Sapphire Jewelry
Late 20th Century Italian Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Ruby, White Diamond, Diamond, Yellow Gold, 9k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Hong Kong Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Star Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Hong Kong Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
South Sea Pearl, Sapphire, Silver
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 9k Gold,...
2010s American Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
2010s Sri Lankan Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Anglo-Indian Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Silver
2010s Thai Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Tsavorite, Gold, 18k Gold
2010s American Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
Mid-20th Century Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
2010s European Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s French Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Stainless Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Yellow Sapphire, 18k Gold, Titanium
Late 20th Century Modernist Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s American Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Belgian Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Emerald, Garnet, Opal, Black Opal, 18k...
21st Century and Contemporary Swiss Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Steel, Stainless Steel
1930s English Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, Yellow Gold, 18k ...
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Topaz, Blue Topaz, 18k Gold, Silver
Late 20th Century Retro Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Moonstone, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Thai Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Opal, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Star Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
Early 2000s Italian Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Tsavorite, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Garnet, Multi-gemstone, Morganite, Pink Sapphire, Rhodolite, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Pink Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
1990s Hong Kong Egyptian Revival Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Yellow Gold
Mid-20th Century American Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow ...
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pearl, Sapphire, 14k Gold
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
2010s Thai Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Yellow Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century European Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
20th Century Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Thai Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
1980s Dutch Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Sri Lankan Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Baroque Sapphire Jewelry
South Sea Pearl, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire...
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Tourmaline, 14k Gold, White Gold
1950s Contemporary Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s Thai Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
1990s American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Pink Sapphire, White Diamond, Diamond, Platinum
2010s American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Peridot, Pink Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Kunzite, Pink Sapphire, Diamond, 14k Gold, Rose Gold
1990s Thai Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
Early 20th Century English Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
2010s Thai Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Green Sapphire,...
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Belle Époque Sapphire Jewelry
Amethyst, Ruby, Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, 22k Gold, Gold Plate, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Romantic Sapphire Jewelry
Emerald, Blue Sapphire, Diamond, Ruby, Gold Plate, White Gold, Vermeil, ...
1990s American Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, White Gold, 18k Gold
Early 2000s Thai Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Emerald, Jade, Ruby, Sapphire, Gold, 14k Gold
2010s American Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Yellow Sapphire, Blue Topaz, Gold, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold, Yell...
2010s American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Late 20th Century Thai Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Yellow Sapphire, 18k Gold, Silver
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.