Cartier Pearl Diamond Earrings
21st Century and Contemporary Drop Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, Platinum
1990s French Drop Earrings
Diamond, South Sea Pearl, 18k Gold, Platinum
Late 20th Century French Dangle Earrings
Platinum
20th Century Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century French Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Onyx, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
Late 20th Century Stud Earrings
Diamond, South Sea Pearl, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1980s Clip-on Earrings
Antique Late 19th Century Unknown Victorian Stud Earrings
Pearl, Diamond, Gold, Yellow Gold, 14k Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1950s Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Lapis Lazuli, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 2000s French Art Deco Pendant Necklaces
Diamond, White Diamond, Morganite, 10k Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
Early 2000s French Art Deco Pendant Necklaces
Diamond, White Diamond, Morganite, 18k Gold, White Gold, 10k Gold
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1990s French Art Deco Modern Bracelets
Diamond, Gold
1990s French Blouses
Vintage 1980s French Hoop Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French Top Handle Bags
2010s French Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
Early 20th Century Unknown Victorian Dangle Earrings
White Diamond, Emerald, 14k Gold, White Gold, Silver, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French Contemporary Chain Bracelets
Diamond, Malachite, White Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Stud Earrings
Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
White Gold
2010s American Contemporary Stud Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold
Early 2000s French More Necklaces
Turquoise, White Gold
1980s American Evening Gowns
Antique 1770s Portuguese Georgian Dangle Earrings
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Silver
Early 2000s French Cocktail Dresses
Vintage 1970s Italian Drop Necklaces
Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold
1990s Italian Evening Bags and Minaudières
Recent Sales
Vintage 1980s Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Cultured Pearl, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Drop Earrings
Diamond, Pearl
2010s American Contemporary Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Jade, Freshwater Pearl, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Clip-on Earrings
South Sea Pearl, Tourmaline, Aquamarine, Diamond, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary More Necklaces
Diamond, Freshwater Pearl, Onyx, 18k Gold
2010s Drop Earrings
Diamond, Natural Pearl, Pearl, Platinum
Early 2000s Unknown Contemporary Drop Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French Dangle Earrings
Cultured Pearl, Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
Early 2000s Drop Earrings
Black Diamond, Diamond, Pearl, White Diamond
21st Century and Contemporary Drop Earrings
Pearl, South Sea Pearl, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, Black Pearl, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Hoop Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 2000s Drop Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, Black Pearl, Platinum
20th Century French More Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, Cultured Pearl, Ruby, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
Early 2000s Dangle Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
Early 2000s French Drop Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, White Gold
20th Century French More Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, Cultured Pearl, Ruby, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Drop Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, Platinum
Late 20th Century French Artist Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Drop Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1950s American Clip-on Earrings
South Sea Pearl, White Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Drop Earrings
Diamond, Cultured Pearl, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1980s French Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, Platinum
Late 20th Century French Clip-on Earrings
Black Pearl, Pearl, White Diamond, Platinum
Vintage 1930s Modernist Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, 18k Gold, White Gold
Late 20th Century French Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Black Pearl, South Sea Pearl, Platinum
Late 20th Century French Clip-on Earrings
White Diamond, Black Pearl, South Sea Pearl, Platinum
2010s French Contemporary Dangle Earrings
Late 20th Century French Dangle Earrings
Platinum
Late 20th Century French Drop Earrings
White Diamond, Pearl, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French More Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1970s British Retro Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1970s British Retro Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, 18k Gold, Platinum
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, 18k Gold, Platinum
Vintage 1970s Italian Hoop Earrings
Malachite, Diamond, 18k Gold
2010s American Artist Dangle Earrings
Pearl, Multi-gemstone, Diamond, White Diamond, Natural Pearl, Gold, Yell...
Early 2000s Dutch Art Deco Stud Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Pearl, Natural Pearl, Gold, 14k Gold, Enamel
Late 20th Century French More Necklaces
White Diamond, Cultured Pearl, 18k Gold
1990s French Artist Drop Necklaces
Chalcedony, Cultured Pearl, Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Vintage 1950s French Brooches
Diamond, Onyx, Coral, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 2000s Stud Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1980s French Drop Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Drop Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, Black Pearl, Platinum
1990s French Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Cultured Pearl, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Black Pearl, Platinum
2010s French Drop Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French Modern Dangle Earrings
Pearl, Diamond, Cultured Pearl, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French Stud Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century French Drop Earrings
White Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French Drop Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary More Earrings
White Gold
2010s French Drop Earrings
Diamond, Onyx, Natural Pearl, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Contemporary Stud Earrings
Diamond, Turquoise, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary More Earrings
Platinum
Vintage 1950s French Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold, Platinum
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For its extraordinary range of bracelets, watches, rings and other adornments, French luxury house Cartier is undeniably one of the most well known and internationally revered jewelers in the world among clients both existing and aspirational.
Perhaps 1847 was not the ideal time to open a new watchmaking and jewelry business, as the French Revolution was not kind to the aristocracy who could afford such luxuries. Nevertheless, it was the year Louis-François Cartier (1819–1904) — who was born into poverty — founded his eponymous empire, assuming control of the workshop of watchmaker Adolphe Picard, under whom he had previously been employed as an assistant. Of course, in the beginning, it was a relatively modest affair, but by the late 1850s, Cartier had its first royal client, Princess Mathilde Bonaparte, niece of Napoleon Bonaparte, who commissioned the jeweler to design brooches, earrings and other accessories.
Under the leadership of Louis-François’s son, Alfred, who took over in 1874, business boomed. Royalty around the world wore Cartier pieces, including Tsar Nicholas II of Russia, the Maharaja of Patiala and King Edward VII, who had 27 tiaras made by the jewelry house for his coronation in 1902 and issued Cartier a royal warrant in 1904. (Today, the British royal family still dons Cartier pieces; Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge, regularly sports a Ballon Bleu de Cartier watch.)
Cartier’s golden years, however, began when Alfred introduced his three sons, Louis, Pierre and Jacques, to the business. The brothers expanded Cartier globally: Louis reigned in Paris, Pierre in New York and Jacques in London, ensuring their brand’s consistency at their branches across the world. The trio also brought in such talents as Charles Jacqueau and Jeanne Toussaint.
One of Cartier’s earliest major successes was the Santos de Cartier watch — one of the world's first modern wristwatches for men. (Previously, a large number of people were using only pocket watches.) Louis designed the timepiece in 1904 for his friend, popular Brazilian aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont, who wanted to be able to check the time more easily while flying.
Cartier’s other famous timepieces include the Tank watch, which was inspired by the linear form of military tanks during World War I, and the so-called mystery clocks. Invented by watchmaker and magician Jean-Eugène Robert-Houdin and later crafted exclusively for Cartier in the house’s workshop by watchmaker Maurice Couët, the mystery clocks were so named because the integration of glass dials on which the clocks’ hands would seemingly float as well as structures that are hidden away within the base give the illusion that they operate without machinery.
On the jewelry side of the business, Cartier’s internationally renowned offerings include the Tutti Frutti collection, which featured colorful carved gemstones inspired by Jacques’s trip to India and grew in popularity during the Art Deco years; the panthère motif, which has been incorporated into everything from brooches to rings; and the Love bracelet, a minimal, modernist locking bangle inspired by medieval chastity belts that transformed fine jewelry.
While the Cartier family sold the business following the death of Pierre in 1964, the brand continues to innovate today, renewing old hits and creating new masterpieces.
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Finding the Right Earrings for You
In the United States, ear piercing didn’t really become popular until the 1950s and ‘60s, but our desire for a dazzling pair of vintage earrings has deeper roots than that. In fact, wearing earrings actually goes back thousands of years, and you can find many tangible connections between now and then in how we continue to talk about these treasured accessories.
Women wore ornamental earrings — studs and hoops at the very least — in Ancient Egypt, which is home to mines that are among the earliest sources of emeralds in the world. Emerald earrings are highly prized today, and their quality lies in their rich, saturated color. The highest-quality emeralds are green or bluish-green. Earrings worn by the affluent in early Roman civilizations were set with precious stones such as diamonds and pearls, and a clean-looking pop of pearl on the front of the lobe is as timeless as ever. Hoop earrings are imbued with symbolism and cultural significance for many, and on view in the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Ancient Near Eastern Art Gallery is a pair of simple gold hoops from Mesopotamia dating to between 2600 and 2500 B.C.
Today, ear piercing is very popular all over the world, and, as a result, it is difficult to overstate how much everyone pines for a good pair of earrings — modernist drop earrings, glamorous Victorian hoops, geometrically complex chandelier earrings, you name it. Sure, jewelry trends and the fashion darlings of social media come and go, but earrings have a staying power that seems impenetrable: The still-strong love affair between British royals and Cartier earrings is more than a century old, glossy 1970s hoops from legacy houses such as Bulgari and Van Cleef & Arpels remain the statement makers they’ve always been and although people have been stacking earrings for many moons, the allure of an expertly mismatched stack of charms and studs still feels fresh and new.
While there is no shortage of modern earring designs to choose from, the classics, like coral earrings, Art Deco–style earrings and diamond drop earrings are still heavy hitters. On 1stDibs, find a wide range of antique, new and vintage earrings today.
- How much is a Cartier bracelet?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021The price of Cartier bracelets varies based on age, condition, and rarity. The least expensive versions of the Cartier Love bracelet, for example, can still cost around $4,000. On 1stDibs, there is a variety of Cartier bracelets for sale.
- Is Cartier real gold?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021As one of the top luxury jewelry houses in the world, Cartier uses some of the finest quality materials. The company uses 18k gold in their jewelry and real diamonds.
- Does Cartier rose gold fade?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021Cartier rose gold doesn't tarnish but over many years of wearing, rose gold generally is said to become darker. Rose gold allegedly becomes slightly yellower in tone, toward a traditional gold.
- What is the Cartier symbol?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021Today, the Cartier symbol, or logo, is the luxury house's name written in a clean serif font that mimics cursive handwriting. Typically, the logo is either black on white or white on a black background. Its refined and understated appearance references the high standards that have long been associated with this celebrated brand.
- What is Cartier famous for?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022Cartier is famous for producing jewelry and watches out of rare and luxury-grade materials and creating innovative designs, often packed with symbolism. Some of the jeweler's most famous pieces include the modern Love and Trinity bracelets and its custom-made antique and vintage jewelry like the Crocodile and Patiala necklaces. Find a range of Cartier jewelry and watches on 1stDibs.
- Why is Cartier so popular?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertFebruary 13, 2024There are a few reasons why Cartier is so popular. For one thing, the French luxury house is known for its very long history of unparalleled prestige and quality craftsmanship. Cartier has been producing extraordinary jewelry, watches and accessories since 1847. While jewelry lovers have long been enthusiastic about Cartier’s elegant and streamlined designs for bracelets, rings, necklaces and other pieces, the brand is also known for innovation. It pioneered the use of platinum in fine jewelry, and its artisans were so mindful of trends in fashion that the house became the official jewelry supplier to King Edward VII. Later, Cartier’s Art Deco-era pieces would help define the movement with which they are associated. One of the brand’s earliest major successes was the Santos de Cartier watch, one of the world's first modern wristwatches for men. Today’s influencers continue to help popularize the brand, increasing the demand for certain pieces like Cartier buffalo horn sunglasses and the Cartier Love bracelet, an icon of modernist jewelry. Find a wide range of Cartier watches, jewelry and eyewear on 1stDibs.
- Is Cartier a luxury watch?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertApril 5, 2022Yes, Cartier watches are considered luxury watches. Cartier is a noted jeweler, taking that attention to detail and access to high-quality metals and jewels to their watches—they spare no expense and are highly desirable. On 1stDibs, find a collection of authentic Cartier watches from some of the world’s top sellers.
- Is Cartier cheaper in Paris?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021Cartier pieces may be cheaper in Paris than they are in the U.S., but that's because of the exchange rate. Cartier doesn't price the pieces depending on the country.
- 1stDibs ExpertFebruary 22, 2021A Cartier engagement ring can cost between $3,000 and $800,000. The price depends on the diamond's carat weight and quality.
- Are Cartier watches automatic?1 Answer1stDibs ExpertMay 1, 2024Yes, some Cartier watches are automatic but the legendary French luxury house also creates collections that include watches with quartz movements. Cartier’s iconic Tank collection, which includes the Tank Française, the Tank Louis Cartier and other models, features both quartz and automatic options for all kinds of collectors. Each of the watches in the Panthère collection, however, carries a quartz movement.
While quartz watches are powered by a pre-installed battery and a high-frequency quartz crystal, automatic watches rely on a spring system and are self-winding. An automatic watch does not have a battery and is recharged on the wrist owing to the wearer’s movements during the day.
It was Louis Cartier, grandson of Cartier founder Louis-François Cartier, who was responsible for bringing watchmaking to the venerable maison when he presented Brazilian aviator Alberto Santos-Dumont with a wristwatch in 1904.
Although the pocket watch was the de rigueur men’s accessory of the day, Santos-Dumont found his own pocket watch hard to consult while keeping his plane aloft. Louis fashioned a timepiece with a flat, square case on a leather strap that could be referred to easily at a glance. Named in honor of Louis’s friend, the Santos was eventually produced for sale in 1911.
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