Sapphire Jewelry
1890s Unknown Late Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Rose Gold
1880s Unknown Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Ruby, Sapphire, Tourmaline, 14k Gold
Early 1900s American Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Sterling Silver
Early 1900s Unknown Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pearl, Sapphire, 15k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Bronze
Early 20th Century Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Silver
1880s Unknown Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Silver
2010s American Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Ruby, Green Sapphire, Bronze
1890s Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Opal, Sapphire, Yellow Gold
19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
1880s British Late Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Green Sapphire, Purple Sapphire, Diamond, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yello...
21st Century and Contemporary German Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Yellow Gold, Enamel, 18k Gold
1890s Unknown Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Gold, Silver
1880s Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
2010s Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Early Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, White Gold
1890s Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Silver
Early 2000s Unknown Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Ruby, Emerald, Sapphire, Vermeil, Silver
1890s Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Opal, Pink Sapphire, 14k Gold, Gold-filled, Silver, Sterling Silver, Bronze
Early 20th Century European Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Cultured Pearl, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Gold
Early 1900s Unknown Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Gold, Platinum
2010s American Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Ruby, Sapphire, Silver, Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Diamond, White Gold, 18k Gold
2010s Indian Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, Silver
Late 19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Rhodium, Sterling Silver
2010s American Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Bronze
2010s American Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold
2010s American Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Yellow Sapphire, Bronze
18th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Diamond, Ruby, Yellow Gold
1890s British Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Ruby, Sapphire, Diamond, Pearl, Gold, Silver
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s American Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Silver, Sterling Silver, Bronze
2010s American Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Pink Sapphire, Bronze
2010s American Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Silver, Sterling Silver, Bronze
1890s British Late Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Garnet, Ruby, Sapphire, Yellow Gold, Silver
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 15k Gold
1890s Unknown Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Natural Pearl, Sapphire, 14k Gold
19th Century American Early Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Gold, Gold, 14k Gold
19th Century British Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Ruby, Sapphire, 22k Gold
1880s Unknown Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Pearl, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Gold, Yellow Gold, Silver
2010s American Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Pearl, Black Pearl, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Aquamarine, Gold-filled, Br...
2010s American Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Aquamarine, White Diamond, Black Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, ...
2010s American Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Bronze
1880s British Early Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Gold
19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Emerald, Pearl, Ruby, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Rose Gold
1890s Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
1850s Unknown Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 15k Gold, Gold
2010s American Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Opal, Pink Sapphire, Gold-filled, Bronze
2010s American Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Opal, Pink Sapphire, 14k Gold, Gold-filled, Silver, Sterling Silver, Bronze
2010s Indian Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Silver
Late 20th Century Thai Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Pearl, Natural Pearl, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Diamond, 10k Gold, White ...
2010s American Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Silver, Sterling Silver, Bronze
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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