Sapphire Jewelry
1960s Italian Arts and Crafts Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Yellow Sapphire, Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Thai Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Baroque Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Ruby, Opal, Sterling Silver, Gold Plate, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Pink Sapphire, Diamond, White Gold, 18k Gold, Gold
2010s American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Indian Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Diamond, 18k Gold, Gold
1990s Italian Modernist Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Amethyst, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, 18k Gold, Silver
2010s French Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Paraiba, Tsavorite, Blue Sapphire, Opal, Aquamarine, 18k Gold
2010s Greek Hellenistic Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Gold, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Artisan Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Platinum
Late 19th Century American Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Diamond, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
2010s American Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Topaz, Blue Topaz, 14k Gold, White Gold
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
White Diamond, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Platinum, Enamel
2010s Thai Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
2010s Thai Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Ruby, Emerald, Diamond, 18k Gold, Gold
Early 20th Century Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, White Gold, Platinum
2010s Greek Byzantine Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Ruby, Emerald, Yellow Gold, Gold, 18k Gold
2010s American Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Emerald, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Tanzanian Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire
2010s Hong Kong Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Tsavorite, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Malagasy Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Roman Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 24k Gold
19th Century Austrian Renaissance Revival Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Pearl, Sapphire, Silver
2010s Indian Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, 18k Gold
20th Century Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Yellow Gold
2010s American Arts and Crafts Sapphire Jewelry
Opal, Sapphire, Fire Opal, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pearl, Blue Sapphire, Freshwater Pearl, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Whi...
Early 20th Century Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Diamond, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
1960s Brazilian Modern Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Early 20th Century Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Tsavorite, Gold, 14k Gold
2010s Sri Lankan Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Rubelite, Pink Sapphire, Tourmaline, Platinum
20th Century Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Spinel, Tourmaline, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
1930s Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, Yellow Gold, Plat...
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Sri Lankan Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Star Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary Malagasy Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire
Early 1900s Unknown Retro Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Onyx, Yellow Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Pearl, South Sea Pearl, Sapphire, White Gold, 18...
2010s Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Sterling Silver
1940s American Modern Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Crystal, Pearl, Sapphire, Mixed Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modernist Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Diamond, White Gold, 18k Gold, Gold
Mid-20th Century French Modernist Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Platinum
2010s Thai Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Ruby, Diamond, White Gold, 18k Gold
2010s Thai Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Black Star, Star Sapphire, Brown Diamond, Rose Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sri Lankan Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Amethyst, Citrine, Emerald, Quartz, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Topaz...
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold
20th Century Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Turquoise, 18k Gold
2010s Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, 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.)
Find an exquisite collection of vintage and antique sapphire jewelry on 1stDibs.