Sapphire Jewelry
21st Century and Contemporary Emirian Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Padparadscha Sapphire , Sapphire, Diamond, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Gold, White Gold
2010s French Sapphire Jewelry
Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
2010s American Artisan Sapphire Jewelry
Rubelite, Sapphire, Gold Plate, Rhodium, Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Sri Lankan Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s European Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Tsavorite, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Tourmaline, Paraiba, Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Citrine, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Neoclassical Sapphire Jewelry
Tourmaline, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Gold, Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
2010s Indonesian Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s Turkish Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold
2010s American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Apatite, Yellow Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Sapphire, Diamond, White Gold, ...
2010s Thai Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Silver, Sterling Silver
2010s American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Unknown Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Topaz, Blue Topaz, Silver, Sterling Silver
2010s American Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pearl, Pink Sapphire, Amethyst, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Amethyst, Sapphire, Rhodium, Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Retro Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, Gold Plate, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary American Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, White Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18...
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Italian Artisan Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Black Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Baroque Sapphire Jewelry
Jade, Ruby, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Gold Plate, Silver
2010s Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Dutch Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Topaz, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow S...
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary British Sapphire Jewelry
Aquamarine, Diamond, Moonstone, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary German Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Beryl, Peridot, Quartz, Sapphire, Green Beryl, Gold, 14k Gold, 18k Gold,...
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
2010s Dutch Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Multi-gemstone, 18k Gol...
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Green Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire,...
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Artist Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Green Sapphire, Tourmaline, 14...
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Yellow Sapphire, Yellow Gold, Enamel, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Yellow Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Aquamarine, Yel...
2010s Thai Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Ruby, Yellow Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Baroque Sapphire Jewelry
Jade, Ruby, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Gold Plate, Silver
2010s Sri Lankan Romantic Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Thai Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Morganite, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
2010s Thai Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Thai Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Yellow Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s British Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Yellow Sapphire, Sapphire, Diamond, Amethyst, Yellow Gold, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Yellow Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Italian Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Green Sapphire, Purple Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Gold, 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.