Sapphire Necklaces
1960s Retro Vintage Sapphire Necklaces
Diamond, Pearl, Sapphire, Platinum
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique Sapphire Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Gold, Silver
20th Century Artist Sapphire Necklaces
Chalcedony, Diamond, Garnet, Pearl, Blue Sapphire, Tsavorite, Platinum
Early 2000s Modern Sapphire Necklaces
Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold, Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Necklaces
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Necklaces
Sapphire, Silver, Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Artisan Sapphire Necklaces
White Diamond, Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Necklaces
Pearl, Peridot, Pink Sapphire
2010s Modern Sapphire Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Necklaces
Sapphire, Turquoise, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Necklaces
Alexandrite, Amethyst, Aquamarine, Diamond, Emerald, Garnet, Peridot, Ru...
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Necklaces
Diamond, White Diamond, Blue Diamond, Black Diamond, Pink Sapphire, 14k ...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, White Gold, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Necklaces
Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow...
1980s Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Necklaces
White Diamond, Emerald, Onyx, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Necklaces
Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Green Sapphire, Purple Sapphire, Sapphire,...
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Necklaces
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow G...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, Tourmaline, Zircon, Blue Zircon, 18k Gold, Rose Gold,...
2010s Modern Sapphire Necklaces
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
Mid-20th Century Sapphire Necklaces
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Emerald, 14k Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Necklaces
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Emerald, Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Necklaces
Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Gold, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Gold, ...
2010s Modern Sapphire Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Necklaces
Agate, Aquamarine, Green Sapphire, Sapphire, Sterling Silver, Silver
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Necklaces
Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Necklaces
White Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Tanzanite,...
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Necklaces
Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Necklaces
Pink Sapphire, Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Necklaces
Pink Sapphire, Sterling Silver
2010s Sapphire Necklaces
Blue Sapphire, Tanzanite, White Diamond, Rose Gold, 18k Gold
2010s Sapphire Necklaces
Sapphire, White Diamond, 18k Gold, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Necklaces
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Necklaces
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Necklaces
White Diamond, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, Gold
2010s Sapphire Necklaces
Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Modern Sapphire Necklaces
Brown Diamond, Fire Opal, Opal, Sapphire, Yellow Gold, Rhodium, Silver, ...
2010s Romantic Sapphire Necklaces
Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Modern Sapphire Necklaces
Brown Diamond, Opal, Sapphire, Fire Opal, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, R...
2010s Modern Sapphire Necklaces
Brown Diamond, Opal, Sapphire, Fire Opal, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, R...
2010s Artisan Sapphire Necklaces
Ruby, Sapphire, Fire Opal, White Diamond, Brown Diamond, Opal, Pearl, Na...
2010s Art Deco Sapphire Necklaces
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Sapphire Necklaces
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s Sapphire Necklaces
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold
2010s Sapphire Necklaces
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold
2010s Sapphire Necklaces
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s Sapphire Necklaces
Diamond, White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s Sapphire Necklaces
Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Diamond, 14k Gold
2010s Sapphire Necklaces
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold
2010s Sapphire Necklaces
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold
2010s Belle Époque Sapphire Necklaces
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Green Sapphire, ...
2010s Sapphire Necklaces
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold
2010s Sapphire Necklaces
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Necklaces
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Necklaces
Sapphire, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Necklaces
Sapphire, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Necklaces
Diamond, Ruby, Pink Sapphire, Gold, 14k 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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