Sapphire Cocktail Rings
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Peridot, Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, 14k Gold, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Rose Gold
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Citrine, Diamond, White Diamond, Garnet, Ruby, Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire...
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Artisan Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Sapphire, Aquamarine, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
2010s Modern Sapphire Cocktail Rings
White Diamond, Pink Sapphire, Diamond, 14k Gold, Rose Gold
2010s Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Blue Sapphire, Tourmaline, Paraiba, Diamond, White Diamond, 18k Gold
2010s Art Nouveau Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Pink Diamond, Sapphire, Chrysoberyl, White Diamond, Yellow Diam...
2010s Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Citrine, Yellow Sapphire, 10k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century Modern Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Sapphire, Padparadscha Sapphire , Diamond, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Beryl, Emerald, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, Yell...
1940s Retro Vintage Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Green Sapphire, Diamond, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Opal, Pink Sapphire, Rose Gold, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Opal, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sap...
Mid-20th Century Modern Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modernist Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Aquamarine, Platinum
2010s Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Green Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Sapphire, Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
20th Century Modern Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Silver
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Sapphire, Sterling Silver, Gold Plate, Yellow Gold, Silver
Early 2000s Modern Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Sapphire, Ruby, Diamond, Gold
Late 20th Century Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Sapphire, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Emerald, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Art Deco Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Mid-20th Century Modern Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Moonstone, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Rainbow Moonstone, 14k Gold, Yellow ...
2010s Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
19th Century Antique Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Chalcedony, Moonstone, Sapphire
1980s Vintage Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Star Sapphire, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rhodium
2010s Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
Late 20th Century Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Gold
Early 2000s Contemporary Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Artisan Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Sapphire, Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Ruby, Jade, Sapphire, 22k Gold, Gold
Late 20th Century Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, White Gold
19th Century Antique Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
Late 20th Century Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Artisan Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
1970s Vintage Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Artisan Sapphire Cocktail Rings
South Sea Pearl, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
Mid-20th Century Modern Sapphire Cocktail Rings
Coral, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow 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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