Royal Blue Sapphire 4 Carat
Vintage 1910s Edwardian Cluster Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow ...
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Tennis Bracelets
Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1980s Unknown More Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Unknown Cluster Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1940s Retro Brooches
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow ...
Antique 1890s Victorian Band Rings
White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique 1890s Victorian Band Rings
White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique 18th Century Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
Vintage 1910s Edwardian Cluster Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow ...
Antique 1890s Victorian Band Rings
White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1950s Unknown Retro Cluster Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
Vintage 1980s Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White G...
Antique 19th Century Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1950s Retro Cocktail Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1980s Band Rings
Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique 19th Century Russian Link Bracelets
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, Rose Gold
Late 20th Century Contemporary Brooches
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White G...
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Modern Bracelets
White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow ...
Vintage 1960s Unknown Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1960s French Cluster Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1920s Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1950s Retro Link Bracelets
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
Antique Early 1900s Edwardian Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s American Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Sapphire, Diamond
20th Century Unknown Modern Pendant Necklaces
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Vintage 1930s Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary American Fashion Rings
Blue Sapphire, Diamond, 18k Gold
Late 20th Century Drop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, 14k Gold
Vintage 1980s Unknown Dome Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold
Vintage 1960s Unknown Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Blue Sapphire, Diamond
Vintage 1910s Austrian Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow ...
Vintage 1970s Contemporary Cluster Rings
White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
Vintage 1920s Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold
Vintage 1980s Contemporary Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow ...
1990s Contemporary Link Bracelets
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1960s Contemporary Band Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1950s French Art Deco Link Bracelets
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Late 20th Century Unknown Link Bracelets
Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1930s Unknown Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Early 2000s American Fashion Rings
White Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Mid-20th Century English Victorian Three-Stone Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century Contemporary Cluster Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow ...
Late 20th Century Contemporary Cluster Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow ...
1990s Contemporary Band Rings
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
1990s Contemporary Chain Necklaces
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1930s Art Deco Cocktail Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Vintage 1960s French Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire
Antique Early 1900s Art Nouveau Band Rings
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Cocktail Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Art Deco Engagement Rings
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
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Royal Blue Sapphire 4 Carat For Sale on 1stDibs
How Much is a Royal Blue Sapphire 4 Carat?
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.