Sapphire Jewelry
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold, Silver, Enamel
20th Century Retro Sapphire Jewelry
Ruby, Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Chalcedony, White Gold, Gold, 18k...
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Yellow Sapphire, Yellow Gold
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, Gold, Rose Gold, 18k Gold
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Blue Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Garnet, Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Mandarin Garnet, Diamond, White Diamo...
2010s Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Yellow Gold
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, South Sea Pearl, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
2010s Artisan Sapphire Jewelry
White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold
2010s Aesthetic Movement Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Onyx, Pink Sapphire, Gold
2010s Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Emerald, Sapphire, 14k Gold
2010s Rococo Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Emerald, Sapphire, Tsavorite, White Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold, 18...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Multi-gemstone, Opal, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Gold, 18...
2010s Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
1950s Modernist Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Artist Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
2010s Sapphire Jewelry
Citrine, Yellow Sapphire, 10k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Green Sapphire, Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Yellow Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, White Gold
20th Century Artisan Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
1940s Retro Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Green Sapphire, Diamond, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold
2010s Sapphire Jewelry
Morganite, Pink Sapphire, Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modernist Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Quartz, Sapphire, Turquoise, White Gold
2010s Byzantine Sapphire Jewelry
Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Quartz, Yellow Sapphire, Tsavorite, Gold, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Artist Sapphire Jewelry
White Diamond, Sapphire, Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold, Vermeil
2010s Artisan Sapphire Jewelry
Ruby, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Gold
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Topaz, Tourmaline...
1980s Artist Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Blue Diamond, Brown Diamond, Sapphire, Green Sap...
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
1990s Retro Sapphire Jewelry
Lapis Lazuli, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Amethyst, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
1980s Retro Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Byzantine Sapphire Jewelry
Multi-gemstone, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, ...
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
1880s Belle Époque Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White 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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