Purple Sapphire Cocktail Rings
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Modern Cocktail Rings
Amethyst, Citrine, Yellow Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Purple Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Sapphire, Purple Sapphire, Diamond, Yellow Gold, White Gold, 18k Gold, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary German Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Garnet, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Green S...
2010s American Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Purple Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gol...
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Blue Diamond, Sapphire, Tsavorite, Purple Sapphi...
2010s Thai Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Emerald, Sapphire, Purple Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Garnet, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire...
2010s Brazilian Cocktail Rings
Amethyst, Quartz, Pink Sapphire, Tourmaline, Purple Sapphire, 18k Gold, ...
21st Century and Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Purple Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Green Sapphire, Topaz, ...
2010s Hong Kong Cocktail Rings
Purple Sapphire, Green Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire,...
20th Century Modern Cocktail Rings
Purple Sapphire, Diamond, Platinum, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold, Gold
Late 20th Century Thai Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Emerald, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Green Sapp...
Late 20th Century Thai Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Emerald, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Green Sapp...
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Belle Époque Cocktail Rings
Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Green Sap...
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Opal, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Ye...
21st Century and Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Purple Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Multi-gemstone, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sa...
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Baroque Cocktail Rings
Ruby, Pink Sapphire, Tanzanite, Topaz, 18k Gold, Silver
2010s American Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Brown Diamond, Emerald, Sapphire, Spinel, 14k Gold, White Gold,...
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Baroque Cocktail Rings
South Sea Pearl, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Purple Sapphire...
2010s Modern Cocktail Rings
Emerald, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Blue Topaz, Purple Sapphire, Diamond, ...
2010s Unknown Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Purple Sapphire, Green Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Sapphire, Multi-gemsto...
2010s British Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Garnet, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapp...
21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Pink Sapphire, Purple Sapphire, Fire Opal, Tsavorite, Green Sapphire, Bl...
2010s Art Nouveau Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Tsavorite, Purpl...
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Baroque Cocktail Rings
Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Green Sapphire, Pur...
2010s Unknown Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Amethyst, Purple Sapphire, Gold, Rose Gold, Silver, Sterling Silver
2010s German Aesthetic Movement Cocktail Rings
Purple Sapphire, Ruby, Crystal, 14k Gold, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Classical Greek Cocktail Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Blue Diamond, Yellow Diamond, Pink Diam...
Early 20th Century Engagement Rings
Diamond, Star Sapphire, Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold, Gold
Mid-20th Century Unknown Dome Rings
Blue Sapphire, Purple Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1960s French Cluster Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Edwardian Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Purple Sapphire, Platinum
2010s American Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Purple Sapphire, Black Diamond, 18k Go...
2010s Hong Kong Three-Stone Rings
Pink Sapphire, Sapphire, Spinel, White Gold, 18k Gold, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary German Artist Cluster Rings
Garnet, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Green S...
21st Century and Contemporary Fashion Rings
Amethyst, Citrine, Garnet, Quartz, Sapphire, Tsavorite, Gold, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Russian Contemporary Fashion Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Ruby, Pink Sapphire, Chrome Tourmaline, Purple S...
21st Century and Contemporary German Contemporary Fashion Rings
Garnet, Rubelite, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Green Sa...
21st Century and Contemporary German Contemporary Cluster Rings
Garnet, Rubelite, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Green Sa...
2010s American Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Sapphire, Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Multi-gemstone, Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Green...
Early 2000s Modern Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Emerald, Sapphire, Purple Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, Platin...
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Tsavorite, Purple Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s Australian Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Early 2000s American Modern Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Opal, Fire Opal, Purple Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platin...
2010s Italian Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s American Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Agate, Sapphire, Tanzanite, Turquoise, Purple Sapphire, 14k Gold, 18k Go...
2010s Thai Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Purple Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, ...
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Contemporary Cocktail Rings
White Diamond, Pink Sapphire, Purple Sapphire, Diamond, Yellow Sapphire,...
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Cocktail Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Pink Sapphire, Purple Sapphire, Sapphire, 18k Go...
21st Century and Contemporary Belgian Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Pink Sapphire, Purple Sapphire, Sapphire, 18k Go...
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold
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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 Cocktail-rings for You
A flashy symbol of wealth during the early 20th century, antique and vintage cocktail rings have gained broader appeal in the decades since for the hefty dose of glamour they bring to any ensemble.
Cocktail rings earned their name for their frequent appearances during glitzy cocktail parties at the height of the Prohibition era. Back then, these accessories were seen not only as statement pieces but as statements in and of themselves. They openly represented a sense of freedom and independence as well as a demonstration of opulence. After all, the 1920s heralded the Harlem Renaissance and Art Deco design, and a slew of social and cultural shifts meant that women in particular were breaking from pre–World War I conventions and embracing newfound freedoms to express themselves as individuals.
Women expressly wore cocktail rings on the fingers of their right hand versus the left, which was “reserved” for an engagement ring or wedding band, accessories definitely paid for by a suitor. And for cocktail rings, the bigger the colored gem at the center — which is usually mounted in a high setting — and the more elaborate the design, the stronger the likelihood of being noticed.
Cocktail rings remained a popular piece of jewelry for women until the 1930s, when the Great Depression and the onset of war marked a change in behaviors nationwide. While the 1960s and ’70s saw a return in visibility for the accessory, it wasn’t until the 1980s that cocktail rings once again assumed their position as a beacon of luxury and glitz.
During the 20th century, the range of dazzling cocktail rings seems to have been limitless, from glimmering gold rings set with carved jade diamonds designed by David Webb to Pomellato’s pink quartz confections to striking Gucci butterfly rings with accent diamonds set in a pavé fashion.
So, how do you wear a cocktail ring? Cocktail rings “can be worn for almost anything — dinners, date nights, parties, special events, on the red carpet,” explains David Joseph of New York-based jewelry brand Bochic.
Can you wear cocktail rings with other rings? “In my opinion, cocktail rings should stand on their own since they showcase a large gem in the center,” says Joseph.
These glamorous jewels can be worn inside or outside crowded taverns, in either daytime or nighttime with casual or dressy attire. On 1stDibs, find a wide variety of antique and vintage cocktail rings, including those offered by Chanel, whose elegant cocktail rings often feature pearls and, of course, diamonds, and sometimes were styled after showy flowers like the camellia, and Van Cleef Arpels, whose detailed and intricate designs are viewed as miniature pieces of wearable art.
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