Sapphire Drop Necklaces
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Classical Greek Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Diamond, White Diamond, Blue Diamond, Yellow Diamond, Pink Diamond, Blac...
1960s Contemporary Vintage Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Early 2000s Modern Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Diamond, Freshwater Pearl, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Artisan Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Garnet, Freshwater Pearl, Pink Sapphire, Spinel, 18k Gold, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Diamond, White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Diamond, White Diamond, Multi-gemstone, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Artist Sapphire Drop Necklaces
White Diamond, Black Pearl, South Sea Pearl, Sapphire, Blue Diamond, Pea...
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Yellow Sapphire, Green Sapphire, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire,...
Late 20th Century Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Early 2000s Modern Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, Tourmaline, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, Silver
1970s Vintage Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Amethyst, Diamond, Garnet, Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Byzantine Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Tourmaline, Tsavorite, Blue Diamond, Yellow Diamond, Pink Diamond, Black...
2010s Artisan Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, 14k Gold, White Gold, Enamel
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold
2010s Artist Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, 22k Gold, Yellow Gold, Mixed Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Green Sapphire, Tsavorite, Purple Sapphi...
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold, Gold
2010s Artisan Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, Enamel, Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Artisan Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, White Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel, Gold,...
2010s Artisan Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, Enamel
Late 20th Century Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Diamond, Yellow Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s Artisan Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, Enamel, Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Artisan Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Blue Sapphire, Sterling Silver
2010s Sapphire Drop Necklaces
South Sea Pearl, Pearl, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Artisan Sapphire Drop Necklaces
White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, Yellow Gold, 18k ...
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold, Gold
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
2010s Artisan Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Amethyst, White Diamond, Black Diamond, Multi-gemstone, Ruby, Blue Sapph...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Modern Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
20th Century Modern Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold
2010s Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Diamond, White Diamond, Opal, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold, Rhodi...
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Blue Diamond, Yellow Diamond, Pink Diamond, Black Diamond, Emerald, Ruby...
21st Century and Contemporary Artisan Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White...
1990s Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Coral, Diamond, Emerald, Garnet, Oriental Pearl, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Ye...
20th Century Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Drop Necklaces
South Sea Pearl, Pink Sapphire, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Blue Diamond, Yellow Diamond, Pink Diamond, Black Diamond, Brown Diamond...
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Diamond, Emerald, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Early 2000s Romantic Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
20th Century Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, White Gold, Platinum
2010s Art Deco Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Aquamarine, Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Artist Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Diamond, Pearl, Sapphire, White Diamond, South Sea Pearl, Pink Sapphire,...
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Diamond, White Diamond, Multi-gemstone, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sa...
Early 20th Century Modern Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, White Gold, 18k Gold
2010s Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Sapphire, Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Byzantine Sapphire Drop Necklaces
Emerald, Multi-gemstone, Rubelite, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink S...
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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