Sapphire Jewelry
Late 20th Century American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Baroque Sapphire Jewelry
Garnet, Sapphire, Topaz, Blue Topaz, 18k Gold, Gold Plate, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Belle Époque Sapphire Jewelry
Ruby, Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Tsavorite, 18k Gold, Gold Plate, Silver
1990s French Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Moonstone, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Thai Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Green Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire,...
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, White Gold
2010s Hong Kong Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Baroque Sapphire Jewelry
Pearl, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Gold Plate, Yellow Gold,...
1970s Italian Retro Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pearl, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Aquamarine, Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Baroque Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Opal, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Green Sapphire, 18k Gold, ...
2010s African Artisan Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Sterling Silver, Rhodium
21st Century and Contemporary Singaporean Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Baroque Sapphire Jewelry
Amethyst, Opal, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Blue Topa...
2010s American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Emerald, Gold, 1...
2010s Indian Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
1960s Italian Retro Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Coral, Diamond, Sapphire, 9k Gold, Rose Gold, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Topaz, Blue Topaz, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Baroque Sapphire Jewelry
Yellow Sapphire, Green Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire,...
20th Century Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Baroque Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, 18k Gold, Gold Plate, Silver
Early 2000s Thai Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Emerald, Pearl, Ruby, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold
2010s Turkish Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Opal, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Pink Sapphire, Sapphire, Morganite, Diamond, White Gold, 14k Gold
2010s American Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, Gold Plate, Brass
Early 20th Century European Edwardian Sapphire Jewelry
Pearl, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
2010s Thai Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Purple Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Thai Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Turquoise, Gold, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Belle Époque Sapphire Jewelry
Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Spinel, 18k Gold, Gold Plate, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Green Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Sapphire,...
1950s Italian Retro Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Pearl, Sapphire, Ruby, Emerald, Diamond, Coral, Silver, Rose Gold, 9k Go...
1980s Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Gold
1960s Italian Retro Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Topaz, 9k Gold, Rose Gold, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Pink Sapphire, Ruby, Diamond, Rose Gold, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Artisan Sapphire Jewelry
Pearl, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
19th Century British Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Pearl, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modernist Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Silver, Sterling Silver
2010s Sri Lankan Sapphire Jewelry
Star Sapphire
Late 20th Century Modernist Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Taiwanese Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Pink Sapphire, Emerald, Diamond, Rose Gold, 18k Gold, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Baroque Sapphire Jewelry
Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Spinel, 18k Gold, Gold Pla...
2010s American Sapphire Jewelry
Opal, Sapphire, Purple Sapphire, 14k Gold
1980s British Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Tourmaline, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
19th Century British Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold
20th Century Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Yellow Sapphire, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Peridot, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Topaz, 18k Gold, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Baroque Sapphire Jewelry
Emerald, Cultured Pearl, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Gold Plate, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Byzantine Sapphire Jewelry
Citrine, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Yellow Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
2010s American Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Green Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Baroque Sapphire Jewelry
Emerald, Cultured Pearl, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Gold P...
2010s European Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Ruby, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Turquoise, 14k Gold
2010s American Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Kyanite, Topaz, Pink Sapphire, Quartz, Peridot, Multi-gemstone...
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Edwardian Sapphire Jewelry
Topaz, Blue Topaz, Pearl, Sapphire, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s European Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, Turquoise, Opal, Emerald, Sapphire, 14k 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.