No Heat Sapphire Earrings
21st Century and Contemporary Dangle Earrings
Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary Hong Kong Contemporary Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
20th Century American Art Deco Drop Earrings
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Platinum
Vintage 1980s American Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Early 2000s British Modern Drop Earrings
Diamond, Yellow Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s American Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
Antique 1880s Unknown Victorian Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Yellow Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Sterling Silver, Mixed ...
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Stud Earrings
Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold
20th Century Drop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Hong Kong Contemporary Chandelier Earrings
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1960s American Retro Drop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Drop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
2010s Stud Earrings
White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Hong Kong Art Nouveau Stud Earrings
White Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s American Modern Drop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
2010s Stud Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Pink Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Hong Kong Modern Stud Earrings
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Thai Modern Hoop Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Thai Modern Stud Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
Late 20th Century Stud Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Green Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Hong Kong Modern Stud Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Antique 19th Century Victorian Chandelier Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Ruby, Sapphire, Platinum, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Hong Kong Contemporary Dangle Earrings
White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1960s Retro Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1980s Modern Drop Earrings
18k Gold
Mid-20th Century Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
Early 20th Century Art Deco Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Hong Kong Modern Drop Earrings
White Diamond, Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
Antique Early 1900s European Edwardian Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Platinum
20th Century Sri Lankan Clip-on Earrings
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Platinum
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s European Contemporary Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Stud Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1960s Unknown Contemporary Drop Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1980s Pendant Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Southeast Asian Clip-on Earrings
Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Contemporary Stud Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Australian Contemporary More Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Drop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Australian Contemporary Hoop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Gold
2010s Australian Contemporary More Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Australian Contemporary More Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Purple Sapphire, Rose Gold
Vintage 1920s Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Drop Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
2010s Swiss Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Antique Early 1900s Edwardian Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Platinum
Vintage 1940s Italian Art Deco Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Contemporary Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
Early 2000s Contemporary Drop Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s British Contemporary Hoop Earrings
White Diamond, Freshwater Pearl, Yellow Sapphire, Pearl, 18k Gold, 9k Go...
2010s Burmese Contemporary Stud Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Singaporean Art Deco Hoop Earrings
Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Drop Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Drop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Star Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, 14k Gold...
Vintage 1950s Stud Earrings
Blue Sapphire, White Diamond, 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.
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.
- What is a no-heat sapphire?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022A no-heat sapphire is a sapphire gemstone in its natural state. It differs from sapphires that undergo heat treatment to enhance their surface. Generally, no-heat sapphires are smoother, while heated sapphires are harder and more lustrous. Shop a range of sapphire gemstone jewelry on 1stDibs.
- Do sapphires conduct heat?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022Yes, sapphires conduct heat. In fact, a real one won't melt until it reaches a temperature of 3,711 degrees F. As a result, one way that experts test sapphires to determine if they are real is to heat them to high temperatures. Find a collection of sapphire gemstone jewelry on 1stDibs.
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