Sapphire Jewelry
1920s French Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Enamel
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Diamond, Yellow Gold, 22k Gold, 18k Gold, 14k Gold, Gold
1980s Unknown Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Platinum
Early 20th Century Empire Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 15k Gold
1970s French Modernist Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Aquamarine, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Tourmaline, Gold, Yellow Gold...
Early 20th Century European Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Early 20th Century European Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold
1980s American Contemporary Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Emerald, Multi-gemstone, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
20th Century Unknown Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1980s Dutch Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
1990s Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1960s Italian Retro Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pearl, Sapphire, 9k Gold, Rose Gold, Silver
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
1950s Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Turquoise, 18k Gold
Late 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Agate, Amethyst, Carnelian, Citrine, Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Ga...
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
19th Century Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
1910s French Belle Époque Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Platinum
1980s European Retro Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
20th Century Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Purple Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
Late 20th Century Retro Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Emerald, Pearl, Ruby, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1930s Unknown Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, White Gold, Yellow Gold
1990s Swiss Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Ruby, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
1940s American Retro Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Mid-19th Century Unknown Georgian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Ruby, Sapphire, Diamond, Silver, 15k Gold
1880s French Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
Late 20th Century American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
1920s Edwardian Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
1950s Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Star Sapphire, 18k Gold
1940s Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
20th Century Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
1950s Italian Retro Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Diamond, Coral, White Gold, Rose Gold, 14k Gold
1980s Belgian Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Ruby, Pink Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1920s Swedish Retro Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Early 20th Century Unknown Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
1970s American Modernist Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow ...
1920s Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, White Gold
1970s French Modern Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Silver
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 9k Gold,...
1990s Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Emerald, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1960s European Retro Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Garnet, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Tourmaline, 18k Gold
Late 20th Century Chinese Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Ruby, Emerald, Diamond, Gold
1920s Finnish Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
1970s Italian Retro Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pearl, Sapphire, Platinum
1870s British Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold
20th Century Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
Late 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Agate, Amethyst, Carnelian, Citrine, Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Ga...
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, White Diamond, Diamond, Platinum
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
1980s French Modernist Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, Yellow Gold, 18k ...
1880s European Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Silver
1970s American Romantic Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, White Gold, 14k Gold
1970s American Modernist Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Emerald, Sapphire, Coral, White Diamond, Gold, Yellow Gold, Pla...
1970s Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Yellow Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold
1990s Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
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.)
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