Sapphire Dome Rings
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Dome Rings
Diamond, Brown Diamond, Pearl, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Dome Rings
Aquamarine, Diamond, White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Dome Rings
Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Go...
1980s Vintage Sapphire Dome Rings
Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
Mid-20th Century Sapphire Dome Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
1960s Modern Vintage Sapphire Dome Rings
Sapphire, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Dome Rings
Amethyst, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1960s Vintage Sapphire Dome Rings
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Dome Rings
Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
20th Century Sapphire Dome Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Mid-20th Century Sapphire Dome Rings
Sapphire, Diamond, Platinum
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Dome Rings
Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
1940s Unknown Retro Vintage Sapphire Dome Rings
Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s Thai Artist Sapphire Dome Rings
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
1970s Vintage Sapphire Dome Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
1950s Retro Vintage Sapphire Dome Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold
Late 20th Century Sapphire Dome Rings
Diamond, Black Diamond, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
1970s Vintage Sapphire Dome Rings
White Diamond, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s Modern Sapphire Dome Rings
White Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
20th Century Sapphire Dome Rings
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Mid-20th Century Sapphire Dome Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 2000s Sapphire Dome Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, White Gold, 18k Gold
1990s Contemporary Sapphire Dome Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1950s Contemporary Vintage Sapphire Dome Rings
Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Dome Rings
Diamond, Opal, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Byzantine Sapphire Dome Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18...
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Dome Rings
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
2010s Art Nouveau Sapphire Dome Rings
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1980s Vintage Sapphire Dome Rings
Diamond, Star Sapphire, 18k Gold, Platinum
Early 20th Century Sapphire Dome Rings
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Art Deco Sapphire Dome Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
1960s Retro Vintage Sapphire Dome Rings
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
Late 20th Century Contemporary Sapphire Dome Rings
Star Sapphire, Black Star, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
1970s Modern Vintage Sapphire Dome Rings
Diamond, Star Sapphire, Purple Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Art Deco Sapphire Dome Rings
Blue Sapphire, Gold, 22k Gold
2010s Sapphire Dome Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Rose Gold, Gold, 18k Go...
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Dome Rings
Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Dome Rings
Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
1910s Unknown Vintage Sapphire Dome Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Silver
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Dome Rings
Other, Sapphire, Rhodolite, 18k Gold, Gold
Late 20th Century Retro Sapphire Dome Rings
Sapphire, Diamond, Yellow Sapphire, Green Sapphire, Tourmaline, Rose Gol...
1960s Retro Vintage Sapphire Dome Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Sapphire Dome Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Mid-20th Century Sapphire Dome Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Star Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold
Early 2000s Sapphire Dome Rings
Ruby, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Dome Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Spinel, Yellow Gold, Gold, 14k Gold,...
2010s American Art Deco Sapphire Dome Rings
Emerald, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Sapphire Dome Rings
Kunzite, Pink Sapphire, Diamond, 14k Gold, Rose Gold
Late 20th Century Sapphire Dome Rings
Diamond, Emerald, Sapphire, White Gold
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Dome Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Tsavorite, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
2010s Sapphire Dome Rings
Blue Sapphire, Star Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Dome Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Star Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Artisan Sapphire Dome Rings
Diamond, Star Sapphire, Silver, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Dome Rings
Aquamarine, Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Tsavorite, 18k Gold, White Gold
1960s Retro Vintage Sapphire Dome Rings
Emerald, Sapphire, Tourmaline, Gold, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Dome Rings
Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Early 2000s Modern Sapphire Dome Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Dome Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Tanzanite, 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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