Art Deco Sapphire Earrings
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
20th Century Thai Art Deco Stud Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow ...
Vintage 1920s Art Deco Stud Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1920s Art Deco Stud Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
1990s Art Deco Stud Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold, Platinum
Vintage 1930s Unknown Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Gold, Platinum
Early 20th Century Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1930s Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Morganite, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Art Deco Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Art Deco Stud Earrings
Aquamarine, Sapphire, Topaz, Blue Topaz, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Art Deco Stud Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Stud Earrings
White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Stud Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Early 20th Century Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1930s British Art Deco Stud Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1970s Unknown Art Deco Stud Earrings
Diamond, Star Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary More Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Art Deco Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Topaz, Blue Topaz, 14k Gold, White Gold
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
20th Century Stud Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 9k Gold, Sterling Silve...
21st Century and Contemporary Singaporean Art Deco Stud Earrings
Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Drop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Early 20th Century Unknown Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Jade, Onyx, Ruby, Platinum
Vintage 1980s French Art Deco Clip-on Earrings
Vintage 1930s European Art Deco Lever-Back Earrings
Aquamarine, Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 9k Gold,...
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Yellow G...
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 9k Gold,...
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 9k Gold,...
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 9k Gold,...
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 9k Gold,...
Late 20th Century Italian Art Deco Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold, 1...
Vintage 1930s Unknown Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Art Deco Lever-Back Earrings
Aquamarine, Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold, S...
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold, S...
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold, S...
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold, S...
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold, S...
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold, S...
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold, S...
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Deco Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold, S...
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Natural Pearl, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Platinum
Late 20th Century Italian Art Deco Clip-on Earrings
Coral, Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White ...
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold, S...
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold, S...
Late 20th Century Italian Art Deco Clip-on Earrings
Coral, Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White ...
Late 20th Century Italian Art Deco Clip-on Earrings
Coral, Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White ...
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold, S...
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold, S...
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How Much are Art Deco Sapphire Earrings?
A Close Look at Art-deco Jewelry
Fascination with the Jazz Age is endless, and even today jewelry designers continue to be inspired by authentic Art Deco jewelry and watches.
The Art Deco period, encompassing the 1920s and ’30s, ushered in a very distinct look in the design of jewelry. There were many influences on the jewelry of the era that actually began to take shape prior to the 1920s. In 1909, Serge Diaghilev brought the Ballet Russes to Paris, and women went wild for the company’s exotic and vibrant costumes It’s no wonder, then, that jade, lapis lazuli, coral, turquoise and other bright gemstones became all the rage. There already existed a fascination with the East, particularly China and Japan, and motifs consisting of fans and masks started to show up in Art Deco jewelry.
However, the event that had the greatest influence on Deco was the excavation of the tomb of King Tut in 1922. When the world saw what was hidden in Tut’s burial chamber, it sent just about everyone into a frenzy. Pierre Cartier wrote in 1923 that “the discovery of the tomb will bring some sweeping changes in fashion jewelry.” And he couldn’t have been more right. “Egyptomania” left an indelible mark on all of the major jewelry houses, from Cartier to Van Cleef Arpels, Boucheron and Georges Fouquet. (Cartier created some of the most iconic jewelry designs that defined this era.)
While a lot of Art Deco jewelry was black and white — the black coming from the use of onyx or black enamel and the white from rock crystal and diamonds — there is plenty of color in jewelry of the era. A perfect accent to diamonds in platinum settings were blue sapphires, emeralds and rubies, and these stones were also used in combination with each other.
Many designers employed coral, jade and lapis lazuli, too. In fact, some of the most important avant-garde jewelers of the period, like Jean Després and Jean Fouquet (son of Georges), would combine white gold with ebony and malachite for a jolt of color.
A lot of the jewelry produced during this time nodded to current fashion trends, and women often accessorized their accessories. The cloche hat was often accented with geometric diamond brooches or double-clip brooches. Backless evening dresses looked fabulous with sautoir necklaces, and long pearl necklaces that ended with tassels, popular during the Edwardian period, were favored by women everywhere, including Coco Chanel.
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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.)
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Finding the Right Earrings for You
In the United States, ear piercing didn’t really become popular until the 1950s and ‘60s, but our desire for a dazzling pair of vintage earrings has deeper roots than that. In fact, wearing earrings actually goes back thousands of years, and you can find many tangible connections between now and then in how we continue to talk about these treasured accessories.
Women wore ornamental earrings — studs and hoops at the very least — in Ancient Egypt, which is home to mines that are among the earliest sources of emeralds in the world. Emerald earrings are highly prized today, and their quality lies in their rich, saturated color. The highest-quality emeralds are green or bluish-green. Earrings worn by the affluent in early Roman civilizations were set with precious stones such as diamonds and pearls, and a clean-looking pop of pearl on the front of the lobe is as timeless as ever. Hoop earrings are imbued with symbolism and cultural significance for many, and on view in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Ancient Near Eastern Art Gallery is a pair of simple gold hoops from Mesopotamia dating to between 2600 and 2500 B.C.
Today, ear piercing is very popular all over the world, and, as a result, it is difficult to overstate how much everyone pines for a good pair of earrings — modernist drop earrings, glamorous Victorian hoops, geometrically complex chandelier earrings, you name it. Sure, jewelry trends and the fashion darlings of social media come and go, but earrings have a staying power that seems impenetrable: The still-strong love affair between British royals and Cartier earrings is more than a century old, glossy 1970s hoops from legacy houses such as Bulgari and Van Cleef Arpels remain the statement makers they’ve always been and although people have been stacking earrings for many moons, the allure of an expertly mismatched stack of charms and studs still feels fresh and new.
While there is no shortage of modern earring designs to choose from, the classics, like coral earrings, Art Deco–style earrings and diamond drop earrings are still heavy hitters. On 1stDibs, find a wide range of antique, new and vintage earrings today.