Sapphire Jewelry
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Belle Époque Sapphire Jewelry
Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Green Sapphire, 18k Gold...
2010s Australian Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Star Sapphire, Platinum
1920s Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Baroque Sapphire Jewelry
Opal, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Gold Plate, Silver
2010s Turkish Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold
20th Century American Sapphire Jewelry
Ruby, Sapphire, Gold
1910s Edwardian Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Platinum
1950s Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Star Sapphire, 18k Gold
1890s Unknown Art Nouveau Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Ruby, Opal, Diamond, Silver, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
1960s American Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Star Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Amethyst, Ruby, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, 18k Gold, Gold...
2010s North American Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Star Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Sapphire Jewelry
Amethyst, Diamond, Brown Diamond, Moonstone, Quartz, Pink Sapphire, Gold...
1940s European Retro Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1920s Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Moonstone, Sapphire, Platinum
20th Century Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Belle Époque Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Tanzanite, 18k Gold, Gold Plate, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Baroque Sapphire Jewelry
Aquamarine, Freshwater Pearl, Ruby, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Gold Plate, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary European Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Japanese Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Star Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
Late 20th Century Thai Baroque Sapphire Jewelry
Black Pearl, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Green ...
2010s Belgian Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Emerald, Garnet, Opal, Black Opal, 18k...
2010s Turkish Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, 14k Gold
1910s Edwardian Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Platinum
1970s British Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s Turkish Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Opal, Sapphire, 14k Gold
15th Century and Earlier Medieval Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Yellow Gold, Gold
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
1960s Modern Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Star Sapphire, Black Star, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary German Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Beryl, Peridot, Quartz, Sapphire, Green Beryl, Gold, 14k Gold, 18k Gold,...
20th Century Retro Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
Late 20th Century American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Turquoise, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1950s Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Star Sapphire, 14k Gold
1960s Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
20th Century Unknown Retro Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, Yellow Gold
Mid-20th Century Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary North American Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Aquamarine, Yellow Gold, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary German Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Quartz, Green Beryl, Tourmaline, Sapphire, Garnet, Diamond, Citrine, Ber...
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Chalcedony, Diamond, Sapphire, Tanzanite, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Star Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Early 1900s Unknown Retro Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, 14k Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Thai Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Star Sapphire, White Gold
20th Century American Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s German Sapphire Jewelry
Peridot, Sapphire, Tourmaline, 18k Gold
1990s Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Star Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Turquoise, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Hong Kong Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Coral, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Artisan Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 22k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Baroque Sapphire Jewelry
Jade, Sapphire, Topaz, Blue Sapphire, 22k Gold, Silver
Late 20th Century Unknown Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Star Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Star Sapphire, Black Star, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold
1960s Italian Contemporary Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Peridot, Sapphire, Tsavorite, Apatite, 18k Gold
2010s Thai Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Star Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
20th Century French Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Vintage and Antique Sapphire Rings, Sapphire Necklaces and Other Sapphire Jewelry for Sale on 1stDibs
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.





