Sapphire Jewelry
1930s Unknown Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Platinum
1910s British Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold
1980s European Retro Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sri Lankan Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Purple Sapphire, Blue Sapphire
2010s Hong Kong Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire
1990s European Retro Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Ruby, Emerald, White Diamond, Diamond, Sterling...
21st Century and Contemporary Hong Kong Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Rose Gold
2010s Thai Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
1980s European Retro Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Ruby, Emerald, White Diamond, Diamond, Sterling...
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Hong Kong Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary European Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, White Diamond, Diamond, White Gold, 14k Gold, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary German Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Gold, White Gold, Rose Gold, 18...
1950s American Retro Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Italian Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Sterling Silver, Silver, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
2010s Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Emerald, Sapphire, Platinum
1920s Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s European Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary German Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Emerald, Beryl, Yellow Gold, Rose Gold, 18k Gol...
2010s Thai Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
2010s Unknown Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Purple Sapphire, Silver, Sterling Silver
2010s American Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Sterling Silver
2010s European Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modernist Sapphire Jewelry
Emerald, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, White Gold, 14k Gold
2010s Indian Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
Early 2000s Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
1920s Unknown Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Lebanese Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Diamond, White Gold
2010s Hong Kong Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Opal, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary German Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s American Sapphire Jewelry
Tourmaline, Sapphire, Ruby, Diamond, White Gold, 14k Gold
2010s Unknown Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Amethyst, Sapphire, Silver, Sterling Silver
2010s Italian Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Yellow Sapphire, Sapphire, Ruby, Garnet, White Diamond, Diamond, Citrine...
2010s Sri Lankan Retro Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, White Gold, 18k Gold
2010s Thai Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Pink Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Rose Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, White Gold, 18k Gold
1930s French Retro Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Gilt Metal
Mid-19th Century Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Pearl, Diamond, Gold, Yellow Gold, White Gold, ...
1970s Italian Retro Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
White Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold
2010s Italian Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
White Diamond, Sapphire, Diamond, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold, Gold
2010s Thai Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Amethyst, Sapphire, Tsavorite, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Pearl, Blue Sapphire, Rhodium, Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
1980s French Modern Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
20th Century Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, White Gold
1980s Neoclassical Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Purple Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Tsavorite, Pink Sapphire, Diamond, Yellow Gold, 14k Gold
2010s Italian Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White 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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