Burmese Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary Hong Kong Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1930s Art Deco Cluster Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary North American Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1920s Art Deco Cluster Rings
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1960s Unknown Three-Stone Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Engagement Rings
Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American More Rings
Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1920s Unknown Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Antique 19th Century Edwardian Cocktail Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Antique 19th Century Victorian Cocktail Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Antique 19th Century Victorian Cocktail Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1930s Art Deco Band Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1940s Retro Drop Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
Antique Late 19th Century Victorian Cluster Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold
Late 20th Century French Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow ...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Engagement Rings
Sapphire, Diamond, Platinum
Vintage 1960s Unknown More Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Late 20th Century Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Three-Stone Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
1990s American Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Late 20th Century American Contemporary More Rings
Emerald, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Vintage 1970s Contemporary Brooches
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1930s Unknown Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Japanese Modern Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
American Solitaire Rings
Diamond, Platinum
Vintage 1930s Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold
20th Century Engagement Rings
Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Modern Bracelets
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Palladium
20th Century German Modern Cocktail Rings
Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Steel
2010s American Modern Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Antique 19th Century Bangles
Diamond, Sapphire, 15k Gold
2010s American Fashion Rings
Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Singaporean Art Deco Loose Gemstones
Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Wedding Rings
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Platinum
Antique 19th Century Victorian Bangles
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1970s Italian Chain Necklaces
Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, 18k Gold
Vintage 1930s Signet Rings
Sapphire, Platinum
Late 20th Century Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Emerald, Sapphire, White Gold
Vintage 1980s Unknown More Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Antique Late 19th Century Victorian Cluster Rings
Diamond, Sapphire
Vintage 1930s Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Antique Late 19th Century Unknown Victorian Three-Stone Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Rose Gold
Vintage 1960s Italian Cocktail Rings
Sapphire, 18k Gold
20th Century Unknown Edwardian More Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Platinum
Mid-20th Century Retro Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
20th Century American Modern Fashion Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Platinum
Antique 1890s Victorian Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique Early 19th Century Unknown Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Sapphire, White Diamond, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Three-Stone Rings
Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary American More Rings
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Platinum
20th Century Victorian Engagement Rings
Sapphire, 18k Gold, Silver
Late 20th Century Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Cluster Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Blue Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold, Ye...
21st Century and Contemporary French Contemporary Engagement Rings
White Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
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Burmese Sapphire For Sale on 1stDibs
How Much is a Burmese 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.