Sapphire Jewelry
2010s American Artisan Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Green ...
20th Century American Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Yellow Sapphire, Gold, Platinum
1990s Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Coral, Diamond, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Tsavorite, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Onyx, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s Japanese Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Black Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1920s British Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modernist Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, 14k Gold, ...
1950s French Modernist Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, Yellow Gold, 18k ...
1920s Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Star Sapphire, Platinum
1950s Italian Retro Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Diamond, White Gold, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
2010s American Artisan Sapphire Jewelry
Pink Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
2010s Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Amethyst, Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary European Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Gold
2010s Turkish Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Emerald, Sapphire, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Opal, Sapphire, Fire Opal, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Turkish Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Turkish Classical Roman Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 24k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Green Sapphire, Gold,...
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
20th Century Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Green ...
1850s English Etruscan Revival Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Yellow Gold, 22k Gold, Gold
2010s Indian Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Diamond, White Gold, 18k Gold, Gold
20th Century Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Emerald, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Sri Lankan Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Padparadscha Sapphire
2010s Swiss Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
1970s American Modernist Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, White Diamond, Green Sapphire, Spinel, Gold, Ye...
21st Century and Contemporary Sri Lankan Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
1890s European Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Green Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Green Sapphire, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
20th Century Unknown Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Topaz, Blue Sapphire, Peridot, Garnet, Citrine, Amethyst, Yellow Go...
1920s Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
1970s Italian Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Thai Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pearl, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Baroque Sapphire Jewelry
Jade, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Gold Plate, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Anglo-Indian Sapphire Jewelry
Amethyst, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Mandarin Garnet,...
2010s Unknown Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Green Sapphire, 18k Gold, 14k Gold
20th Century Unknown Retro Sapphire Jewelry
Ruby, Sapphire, Gold, Yellow Gold, 14k Gold
1970s Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Emerald, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Platinum
2010s American Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, White Diamond, Diamond, White Gold, Gold, 14k Gold
2010s Sri Lankan Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Baroque Sapphire Jewelry
Pearl, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Gold Plate, Yellow Gold, Silver
2010s American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Diamond, Yellow Gold, 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.