Sapphire More Rings
1980s Modern Vintage Sapphire More Rings
Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Retro Sapphire More Rings
Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Tsavorite, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Mid-19th Century Modern Antique Sapphire More Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Art Deco Sapphire More Rings
Diamond, Emerald, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Contemporary Sapphire More Rings
Diamond, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Contemporary Sapphire More Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, White Gold, 18k Gold
2010s Sapphire More Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
1940s Art Deco Vintage Sapphire More Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, Gold
2010s Contemporary Sapphire More Rings
Emerald, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
1980s Vintage Sapphire More Rings
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Art Deco Sapphire More Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Sapphire More Rings
Diamond, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
1990s Modern Sapphire More Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Sapphire More Rings
Chalcedony, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Contemporary Sapphire More Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire More Rings
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
2010s Art Deco Sapphire More Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, White Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Sapphire More Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Contemporary Sapphire More Rings
Green Sapphire, Yellow Gold, Gold, 14k Gold
2010s Contemporary Sapphire More Rings
White Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Silver, Sterling Silver
2010s Contemporary Sapphire More Rings
Sapphire, Silver, Sterling Silver
2010s Contemporary Sapphire More Rings
Sapphire, Bronze
2010s Contemporary Sapphire More Rings
Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Victorian Sapphire More Rings
Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Sapphire More Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
1950s Art Deco Vintage Sapphire More Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire More Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Padparadscha Sapphire , 14k Gold, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire More Rings
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Contemporary Sapphire More Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, White Gold, 18k Gold
2010s Sapphire More Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
2010s Sapphire More Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
1930s Art Deco Vintage Sapphire More Rings
Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Sapphire More Rings
Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
2010s Sapphire More Rings
Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Gold
2010s Sapphire More Rings
Sapphire, Diamond, White Gold
2010s Modern Sapphire More Rings
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Mid-20th Century Sapphire More Rings
Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Yellow Gold
1920s Art Deco Vintage Sapphire More Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, White Gold
Mid-20th Century Retro Sapphire More Rings
Star Sapphire, Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire More Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire More Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
1930s Art Deco Vintage Sapphire More Rings
Sapphire, Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire More Rings
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Green Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold...
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire More Rings
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
1920s Art Deco Vintage Sapphire More Rings
Sapphire, Aquamarine, White Gold
Mid-20th Century Retro Sapphire More Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire More Rings
Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Yellow Gold
1920s Art Deco Vintage Sapphire More Rings
Sapphire, Diamond, White Gold
2010s Late Victorian Sapphire More Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Gold
1970s Edwardian Vintage Sapphire More Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire More Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
2010s Contemporary Sapphire More Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Contemporary Sapphire More Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Art Deco Sapphire More Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
2010s Art Deco Sapphire More Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Contemporary Sapphire More Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
2010s Contemporary Sapphire More Rings
Yellow Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
2010s Contemporary Sapphire More Rings
Diamond, Yellow Sapphire, Gold, 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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