Sapphire Jewelry
1880s European Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Silver
2010s American Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Silver, Sterling Silver, Bronze
21st Century and Contemporary Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, White Gold
Early 1900s European Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Early 1900s European Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
2010s Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Ruby, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rhodium, Sterling Silver
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
1860s Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
Mid-19th Century Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1870s European Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Silver
1880s Unknown Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, Platinum
1880s Unknown Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold
1880s Unknown Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Early 1900s European Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Silver
Early 1900s Unknown Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary European Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
1880s Unknown Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Opal, Ruby, Sapphire, 15k Gold
19th Century French Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Natural Pearl, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
1890s Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 1900s European Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Silver
1880s Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 10k Gold, Yellow ...
Early 1900s European Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
1890s Late Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
1890s Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pearl, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Go...
Late 19th Century Late Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Diamond
2010s Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rhodium, Sterling Silver
1860s Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1870s Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
1910s British Victorian Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 15k Gold
2010s European Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Yellow Gold, Rhodium, Sterling Silver
2010s Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Gold, Rhodium, Sterling Silver
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold
Late 19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Sterling Silver
1890s European Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Silver
Early 1900s European Late Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold
1880s Unknown Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
1880s Unknown Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Gold
19th Century Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Pearl, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, 10k Gold, 18k Gold, Rhodium, Sterling Silver
2010s Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pearl, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rhodium, Sterling Silver
19th Century Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Gold, Silver
2010s American Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Bronze
1890s Unknown Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary European Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Early Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Amethyst, Blue Diamond, Ruby, Pink Sapphire, Blue Topaz, 18k Gold, Gold ...
1840s Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, Silver
2010s Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Emerald, Blue Sapphire, Topaz, 10k Gold, 18k Gold, Rhodium, Ste...
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Garnet, Pearl, Ruby, Sapphire, Gold
1880s Unknown Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, White Gold, 14k Gold
Mid-20th Century Unknown Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Rose ...
2010s Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Agate, Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 10k Gold, 18k Gold, Rhodium, Sterling Silver
1940s Victorian Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Purple Sapphire, 18k Gold, Sterling Silver
2010s Victorian Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Rainbow Moonstone, 18k Gold, Rhodium, Sterling S...
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.