Sapphire Jewelry
Early 1900s Unknown Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Pearl, Sapphire, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary German Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
Late 19th Century American Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, 14k Gold, 18k Gold, Silver
2010s Indian Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Silver
1890s English Late Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 20th Century Late Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 9k Gold, Platinum
Late 19th Century Unknown Late Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, Yellow Gold, Silver
1870s Dutch Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Silver
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Gold, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Aquamarine, Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
1930s French Victorian Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pearl, Ruby, Sapphire, Yellow Gold, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary German Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold, Enamel
Early 1900s Burmese Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, Gold, 22k Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 19th Century American Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, Rose Gold
Early 1900s British Late Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Gold, Silver
Early 1900s Unknown Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s American Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Aquamarine, White Diamond, Yellow Sapphire, Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
2010s American Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Other, 14k Gold, White Gold
1860s British Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, 15k Gold, Yellow Gold
1860s Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Gold, Silver
1880s Unknown Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Coral, Diamond, Emerald, Garnet, Pearl, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Yellow Sapp...
2010s American Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Pearl, Black Pearl, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Gold-filled, Bronze
2010s American Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
White Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Bronze
2010s American Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Pink Sapphire, Silver, Sterling Silver
1880s Unknown Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Sterling Silver
1990s British Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, White Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Pink Sapphire, Bronze
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Yellow Sapphire, Gold, Silver
1880s Unknown Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, 15k Gold, Silver
1910s British Victorian Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, Silver
2010s American Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Opal, Pink Sapphire, Gold-filled, Bronze
Early 2000s American Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
1950s English Victorian Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Gold, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s American Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Bronze
2010s American Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Aquamarine, White Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
Early 1900s Unknown Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, 18k Gold
1880s Unknown Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Ruby, Emerald, 15k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Ruby, Sapphire, Silver, Sterling Silver
2010s American Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Tanzanite, White Diamond, Emerald, Opal, Ruby, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yello...
20th Century Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, 14k Gold
2010s American Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Ruby, Sapphire, Green Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
White Diamond, Emerald, Opal, Ruby, Sapphire, Tanzanite, 14k Gold, Yello...
Mid-20th Century American Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, White Diamond, Gold, Platinum
2010s American Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Bronze
1890s Hungarian Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Diamond, Gold, Yellow Gold, 14k Gold
1890s Late Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Silver
2010s Indian Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Silver
Late 19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Yellow Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Silver
Early 20th Century Unknown Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Emerald, Pearl, Ruby, Sapphire, 14k Gold
1880s Unknown Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Gold, White Gold
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire
1880s French Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Yellow Gold
19th Century American Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
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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