Sapphire Rings
1990s Unknown Retro Sapphire Rings
Sapphire, Diamond, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold, Gold
2010s Thai Contemporary Sapphire Rings
Purple Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Diamond, White Gold, 18k Gold
1890s American Victorian Antique Sapphire Rings
Purple Sapphire, Sapphire, Diamond, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
1920s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s Thai Artisan Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, White Gold
2010s American Contemporary Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Early 20th Century English Art Deco Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
20th Century Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Sapphire Rings
Spinel, Pink Sapphire, Diamond, Rose Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Art Deco Sapphire Rings
Sapphire, Emerald, Diamond, White Gold, 18k Gold
2010s Hong Kong Art Deco Sapphire Rings
Sapphire, Padparadscha Sapphire , White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
1960s American Vintage Sapphire Rings
White Diamond, Star Sapphire, Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Sapphire Rings
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Diamond, Yellow Gold, 14k Gold
Late 20th Century Italian Art Deco Sapphire Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold
1980s French Vintage Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
2010s Indian Sapphire Rings
Pink Sapphire, 14k Gold
2010s American Contemporary Sapphire Rings
Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, 14k Gold, Rose Gold
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Sapphire Rings
Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century North American Art Deco Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sapphire Rings
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Diamond, Yellow Gold, 14k Gold, Gold
2010s Modern Sapphire Rings
Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Sapphire Rings
Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
1950s Italian Retro Vintage Sapphire Rings
Coral, Diamond, Pearl, Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
2010s American Contemporary Sapphire Rings
Aquamarine, Diamond, White Diamond, Multi-gemstone, Sapphire, Pink Sapph...
1890s British Victorian Antique Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1990s Art Deco Sapphire Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Thai Contemporary Sapphire Rings
Yellow Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Thai Contemporary Sapphire Rings
Brown Diamond, Yellow Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
1920s Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s American Modern Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Contemporary Sapphire Rings
Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, White Diamond, Diamond, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
Early 20th Century Unknown Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Star Sapphire, Platinum
Early 2000s Italian Modern Sapphire Rings
Sapphire, Diamond, White Gold, 18k Gold, Gold
2010s Hong Kong Modern Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Art Deco Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
19th Century Edwardian Antique Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Art Deco Sapphire Rings
Amethyst, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire,...
Late 20th Century Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White G...
2010s American Modern Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Sapphire Rings
Yellow Sapphire, Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Belle Époque Sapphire Rings
Blue Sapphire, Green Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Sapphire,...
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Sapphire Rings
White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Rings
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Hong Kong Art Deco Sapphire Rings
Ruby, Sapphire, Tanzanite, 18k Gold
2010s American Modern Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Yellow Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Rings
Diamond, Kunzite, Pink Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Baroque Sapphire Rings
Blue Sapphire, Green Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Ruby, Bla...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Rings
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, White Diamond, Diamond, White Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Sapphire Rings
Blue Sapphire, Green Sapphire, Sapphire, White Diamond, Diamond, White G...
Mid-20th Century Sapphire Rings
Sapphire, 10k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Sapphire Rings
Pink Sapphire, Sapphire, Diamond, Rose Gold, 18k 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.)
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