Antique Burmese Sapphire
Early 1900s Art Nouveau Antique Burmese Sapphire
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Enamel
1920s Unknown Art Deco Antique Burmese Sapphire
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
1920s French Art Deco Antique Burmese Sapphire
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold, P...
Early 20th Century Unknown Edwardian Antique Burmese Sapphire
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, 18k Gold, Platinum
Early 1900s Unknown Antique Burmese Sapphire
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Early 1900s Unknown Victorian Antique Burmese Sapphire
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, 22k Gold
Late 19th Century Belle Époque Antique Burmese Sapphire
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1920s French Art Deco Antique Burmese Sapphire
Sapphire, 18k Gold
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Antique Burmese Sapphire
Early 20th Century Belgian Art Nouveau Antique Burmese Sapphire
Diamond, Garnet, Opal, Blue Sapphire, Spinel, Tourmaline, Black Opal, Pa...
1870s Antique Burmese Sapphire
1880s Victorian Antique Burmese Sapphire
Sapphire, 18k Gold
1920s French Art Deco Antique Burmese Sapphire
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
1910s American Antique Burmese Sapphire
Sapphire, White Diamond, Platinum
Early 20th Century Art Deco Antique Burmese Sapphire
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Burmese Sapphire
Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Burmese Sapphire
22k Gold
1920s Artist Antique Burmese Sapphire
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Early 19th Century British Edwardian Antique Burmese Sapphire
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, Platinum
1920s French Art Deco Antique Burmese Sapphire
Sapphire, Platinum
1890s French Victorian Antique Burmese Sapphire
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 20th Century Art Deco Antique Burmese Sapphire
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Early 20th Century Unknown Edwardian Antique Burmese Sapphire
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Platinum
Early 20th Century Art Deco Antique Burmese Sapphire
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
1890s British Late Victorian Antique Burmese Sapphire
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Silver
20th Century Unknown Edwardian Antique Burmese Sapphire
Diamond, Cultured Pearl, Sapphire, Platinum
1890s British Victorian Antique Burmese Sapphire
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Silver
1920s British Art Deco Antique Burmese Sapphire
Diamond, Blue Sapphire
Mid-19th Century Antique Burmese Sapphire
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
1880s British Victorian Antique Burmese Sapphire
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
Early 1800s British Georgian Antique Burmese Sapphire
Diamond, Sapphire, Silver, Gold
Early 1900s Edwardian Antique Burmese Sapphire
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Platinum
Early 20th Century British Antique Burmese Sapphire
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Early 20th Century Art Deco Antique Burmese Sapphire
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Early 20th Century British Antique Burmese Sapphire
Diamond, Sapphire, White Gold
Early 20th Century Art Deco Antique Burmese Sapphire
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Platinum
1880s British Victorian Antique Burmese Sapphire
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
Early 20th Century Art Deco Antique Burmese Sapphire
Late 19th Century Antique Burmese Sapphire
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Early 20th Century Unknown Antique Burmese Sapphire
Diamond, Sapphire, Natural Pearl, Cultured Pearl, Platinum
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Burmese Sapphire
19th Century British Victorian Antique Burmese Sapphire
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 19th Century Antique Burmese Sapphire
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, Platinum
1920s French Art Deco Antique Burmese Sapphire
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
19th Century British Victorian Antique Burmese Sapphire
Pink Sapphire, Gold
Early 20th Century Austrian Antique Burmese Sapphire
Diamond, White Diamond, Pink Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Go...
Early 20th Century Art Deco Antique Burmese Sapphire
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Early 20th Century Art Deco Antique Burmese Sapphire
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Early 19th Century British Georgian Antique Burmese Sapphire
White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Silver
Early 20th Century British Art Deco Antique Burmese Sapphire
Sapphire, Diamond, Onyx, Platinum
Late 19th Century Unknown Antique Burmese Sapphire
Blue Sapphire, Ruby, White Diamond, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
1890s Victorian Antique Burmese Sapphire
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Silver
1890s Victorian Antique Burmese Sapphire
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Late 19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Burmese Sapphire
Ruby, Sapphire, 14k Gold
Late 19th Century British Antique Burmese Sapphire
Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1910s Belle Époque Antique Burmese Sapphire
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Early 20th Century Swiss Art Deco Antique Burmese Sapphire
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
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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.
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