Sapphire Jewelry
Early 1900s Russian Russian Empire Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, 14k Gold, Silver, Enamel
Early 1900s French Belle Époque Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, White Diamond, Diamond, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold, ...
Early 1900s English Edwardian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 1900s European Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Early 1900s American Art Nouveau Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 1900s Swedish Art Nouveau Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, 22k Gold
Early 1900s British Edwardian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold
Early 1900s British Edwardian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold
Early 1900s European Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold
Early 1900s British Late Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, 15k Gold
Early 1900s Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
Early 1900s Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Rose Gold
Early 1900s Edwardian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 1900s Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pearl, Sapphire, Yellow Gold
Early 1900s Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Early 1900s British Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Diamond, Yellow Gold, 14k Gold, Gold
Early 1900s Edwardian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 1900s European Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
Early 1900s Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Early 1900s Edwardian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Pearl, Cultured Pearl, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, ...
Early 1900s French Edwardian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Diamond, Platinum, Rose Gold, 18k Gold
Early 1900s Unknown Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Early 1900s German Art Nouveau Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Rose Gold, Silver, 14k Gold
Early 1900s European Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Silver
Early 1900s Edwardian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Pearl, Sapphire, Platinum
Early 1900s Swedish Art Nouveau Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Pearl, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 1900s Edwardian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Early 1900s European Modernist Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, Silver
Early 1900s European Modernist Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold
Early 1900s Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold
Early 1900s Unknown Edwardian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pearl, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Enamel, Yellow Gold
Early 1900s British Edwardian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold
Early 1900s Edwardian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Gold, 9k Gold, Rose Gold
Early 1900s Swedish Art Nouveau Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Pearl, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Early 1900s British Edwardian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Ruby, Diamond, 18k Gold, Gold
Early 1900s Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, 18k Gold
Early 1900s French Edwardian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Natural Pearl, Ruby, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Silver
Early 1900s Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Pearl, Natural Pearl, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, G...
Early 1900s Unknown Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Early 1900s Edwardian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Natural Pearl, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
Early 1900s European Late Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold
Early 1900s Russian Art Nouveau Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Silver, Enamel
Early 1900s Unknown Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pearl, Sapphire, Gold, Platinum
Early 1900s Unknown Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 9k Gold, White Gold
Early 1900s American Late Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, Silver
Early 1900s Edwardian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold
Early 1900s European Late Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 9k Gold
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 1900s Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 1900s North American Edwardian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold
Early 1900s Art Deco Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Pink Sapphire, Diamond, Platinum, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold, Gold
Early 1900s British Edwardian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold
Early 1900s Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold
Early 1900s European Art Nouveau Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Diamond, Silver, 18k Gold
Early 1900s Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, White Diamond, Diamond, Yellow 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.