Sapphire Jewelry
19th Century Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
1870s Italian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1890s Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Natural Pearl, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, Sterling Silver
19th Century Art Deco Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, White Gold
1890s Edwardian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Silver
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pearl, Ruby, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
1890s Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Pearl, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 10k Gold, Rose Gold
1890s Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 10k Gold, Rose Gold
1860s Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
Late 19th Century European Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Diamond, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold, Gold
1890s French Art Nouveau Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Pearl, Sapphire, Gold, 24k Gold
Early 1800s Belle Époque Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Moonstone, Sapphire, Platinum
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1880s Unknown Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, Platinum
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
1880s British Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Natural Pearl, Sapphire, Gold, Silver
1880s Unknown Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold
1880s Unknown Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
1880s Unknown Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Opal, Ruby, Sapphire, 15k Gold
1890s Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Gold, Silver
1880s European Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, Yellow Gold
1850s French Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold
1890s Late Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
19th Century Unknown Egyptian Revival Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Pearl, Turquoise, Sapphire, Yellow Gold, 9k Gold, Gold, Enamel
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Diamond
1870s Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
1860s Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Sapphire Jewelry
White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pearl, Silver, Enamel
1880s Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 10k Gold, Yellow ...
Late 19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Sterling Silver
1890s Unknown Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold
19th Century Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Pearl, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
1880s Unknown Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
19th Century Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Platinum
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
1840s Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, Silver
1890s Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Gold
Late 19th Century Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1880s Dutch Early Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 19th Century Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum,...
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
1890s Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pearl, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Go...
1890s French Edwardian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Silver
1880s Unknown Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, 18k Gold
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
19th Century Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, 15k Gold, Yellow Gold
19th Century Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Emerald, Amethyst, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Topaz, Gold, 14k Gold, ...
19th Century British Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1880s Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Silver
1880s Unknown Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, Platinum
1890s Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow ...
1870s Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Silver, Enamel
1870s Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
1890s Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1880s Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, 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.