Sapphire Jewelry
2010s Indian Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Early 2000s Italian Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pearl, Sapphire, Tsavorite, 18k Gold, White Gold
20th Century Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Star Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
1930s Swedish Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Indian Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
Late 20th Century Thai Baroque Sapphire Jewelry
Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Diamond
2010s American Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, White Gold, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Nouveau Sapphire Jewelry
Agate, Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Rock Crystal, Ruby, Sapphire, Bl...
1990s Spanish Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1870s British Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold
2010s Thai Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Aquamarine, Pink Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Baroque Sapphire Jewelry
Pearl, Oriental Pearl, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sa...
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Artist Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Pink Sapphire, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s American Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
2010s Turkish Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Amethyst, Sapphire, Tourmaline, Diamond, Ruby, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Emirian Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, White Gold, Gold, 14k Gold
2010s Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Yellow Gold
1990s Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Morganite, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
Early 2000s Indonesian Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
20th Century Unknown Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, White Gold
20th Century Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
Late 20th Century Thai Classical Roman Sapphire Jewelry
Amethyst, Peridot, Ruby, Yellow Sapphire, Topaz, 18k Gold, Silver
Late 20th Century Retro Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Ruby, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1990s Swedish Renaissance Revival Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, 14k Gold, Silver
2010s Unknown Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Green Sapphire, 18k Gold, 14k Gold
1990s Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Vermeil, Sterling Silver
2010s American Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Belle Époque Sapphire Jewelry
Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Yellow Sapphire, Green Sap...
2010s Thai Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Yellow Sapphire, Platinum
2010s American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
1970s French Modernist Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Aquamarine, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Tourmaline, Gold, Yellow Gold...
1910s American Edwardian Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, 10k Gold
1980s American Contemporary Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Thai Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Pearl, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary British Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Platinum
20th Century French Retro Sapphire Jewelry
Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary American Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Art Deco Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
1990s Italian Retro Sapphire Jewelry
Aquamarine, Diamond, Sapphire, Topaz, Gold, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold
2010s Thai Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Pink Sapphire, Silver, Sterling Silver
1980s Italian Modern Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Star Sapphire, Diamond, Gold, White Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Pearl, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 2000s French Artisan Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Emerald, Sapphire, 18k Gold
1960s Contemporary Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Pink Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold
1920s British Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold
Late 19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Pearl, Platinum, Gold, 15k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, White Gold, 14k Gold
2010s British Artisan Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, Tourmaline, Gold, 18k Gold
2010s Italian Modern Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, White Gold, 18k Gold
1970s Italian Retro Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Contemporary Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Yellow Gold, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Malagasy Arts and Crafts Sapphire Jewelry
Green Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Other
21st Century and Contemporary Greek Byzantine Sapphire Jewelry
Emerald, Multi-gemstone, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, ...
1930s Swiss Art Deco Vintage Sapphire Jewelry
Diamond, Sapphire, 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.