Old Mine Cut Lever Back
2010s American Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold
Antique Late 19th Century Victorian Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, 14k Gold, Rose Gold
Antique 1890s Victorian Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold
Antique Late 18th Century Belle Époque Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold
Antique Early 1900s European Victorian Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold
Antique Early 1900s European Late Victorian Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold
Antique 1880s Unknown Victorian Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique Early 1900s Unknown Victorian Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, Silver
Mid-20th Century French Retro Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique Early 1900s European Late Victorian Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, 18k Gold
Antique 1890s Victorian Lever-Back Earrings
Coral, Diamond, 14k Gold, Silver
Mid-20th Century European Victorian Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, Silver
Vintage 1920s Art Deco Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, 14k Gold
20th Century Indian Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, Tourmaline, Gold
Antique 1880s Victorian Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, Gold, Silver
Vintage 1920s Italian Art Deco Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold
Vintage 1930s European Art Deco Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, Platinum
Antique Early 1900s European Edwardian Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, Platinum
2010s Contemporary Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, 14k Gold, Sterling Silver
Antique 19th Century French Victorian Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold
1990s American Contemporary Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, Turquoise, 18k Gold, White Gold
Antique 1880s Unknown Victorian Dangle Earrings
Diamond, 14k Gold, Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Platinum
Antique Late 19th Century European Victorian Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Moonstone, 18k Gold
Vintage 1940s Portuguese Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
Vintage 1920s Unknown Art Deco Dangle Earrings
White Diamond, Platinum
Vintage 1920s Unknown Art Deco Stud Earrings
Diamond, Ruby, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Drop Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Yellow Diamond, Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
Antique 1780s French Georgian Pocket Watches
Diamond, Rose Gold, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold, Gold
Vintage 1950s English Retro Stud Earrings
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold
Antique 1770s Portuguese Georgian Dangle Earrings
Quartz, Rock Crystal, Silver
Antique Mid-19th Century More Earrings
Diamond, 14k Gold
Early 20th Century Unknown Edwardian Drop Earrings
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold
Antique Late 19th Century Unknown Victorian Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, 15k Gold, Sterling Silver
2010s British Art Deco Drop Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
Antique Mid-19th Century Russian Victorian Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold
Antique 1780s Spanish Baroque Dangle Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Silver
Antique 1850s British Early Victorian Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, 14k Gold, Silver
Vintage 1930s Art Deco Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, Platinum
Antique Late 19th Century Unknown Victorian Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, 14k Gold, 18k Gold
Antique Early 1900s Victorian Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold
Early 20th Century Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Ruby, Gold, 18k Gold
Antique Early 1900s Late Victorian Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique Early 1900s Edwardian Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, Silver
Late 20th Century Drop Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Yellow Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Silver
Antique 1880s Unknown Victorian Drop Earrings
White Diamond, 14k Gold, Platinum
Antique 1890s Unknown Victorian Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, Rose Gold
Antique Late 19th Century Victorian Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, Gold, Rose Gold
2010s Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, Yellow Gold, Sterling Silver, 18k Gold
2010s Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, 18k Gold, White Gold
Antique 19th Century Unknown Victorian Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, Platinum
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, Platinum
Antique Early 19th Century Victorian Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold
Late 20th Century Lever-Back Earrings
Coral, Diamond, Yellow Gold, 14k Gold
Antique Early 19th Century Victorian Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold
Antique Early 19th Century Victorian Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, Gold, Silver
Antique Early 19th Century Victorian Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Silver
Vintage 1910s French Edwardian Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, Platinum
2010s Indian Art Nouveau Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold
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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.
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