Sapphire Jewelry
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Baroque Sapphire Jewelry
Opal, Sapphire, Topaz, 18k Gold, Gold Plate, Silver
1940s French Retro Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Platinum
1920s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
1920s European Art Nouveau Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, 10k Gold, Silver
2010s Thai Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Quartz, Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Silver, Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Neoclassical Sapphire Jewelry
Ruby, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, 18k Gold, Gold Plate, Si...
1920s Unknown Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Platinum
Late 20th Century Thai Baroque Revival Sapphire Jewelry
Aquamarine, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, 18k Gold, Si...
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Anglo-Indian Sapphire Jewelry
Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Topaz, 18k Gold, Gold Plate, Silver
1960s Italian Retro Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Yellow Sapphire, 9k Gold, Rose Gold, Silver
1920s Victorian Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pearl, Sapphire, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sri Lankan Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire
1920s Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow ...
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Silver, Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Purple Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White...
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Multi-gemstone, Silver, Sterling Silver
Early 2000s Thai Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Green Sap...
20th Century Unknown Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Moonstone, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Baroque Sapphire Jewelry
Amethyst, Garnet, Blue Sapphire, Topaz, 18k Gold, Gold Plate, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Ruby, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Gold Plate, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Emerald, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Silver, Sterling Silver
1890s Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Unknown Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, 18k Gold
2010s Italian Retro Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pearl, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Rose Gold
Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Baroque Sapphire Jewelry
Garnet, Peridot, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sa...
Late 19th Century European Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
2010s Thai Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Jade, Ruby, Yellow Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Purple Sapphire
Late 20th Century Thai Baroque Sapphire Jewelry
Green Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Silver, 1...
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Baroque Sapphire Jewelry
Amethyst, Ruby, Yellow Sapphire, Topaz, 18k Gold, Silver
1950s Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
1960s Italian Retro Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Coral, Diamond, Sapphire, 9k Gold, Rose Gold, Silver
Early 2000s Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Platinum
1980s Italian Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold
2010s American Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
2010s German Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Emerald, Pearl, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire
2010s Thai Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Green Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
1930s American Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Ruby, Emerald, Diamond, 18k Gold
1970s American Contemporary Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Japanese Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Platinum
Early 20th Century European Edwardian Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, 15k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Green Sapphire,...
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Citrine, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Gold Plate, Yellow Gold, Silver, Ster...
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Artist Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Late 20th Century French Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Emerald, Diamond, Platinum, Yellow Gold, White Gold, 18k Gold,...
1960s Unknown Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Pink Sapphire, Topaz, Blue Topaz, 18k Gold, Gold Plate, Silver
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Silver
1930s Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Malagasy Arts and Crafts Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Other
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Hong Kong Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Tourmaline, Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold, White 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.