Sapphire Rings
2010s British Artisan Sapphire Rings
Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Modern Sapphire Rings
Sapphire, Silver
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Sapphire Rings
Aquamarine, Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
1950s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Platinum
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Platinum
Early 20th Century English Sapphire Rings
Sapphire, Gold, Platinum
1920s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
1920s European Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Silver
20th Century Contemporary Sapphire Rings
Emerald, Pink Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1990s North American Contemporary Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Artist Sapphire Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Sapphire Rings
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Silver, Sterling Silver
1990s Asian Art Deco Sapphire Rings
Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Silver
2010s Canadian Contemporary Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Baroque Sapphire Rings
Ruby, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Silver
Early 20th Century European Art Deco Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
Late 20th Century Contemporary Sapphire Rings
Emerald, Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
Early 2000s American Contemporary Sapphire Rings
Star Sapphire, Diamond, White Gold, 18k Gold, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Sapphire Rings
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, White Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 20th Century English Art Nouveau Sapphire Rings
Pearl, Sapphire, 15k Gold, Yellow Gold
1920s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Emerald, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold
Late 20th Century Art Deco Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Israeli Art Deco Sapphire Rings
Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
1920s Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary North American Modern Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
1930s German Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Platinum
Mid-20th Century English Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Sapphire
Late 20th Century English Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Art Deco Sapphire Rings
Blue Topaz, Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Topaz, Sapphire, 14k Gold
1940s Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s American Sapphire Rings
Sapphire, Green Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
19th Century Georgian Antique Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Star Sapphire, Yellow Gold, Enamel, 14k Gold
20th Century Thai Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Art Deco Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Artisan Sapphire Rings
Aquamarine, Sapphire, Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
1930s European Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
1990s American Modern Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s American Contemporary Sapphire Rings
Sapphire, Tourmaline, Indicolite, 18k Gold
20th Century Retro Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, White Gold
Early 20th Century French Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
1950s Italian Retro Vintage Sapphire Rings
Sapphire, Ruby, Emerald, Diamond, Coral, Silver, Rose Gold, 9k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary German Contemporary Sapphire Rings
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, Yellow Gold
Mid-20th Century English Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Platinum
2010s American Contemporary Sapphire Rings
Aquamarine, Sapphire, 14k Gold, 18k Gold
2010s American Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Neoclassical Sapphire Rings
Yellow Sapphire, 18k Gold, Silver
20th Century Thai Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Unknown Art Deco Sapphire Rings
Aquamarine, Sapphire, Silver, Sterling Silver, Gold Plate, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century Thai Art Deco Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Peridot, Ruby, Blue Topaz, 18k Gold, Silver
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.
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