Sapphire Jewelry
1950s French Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
1950s French Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Emerald, Ruby, White Diamond, 18k Gold
1950s British Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, 14k Gold
1940s English Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, White Diamond, Yellow Sapphire, 18k Gold
1990s French Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1970s Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Lapis Lazuli, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Verm...
Early 2000s French Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Stainless Steel, Steel, Rose Gold
2010s French Sapphire Jewelry
Amethyst, Garnet, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, 18k Gold, Ro...
Late 20th Century French Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1920s Unknown Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold
1990s Sapphire Jewelry
Crystal, Quartz, Rock Crystal, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, Yellow Gol...
1990s Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1990s French Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1980s French Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
White Diamond, Onyx, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
1970s Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
White Diamond, Pink Sapphire, Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Green ...
2010s French Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French Sapphire Jewelry
Amethyst, Garnet, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Rose Gold
1970s Swiss Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, Platinum
1960s Swiss Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
1980s Swiss Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
1980s European Retro Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French Sapphire Jewelry
Multi-gemstone, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire,...
1990s Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, White Gold
1990s Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Emerald, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French Artist Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
1940s Retro Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Yellow Gold
Early 2000s Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Gold
20th Century French Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, Platinum
1950s French Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
1990s French Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
1950s Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Yellow Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Early 2000s Swiss Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Yellow Gold
1920s American Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, White Diamond, Platinum
Vintage and Antique Sapphire Rings, Sapphire Necklaces and Other Sapphire Jewelry for Sale on 1stDibs
On 1stDibs, shop the bright blue gems that star in sapphire rings, sapphire necklaces and other vintage and antique sapphire jewelry.
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.
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).
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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