Sapphire Jewelry
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Dutch Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Ruby, Emerald, Diamond, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, White Gold
2010s Asian Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s Italian Artisan Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Rhodium, Enamel
2010s Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, Tourmaline, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s American Artisan Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
2010s Turkish Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Peridot, Gold, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary European Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Green Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Yellow Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
2010s American Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Early 2000s Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Jade, Blue Sapphire, Gold, Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Emerald, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Malagasy Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Purple Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Thai Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Yellow Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s Swiss Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Ruby, Pink Sapphire, 14k Gold
2010s Dutch Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pearl, Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Malagasy Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Pink Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Dutch Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Belle Époque Sapphire Jewelry
Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, 22k Gold, Gold Plate, Silver
2010s Turkish Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s British Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Base Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Green Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 10k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Artist Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Green Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary Australian Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Tourmaline, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
2010s Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Ruby, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Gold, Rhodium, Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, Brown Diamond, White Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, Ro...
2010s American Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Yellow Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Green Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Sapphire Jewelry
Yellow Sapphire, Sapphire
2010s Italian Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire
2010s Unknown Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Artist Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 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.