Created Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary French Aesthetic Movement Drop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Indian Victorian Dangle Earrings
Brown Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Silver
20th Century Unknown Contemporary Stud Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1930s European Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Bangles
Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary British Modern Pendant Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, White Gold, 9k Gold
Vintage 1920s Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Italian Contemporary Modern Bracelets
Aquamarine, White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Tanzanite, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Emerald, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s North American Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Edwardian Three-Stone Rings
Sapphire, Amethyst, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
2010s Thai Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Topaz, Blue Topaz, Sterling Silver
Late 20th Century Modernist Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
1990s Hong Kong Modern Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Sapphire, Diamond, Yellow Sapphire, Brown Diamond, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold...
Early 20th Century European Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Early 20th Century Engagement Rings
Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1930s Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Brooches
Emerald, Onyx, Ruby, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Drop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Asian Modern Band Rings
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s Hong Kong Modern Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Contemporary Band Rings
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold, Gold
Late 20th Century Unknown Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, White Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, White Gold
Early 20th Century Art Deco Clip-on Earrings
Sapphire, 14k Gold
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Pendant Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 9k Gold, Silver
Early 2000s French Aesthetic Movement Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Engagement Rings
Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Engagement Rings
Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Art Deco Band Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s American Modern Band Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
Late 20th Century Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Hong Kong Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Coral, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Cocktail Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Cocktail Rings
Sapphire, Aquamarine, Yellow Gold, White Gold, Rose Gold, 14k Gold
2010s Indian Modern Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Moonstone, Sterling Silver, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Three-Stone Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Modern Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold, Silver, Enamel
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Engagement Rings
Diamond, South Sea Pearl, Blue Sapphire, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Mid-20th Century Unknown Retro Dome Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century American Modern Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold, Platinum
20th Century German Modern Drop Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Modern Band Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Indian Art Deco Bangles
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Silver
Late 20th Century Modernist Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Modernist Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Pendant Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1980s Contemporary Three-Stone Rings
Diamond, Yellow Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
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Created Sapphire For Sale on 1stDibs
How Much is a Created 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.