Sapphire Jewelry
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Retro Sapphire Jewelry
Ruby, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Silver
2010s American Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
1960s Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Byzantine Sapphire Jewelry
Emerald, Multi-gemstone, Ruby, Diamond, White Diamond, Blue Diamond, Yel...
1890s French Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
1990s Hong Kong Egyptian Revival Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Artist Sapphire Jewelry
White Diamond, South Sea Pearl, Pink Sapphire, Diamond, Pearl, Sapphire,...
20th Century Chinese Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Byzantine Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Blue Diamond, Yellow Diamond, Pink Diamond, Blac...
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Blue Diamond, Yellow Di...
21st Century and Contemporary Sri Lankan Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire
2010s Sri Lankan Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Baroque Sapphire Jewelry
Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Gold Plate, Silver
1960s American Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
1980s Spanish Art Nouveau Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
1980s British Modern Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
Early 20th Century Russian Russian Empire Sapphire Jewelry
Chrysoberyl, Diamond, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Silver, 14k Gold, Gold
2010s Indian Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
Mid-20th Century French Post-War Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Gold
2010s French Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Aquamarine, Opal, Blue Sapphire, Tsavorite, Paraiba, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Amethyst, Pink Sapphire, Tourmaline, Gold, 18k Gold
2010s Turkish Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, 14k Gold
1920s Austrian Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, White Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Thai Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s British Belle Époque Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Natural Pearl, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Opal, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Fire Opal...
2010s Hong Kong Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Tsavorite, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Chalcedony, Diamond, Sapphire, Tanzanite, White Gold
2010s Thai Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Opal, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Hong Kong Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Pearl, Freshwater Pearl, Blue Sapphire, Cultured Pearl, 18k Gold, White ...
21st Century and Contemporary American Modernist Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Australian Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire
Late 20th Century Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Base Metal
2010s Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold
Late 20th Century Modernist Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Ruby, Emerald, Diamond, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold, ...
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Retro Sapphire Jewelry
South Sea Pearl, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire...
2010s Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, White Gold
2010s Thai Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
2010s Sri Lankan Sapphire Jewelry
Yellow Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
1910s English Art Nouveau Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Pearl, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Enamel
Late 19th Century American Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Silver
2010s American Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Tsavorite, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Emerald, Ruby, Yellow Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Silver
2010s Thai Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Aquamarine, Pink Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
20th Century Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Tourmaline, 18k Gold,...
2010s American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Brown Diamond, Emerald, Sapphire, Spinel, 14k Gold, White Gold,...
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum, Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Tourmaline, Diamond, Pink Sapphire, 14k Gold
1930s Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Star Sapphire, Platinum
1980s American Contemporary Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Emerald, Multi-gemstone, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
Late 20th Century Thai Baroque Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Emerald, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Thai Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Blue 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.