12 Carat Oval Blue Sapphire
20th Century Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary North American Artisan Link Necklaces
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold, Gold
2010s Japanese Modern Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1910s Unknown Edwardian Cluster Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary American Artisan Dangle Earrings
Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Cluster Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1960s French Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Pendant Necklaces
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, White Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold, Gold
Antique 1890s Early Victorian Cluster Rings
White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Silver, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Engagement Rings
Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Engagement Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Cluster Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Padparadscha Sapphire , Platinum
Late 20th Century Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1940s Retro Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s American Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Three-Stone Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1950s Cocktail Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Cluster Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Vintage 1980s Cluster Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Rose Go...
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Signet Rings
Sapphire, Padparadscha Sapphire , Gold, 18k Gold
20th Century Japanese Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Cocktail Rings
Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Singaporean Stud Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Three-Stone Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1940s Retro Link Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
Vintage 1970s Cluster Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Contemporary Engagement Rings
Aquamarine, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Dome Rings
Diamond, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
Vintage 1950s Unknown Retro Choker Necklaces
Diamond, Emerald, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
Vintage 1950s Unknown Bangles
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Early 2000s American Cluster Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1950s Art Deco Cluster Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Platinum
Mid-20th Century French Retro Stud Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century French Modern Cluster Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
Late 20th Century Belgian Modern Cluster Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
Vintage 1970s Modern Bracelets
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, 14k Gold, White Gold
20th Century Drop Earrings
White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Three-Stone Rings
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
Late 20th Century Italian Contemporary Cluster Rings
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Mid-20th Century Retro Cocktail Rings
Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Band Rings
Diamond, Platinum
Late 20th Century Italian Contemporary Engagement Rings
18k Gold, White Gold
2010s American Contemporary Cocktail Rings
White Diamond, Tanzanite, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1960s British Cluster Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Antique Late 19th Century Victorian Cocktail Rings
21st Century and Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold
20th Century Cluster Rings
White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Engagement Rings
White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Modern Cocktail Rings
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1990s Pendant Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s British Modern Stud Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
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12 Carat Oval Blue Sapphire For Sale on 1stDibs
How Much is a 12 Carat Oval Blue Sapphire?
The Legacy of Sapphire in Jewelry Design
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.