, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Earrings
Diamond, Moonstone, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rhodium
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Earrings
Sapphire, Diamond, Gold Plate, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Late 20th Century Sapphire Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1960s Vintage Sapphire Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Earrings
Sapphire, Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
1990s Sapphire Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Artist Sapphire Earrings
White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Diamond, Pearl, Sapphire,...
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Earrings
Sapphire, 14k Gold
2010s Sapphire Earrings
Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold
2010s Sapphire Earrings
Lapis Lazuli, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Earrings
Diamond, Blue 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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