Sapphire Jewelry
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Romantic Sapphire Jewelry
White Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Sapphire Jewelry
Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Green Sapphire, Purple Sapphire, Diamond...
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Amethyst, Tsavorite, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold
1980s Unknown Contemporary Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century American Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Platinum
20th Century Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold
2010s Unknown Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire
1980s French Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Indian Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold
2010s Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s American Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Opal, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Sterling Silver
2010s Dutch Sapphire Jewelry
Citrine, Diamond, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
20th Century Arts and Crafts Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s Turkish Modern Sapphire Jewelry
White Diamond, Opal, Blue Sapphire, Tsavorite, Blue Topaz, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
White Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
20th Century Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Gold
2010s Unknown Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, Rose Gold, 18k ...
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Artisan Sapphire Jewelry
White Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Early 20th Century Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
1970s Unknown Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Romantic Sapphire Jewelry
White Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Spinel, 18k Gold
Early 2000s French Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Green Sapphire, Sapphire,...
1890s Unknown Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
1980s American Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s British Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, Gold
Late 20th Century Unknown Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Hong Kong Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, White Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Diamond, White Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold, Gold
1960s Unknown Retro Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Gold
1970s Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Hong Kong Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
South Sea Pearl, Sapphire, Diamond, Blue Sapphire, White Gold, 18k Gold
2010s Hong Kong Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Unknown Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, White Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Pink Sapphire, Tanzanite, Diamond, Sapphire, White Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Yellow Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Romantic Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Silver
Early 20th Century Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Unknown Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Onyx, Pearl, Sapphire, White Gold
2010s Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Tsavorite, White Gold
Late 20th Century Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Yellow Sapphire, 14k Gold, White ...
Early 20th Century Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s Turkish Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Amethyst, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Sapphire, Purple Sapphire,...
1980s Unknown Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, 18k Gold, Sterling Silver
Late 20th Century Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Early 2000s Italian Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Ruby, Pink Sapphire, Sapphire, Gold, White Gold, 18k Gold, Tita...
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.)
Find an exquisite collection of vintage and antique sapphire jewelry on 1stDibs.