Rectangular Sapphire
Late 20th Century Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Gold
Vintage 1980s Contemporary Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1930s Art Deco Fashion Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Fashion Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American More Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1930s Unknown Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1930s Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1920s Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
20th Century Tennis Bracelets
Sapphire, Palladium, Platinum
Vintage 1920s Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
20th Century Retro Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, White Gold
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1970s Clip-on Earrings
Emerald, Sapphire, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Art Deco Band Rings
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Late 20th Century French Artist Solitaire Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Topaz, 18k Gold
Vintage 1960s Cocktail Rings
White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1910s Edwardian Brooches
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
20th Century American Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Link Bracelets
Diamond, Platinum
20th Century Unknown Cluster Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1950s Unknown Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Early 20th Century European Belle Époque Drop Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Tourmaline, Gold, 18k Gold, Platinum
Early 2000s European Modern Three-Stone Rings
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, White Gold
Vintage 1920s Unknown Art Deco Engagement Rings
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Topaz, 18k Gold, White Gold
1990s American Art Deco Chain Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Art Deco Band Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Three-Stone Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1940s Unknown Art Deco Cluster Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1920s Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, Onyx, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
Mid-20th Century Retro Fashion Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1950s North American Art Deco Bangles
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold,...
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Purple Sapphire, Sapphire, Diamond, White Gold, 14k Gold, Gold
Late 20th Century Modernist Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1950s Unknown Dome Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Early 2000s Italian Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Emerald, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Bangles
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold
Vintage 1920s Engagement Rings
Sapphire, 10k Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 20th Century Unknown Art Deco Chain Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, White Gold
Early 20th Century Unknown Art Deco Tennis Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Dangle Earrings
Aquamarine, Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1930s North American Art Deco Charm Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold
20th Century Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Pearl, White Gold, 14k Gold, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique Late 19th Century French Victorian Cocktail Rings
Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1910s European Art Deco Link Bracelets
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Silver
Vintage 1950s Italian Retro Boxes and Cases
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Band Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1910s Edwardian Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1940s Retro Fashion Rings
Diamond, Yellow Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
2010s Hong Kong Contemporary Modern Bracelets
Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Solitaire Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
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Rectangular Sapphire For Sale on 1stDibs
How Much is a Rectangular 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.