Sapphire Jewelry
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Coral, Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, 9...
Late 20th Century Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
1890s Art Nouveau Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Peridot, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire,...
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pearl, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Multi-gemstone, Sapphire, Spinel, Silver
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Pearl, Cultured Pearl, Freshwater Pearl, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, ...
2010s British Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
1910s Italian Art Nouveau Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Diamond, Gold, White Gold, 18k Gold
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 9k Gold,...
Early 20th Century Unknown Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire
2010s British Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Aquamarine, Sapphire, 10k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Yellow S...
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Aquamarine, Sapphire, Blue Sapphi...
1890s American Art Nouveau Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Star Sapphire, Platinum
2010s American Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Gold
2010s American Jugendstil Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Bronze
2010s British Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, 9k Gold, White Gold
1940s American Art Nouveau Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Emerald, Multi-gemstone, Ruby, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Late 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Peridot, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Green ...
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Silver
Late 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Amethyst, Carnelian, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
White Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Diamond, 9k Gold,...
Early 20th Century Unknown Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Ruby, Diamond, Pearl, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Silver
Early 19th Century Romanian Art Nouveau Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Coral, Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 9...
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow ...
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Rhodium, Sterling Silver
2010s American Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Emerald, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Onyx, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 9k Gold, Ye...
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, 9k Gold,...
20th Century British Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Gold
1950s American Art Nouveau Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, 14k Gold
2010s American Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Colombian Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Emerald, Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s Thai Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Opal, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
Early 20th Century Russian Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Citrine, Diamond, Emerald, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Gold, 18...
1920s Unknown Art Nouveau Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Early 1900s Unknown Art Nouveau Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Pearl, Natural Pearl, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Hong Kong Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
1880s Art Nouveau Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Silver
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pearl, Sapphire, 14k Gold
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Garnet, Sapphire, Spinel, Opal, Gold
Late 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Emerald, Pearl, Cultured Pearl, Freshwater Pearl, Sapphire, Blue Sapphir...
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Yellow Sapphire, Coral, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold, S...
Late 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Topaz, White Diamond, 9k Gold, Sterlin...
1920s Art Nouveau Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
Late 19th Century Australian Art Nouveau Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold
2010s Hong Kong Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
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.