Sapphire Jewelry
21st Century and Contemporary Asian Belle Époque Sapphire Jewelry
Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, 18k Gold,...
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Amethyst, Aquamarine, Peridot, Ruby, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Gold Plate, Ste...
Early 2000s Thai Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Jade, Sapphire, Ruby, Emerald, Diamond, White Gold, 14k Gold, Gold
Early 2000s Thai Baroque Sapphire Jewelry
Amethyst, Aquamarine, Garnet, Peridot, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Top...
Early 2000s Italian Medieval Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Baroque Sapphire Jewelry
Topaz, Yellow Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Silver, ...
2010s Turkish Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Topaz, Sapphire, Garnet, Emerald, Amethyst, 14k Gold
1940s American Retro Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
1950s Modern Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
1960s Modern Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Chrysophrase, Ruby, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Hong Kong Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Star Sapphire, Platinum
20th Century French Sapphire Jewelry
Pink Sapphire, Sapphire, White Diamond, Diamond, Rose Gold, 18k Gold, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, Tourmaline, 14k Gold, Rose Gold
2010s American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Chrysoberyl, Yellow Sap...
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Artisan Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
20th Century Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Turkish Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, 14k Gold
2010s Emirian Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
20th Century Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s Thai Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Brown Diamond, Tourmaline, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
2010s Unknown Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Padparadscha Sapphire , Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Burmese Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Emerald, Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Baroque Sapphire Jewelry
Jade, South Sea Pearl, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Gold Plate, Si...
1950s American Modernist Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Pearl, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, Yellow Gold, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Emerald, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Sapphire Jewelry
Pearl, South Sea Pearl, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Rhodium
21st Century and Contemporary German Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Ruby, Tourmaline, Sapphire, Garnet, Emerald, Diamond, Yel...
2010s Turkish Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Amethyst, Diamond, Sapphire, Tsavorite, Gold, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Gold Plate, Silver
2010s African Artisan Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Sterling Silver, Rhodium
1920s English Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Topaz, Green Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Ruby, Silver, Gold Plate...
2010s Sapphire Jewelry
Emerald, Sapphire, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
2010s Thai Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
1940s Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Baroque Sapphire Jewelry
Pearl, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Gr...
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Baroque Sapphire Jewelry
Garnet, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Green Sapph...
2010s American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Ruby, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Unknown Sapphire Jewelry
Yellow Sapphire, 14k Gold
2010s American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Garnet, Ruby, Green Sapphire, Tanzanite, Silver, Sterling Silver
2010s Belgian Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Spinel, Tanzanite, Tourmaline, Alexandrite, Diamond, Pink Sapp...
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Baroque Sapphire Jewelry
Amethyst, Ruby, Sapphire, Topaz, 18k Gold, Gold Plate, Silver
Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
1980s French Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Hong Kong Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Yellow Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Amethyst, Aquamarine, Peridot, Ruby, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Gold Plate, Ste...
1930s Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Edwardian Sapphire Jewelry
Topaz, Blue Topaz, Pearl, Sapphire, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s European Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Turquoise, Citrine, Lapis Lazuli, Ruby, Pink Sapphire, Yellow ...
Early 1900s Edwardian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Yellow Gold, Platinum
2010s Thai Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary Singaporean Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Yellow Gold
2010s Indian Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Aquamarine, Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k 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.)
Find an exquisite collection of vintage and antique sapphire jewelry on 1stDibs.