Sapphire Rings
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Byzantine Sapphire Rings
Yellow Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, White Diamond, ...
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Byzantine Sapphire Rings
Tanzanite, Black Diamond, Brown Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink S...
2010s Greek Byzantine Sapphire Rings
Blue Sapphire, White Diamond, Diamond, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Byzantine Sapphire Rings
White Diamond, Pink Sapphire, Diamond, Green Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, ...
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Byzantine Sapphire Rings
Multi-gemstone, Tanzanite, Green Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Blue Sapphire,...
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Byzantine Sapphire Rings
Multi-gemstone, Blue Sapphire, Green Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Sapphire, ...
2010s Greek Byzantine Sapphire Rings
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Ruby, Emerald, Rhodium, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold, ...
15th Century and Earlier Medieval Antique Sapphire Rings
Emerald, Sapphire, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Byzantine Sapphire Rings
Green Sapphire, Black Diamond, Brown Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, B...
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Byzantine Sapphire Rings
Green Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Ruby, Multi-gemstone, Blue Diam...
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Byzantine Sapphire Rings
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Ruby, Emerald, White Diamond, Diamond, Gold, Ye...
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Byzantine Sapphire Rings
Green Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire,...
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Byzantine Sapphire Rings
Green Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire,...
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Byzantine Sapphire Rings
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, White Diamond, Diamond, Gold, Yellow Gold, 18k ...
21st Century and Contemporary European Medieval Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, Gold, 10k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Byzantine Sapphire Rings
Ruby, Purple Sapphire, Green Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, B...
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Byzantine Sapphire Rings
Tsavorite, Yellow Sapphire, Sapphire, White Diamond, Diamond, Rhodium, Y...
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Byzantine Sapphire Rings
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Emerald, Yellow Gold, 22k Gold, 18k Gold, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Byzantine Sapphire Rings
Green Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire,...
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Byzantine Sapphire Rings
Blue Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Sapphire, White Diamond, ...
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Byzantine Sapphire Rings
Yellow Diamond, Purple Sapphire, Green Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Pink S...
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Byzantine Sapphire Rings
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Emerald, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Byzantine Sapphire Rings
Purple Sapphire, Green Sapphire, Multi-gemstone, Yellow Sapphire, Pink S...
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Byzantine Sapphire Rings
Yellow Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Emerald, White Diamond, Diamon...
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Byzantine Sapphire Rings
Purple Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Brown Diamond, Black Di...
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Byzantine Sapphire Rings
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, White Diamond, Diamond, Gold, Yellow Gold, 18k ...
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Byzantine Sapphire Rings
Yellow Sapphire, Sapphire, White Diamond, Diamond, White Gold, 18k Gold,...
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Byzantine Sapphire Rings
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Ruby, Multi-gemstone, Emerald, Gold, Yellow Gol...
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Byzantine Sapphire Rings
Green Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Sapphire, White Diamond, Diamond, Gold,...
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Byzantine Sapphire Rings
Multi-gemstone, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Black Diamond, Blue Diamond, Ta...
21st Century and Contemporary European Medieval Sapphire Rings
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Renaissance Sapphire Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Blue Diamond, Yellow Diamond, Pink Diamond, Emer...
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Byzantine Sapphire Rings
Yellow Sapphire, Multi-gemstone, Green Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Blue Sap...
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Byzantine Sapphire Rings
Multi-gemstone, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Ruby, Emerald, White Diamond, D...
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Byzantine Sapphire Rings
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Ruby, Emerald, White Diamond, Diamond, Gold, Ye...
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Byzantine Sapphire Rings
Pink Diamond, Green Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Blue Sapph...
2010s American Renaissance Sapphire Rings
Sapphire, Bronze, Sterling Silver, Silver
2010s American Renaissance Sapphire Rings
Sapphire, Silver, Sterling Silver, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Byzantine Sapphire Rings
Tanzanite, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, White Diamond, Diamond, Gold, Rhodiu...
2010s American Renaissance Sapphire Rings
Sapphire, Bronze, Sterling Silver, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Byzantine Sapphire Rings
Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Diamond, Gold, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
2010s American Renaissance Sapphire Rings
Sapphire, Silver, Sterling Silver, Bronze
2010s Greek Byzantine Sapphire Rings
Yellow Sapphire, Sapphire, White Diamond, Diamond, Rhodium, Yellow Gold,...
Late 20th Century Italian Renaissance Sapphire Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pearl, Cultured Pearl, ...
21st Century and Contemporary European Medieval Sapphire Rings
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, White Gold, 18k Gold, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Byzantine Sapphire Rings
Ruby, Green Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Sap...
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Byzantine Sapphire Rings
Blue Sapphire, White Diamond, Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, Yellow Gold, 18k ...
2010s Portuguese Medieval Sapphire Rings
Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Shop Unique Vintage Sapphire Rings from Top Jewelers on 1stDibs
Sapphires — the stone of choice for Napoleon, Princess Diana and Elizabeth Taylor — have been a favorite of aristocrats and the well-to-do since the time of the Ancient Greeks. Today, shop the bright blue gems that star in vintage sapphire rings on 1stDibs.
Picture a piece of antique sapphire jewelry. If the gemstone 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 — cabochon jewels were once the height of glamour — 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).
The allure of large gemstones endures throughout the periods characterized as vintage, and sapphire features frequently in vintage engagement rings. (On 1stDibs, a range of buying guides can be found for those in the market for antique engagement rings, vintage engagement rings or Art Deco engagement rings.)
Find an exquisite collection of Art Deco sapphire rings, sapphire cocktail rings and other sapphire rings on 1stDibs.