Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
1920s French Art Deco Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Aquamarine, 18k Gold, Platinum
Early 20th Century Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Aquamarine, Diamond, Gold, Platinum
1920s Unknown Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Aquamarine, Diamond, Platinum
1920s European Art Deco Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Aquamarine, Diamond, Platinum
Early 20th Century Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Aquamarine, Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold
Mid-19th Century European Belle Époque Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Aquamarine, Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Sterling Silver, Rhodium
Early 1900s Unknown Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Aquamarine, Pearl, Gold, 15k Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 19th Century British George III Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Aquamarine, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
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Early 1900s French Edwardian Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Aquamarine, Diamond, 18k Gold, Platinum
1810s British Georgian Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Aquamarine, 18k Gold
1810s English Georgian Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Aquamarine, 18k Gold
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Aquamarine, 14k Gold
1860s Unknown High Victorian Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Aquamarine, 18k Gold
Early 1900s British Edwardian Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Aquamarine, Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
1910s Edwardian Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Aquamarine, Diamond, 14k Gold, White Gold, Platinum
1910s Edwardian Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Aquamarine, Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
1920s Art Deco Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Aquamarine, Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold, Platinum
1920s Unknown Art Deco Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Aquamarine, Diamond, Platinum
19th Century Unknown Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Aquamarine, Yellow Gold
Early 20th Century Art Deco Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Aquamarine
Early 20th Century Unknown Art Deco Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Aquamarine, Diamond, White Diamond, Platinum
1920s Art Deco Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Aquamarine, Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold, Platinum
1830s French Georgian Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Aquamarine, Topaz, 18k Gold
19th Century British Victorian Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Aquamarine, 15k Gold, Yellow Gold
1830s Georgian Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Aquamarine, Topaz, Gold, 22k Gold
Early 20th Century English Edwardian Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Aquamarine, Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Platinum
Early 20th Century Unknown Art Deco Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Aquamarine, White Diamond, Ruby, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold
1890s American Late Victorian Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Aquamarine, Diamond, Gold, Silver
20th Century Russian Edwardian Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Aquamarine
Early 20th Century Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Aquamarine, Diamond, 18k Gold, Sterling Silver, Gold, Yellow Gold
1920s Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Aquamarine, 9k Gold
Early 20th Century Art Deco Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Aquamarine, Diamond, 18k Gold
1880s Unknown Victorian Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Aquamarine, Diamond, 18k Gold, Silver
Early 1900s British Victorian Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Aquamarine, Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 1900s British Victorian Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Aquamarine, Sapphire, 18k Gold
Early 19th Century British Georgian Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Amethyst, Aquamarine, 15k Gold
Early 20th Century Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Aquamarine
Early 1900s Edwardian Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Aquamarine, Diamond, Platinum
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1930s Art Deco Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, Platinum
1930s Unknown Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Diamond, Cultured Pearl, Platinum
1930s French Art Deco Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Turquoise, White Diamond, Diamond, Enamel, White Gold, 18k Gold, Gold
1980s Italian Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Late 19th Century European Victorian Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Diamond, Natural Pearl, 18k Gold, Silver
1910s Swedish Art Nouveau Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Sapphire, 18k Gold
19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Pearl, Turquoise, Gold, Yellow Gold, 14k Gold
19th Century European Georgian Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, Gold, Silver
1940s American Baroque Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, Platinum
1920s European Art Deco Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, 18k Gold, Platinum, Silver
1930s American Art Deco Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Onyx, Platinum
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Diamond, Platinum
1920s French Art Deco Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Natural Pearl, Pearl, White Diamond, Diamond, Platinum, White Gold, 18k ...
19th Century English Victorian Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Diamond, 15k Gold, Rose Gold, Silver
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Diamond, White Gold, Silver
Early 19th Century British Edwardian Antique Aquamarine Drop Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, Natural Pearl, Platinum
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The Legacy of Aquamarine in Jewelry Design
Perhaps the one gemstone that best embodies the glimmering blue of the ocean is aquamarine, not just in name but also in color. Aqua marina (Latin for water and sea), March’s birthstone, is often crystal clear and blue. Often affordable in price, vintage and antique aquamarine jewelry belongs in everyone’s jewelry box.
Aquamarine is a precious gemstone from the mineral beryl family. Its cousin is the emerald. Like other beryl varieties, aquamarines are rated 7.5 to 8 on the Mohs Hardness Scale. This means that they are soft enough for jewelers to cut to their client’s specs but also durable enough for daily wear.
On land or sea, aquamarines feature prominently in many folk tales, including one about mermaids gifting aquamarine to sailors to protect them during sea voyages. Worn around sailors’ necks as an amulet, it kept them from getting seasick and, most importantly, from shipwrecks. Considered a symbol of courage by some, aquamarine amulets were also favored by Egyptian and Hebrew warriors during battle.
Aquamarine has also made appearances on some of the grandest of great dames. The Brazilian government gifted Eleanor Roosevelt with a 1,847-carat aquamarine in 1935 and Queen Elizabeth II received a sizable aquamarine upon her 1953 coronation; this stone is now the focal point of her aquamarine tiara. And renowned Tiffany & Co. designer Jean Schlumberger made a diamond Bow setting for a 148.5-carat aquamarine, which was originally exhibited at the 1893 World’s Columbian Exhibition, now in the collection of the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.
On 1stDibs, find a range of vintage and antique aquamarine jewelry that includes unique aquamarine rings, necklaces and other accessories.
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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