Antique Garnet Choker
1790s European Antique Garnet Choker
Garnet, Silver
1870s Dutch High Victorian Antique Garnet Choker
Garnet, Gold, 14k Gold
Early 1900s Aesthetic Movement Antique Garnet Choker
Garnet
1740s English Georgian Antique Garnet Choker
Garnet
19th Century Czech Victorian Antique Garnet Choker
Garnet, Gold-filled, Silver
1890s European Antique Garnet Choker
Amethyst, Garnet, Gold, 18k Gold
1820s English Georgian Antique Garnet Choker
Garnet, Gold, Rose Gold
1880s Dutch High Victorian Antique Garnet Choker
Garnet, 14k Gold
1850s English Victorian Antique Garnet Choker
Garnet, Gold, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold, Rose Gold
19th Century Antique Garnet Choker
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Garnet Choker
Garnet, 10k Gold
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1870s English High Victorian Antique Garnet Choker
Garnet, 15k Gold
1820s Unknown Georgian Antique Garnet Choker
Garnet, 14k Gold
1870s British Victorian Antique Garnet Choker
Garnet, 9k Gold
1920s Czech Victorian Antique Garnet Choker
Garnet, Silver, Gilt Metal
Late 18th Century Italian Georgian Antique Garnet Choker
Garnet, Natural Pearl, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Antique Garnet Choker
Garnet, Ruby, Gold, Yellow Gold, 9k Gold, Base Metal
1890s Late Victorian Antique Garnet Choker
Yellow Gold
1820s Georgian Antique Garnet Choker
White Diamond, Garnet, 14k Gold, Silver
1850s British Early Victorian Antique Garnet Choker
Garnet, 18k Gold
Late 19th Century French Victorian Antique Garnet Choker
Garnet, 18k Gold
1880s Victorian Antique Garnet Choker
Garnet, 18k Gold
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Garnet Choker
Garnet, Gold
Early 20th Century Unknown Late Victorian Antique Garnet Choker
Garnet, Gold-filled
1880s Swiss Antique Garnet Choker
Diamond, Garnet, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
19th Century Unknown Georgian Antique Garnet Choker
Garnet, Yellow Gold, Gold, 15k Gold
1860s Unknown Victorian Antique Garnet Choker
Garnet, Gold, Yellow Gold
1880s German Late Victorian Antique Garnet Choker
Garnet, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
1880s French Egyptian Revival Antique Garnet Choker
Garnet, Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
1860s American Victorian Antique Garnet Choker
Amethyst, Diamond, Garnet, Pink Sapphire, Tourmaline, Zircon, 14k Gold
1890s Unknown Antique Garnet Choker
Garnet, Pearl, 10k Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 20th Century Victorian Antique Garnet Choker
Garnet, Natural Pearl, 18k Gold
1890s Hungarian Antique Garnet Choker
Garnet, Opal, Pearl, Turquoise, Vermeil, Silver
Early 20th Century Unknown Edwardian Antique Garnet Choker
Amethyst, Garnet, Rock Crystal, Spinel, Zircon, Hessonite, Silver
1790s British Georgian Antique Garnet Choker
Garnet, 18k Gold
Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Garnet Choker
Garnet, 9k Gold
1890s Hungarian Victorian Antique Garnet Choker
Garnet, Silver
Late 19th Century English Victorian Antique Garnet Choker
Diamond, Garnet, 15k Gold
Early 19th Century British Georgian Antique Garnet Choker
Garnet, Pearl, 15k Gold, Yellow Gold
Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique Garnet Choker
Garnet, Turquoise, 15k Gold
Early 20th Century Austrian Neoclassical Antique Garnet Choker
Garnet, Pearl, Sterling Silver
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Garnet Choker
Garnet, Turquoise, 9k Gold, Rose Gold
Early 19th Century English George III Antique Garnet Choker
Garnet, Turquoise, 9k Gold, Rose Gold
1920s Antique Garnet Choker
Early 20th Century American Edwardian Antique Garnet Choker
Crystal, Garnet, Gold
Early 19th Century British Georgian Antique Garnet Choker
Garnet, 9k Gold
Early 19th Century Georgian Antique Garnet Choker
19th Century Victorian Antique Garnet Choker
Garnet, Silver, Gilt Metal
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2010s Antique Garnet Choker
Mid-19th Century British Victorian Antique Garnet Choker
Garnet, Silver, Gilt Metal
Late 18th Century European Georgian Antique Garnet Choker
Garnet, Gold
1990s French Antique Garnet Choker
1830s British Georgian Antique Garnet Choker
Coral, 18k Gold
Early 20th Century English Belle Époque Antique Garnet Choker
Diamond, Platinum
Early 2000s Italian Antique Garnet Choker
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Antique Garnet Choker
Diamond, Platinum
2010s Asian Art Nouveau Antique Garnet Choker
Topaz, Gold Plate, Rose Gold, Sterling Silver
20th Century French Contemporary Antique Garnet Choker
Diamond, Yellow Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1950s Antique Garnet Choker
1920s Czech Antique Garnet Choker
1980s French Antique Garnet Choker
White Diamond, Yellow Diamond, Emerald, Onyx, 18k Gold
Early 1900s British Victorian Antique Garnet Choker
Diamond, Sapphire, Gold, Silver
1980s British Antique Garnet Choker
21st Century and Contemporary Indian Art Nouveau Antique Garnet Choker
Diamond, 18k Gold, Silver, White Gold
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The Legacy of Garnet in Jewelry Design
Vintage and antique garnet jewelry has been around for a long time.
Garnets have been used for adornment going all the way back to the Bronze Age. While we will never know if garnets can be used to prevent plagues or heal warriors, as has been suggested, we do know that both the Egyptians and the Romans felt that it was a worthy stone to set in gold for their nobility. In more “recent” times, garnets were ubiquitous in Victorian jewelry. The “G” in REGARD rings, the equivalent of the modern-day engagement ring, implied garnet.
Garnets were also highly valued in the region of Bohemia. The Smithsonian Museum of Natural History has in its collection an antique hairpin with Bohemian pyrope garnets from the Czech Republic. Bohemian pyrope got its name from Bohuslav Balbín, sometimes referred to as the “Czech Pliny,” in 1679. Abundant in the region, it was used often in jewelry during this time. In fact, it became so popular that in 1762, Empress Marie Terezie forbade its export. Stonecutting workshops opened in several regions across Bohemia, and pyrope became the country’s mineralogical symbol. While there was never a decline in its popularity, it was only in the mid-20th century that garnets enjoyed a revival.
Garnets can come in many shapes and sizes — one of the largest ever discovered is a 68.82-carat Tsavorite garnet. This stone is also in the collection of the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History.
According to the Gemological Institute of America, Brazil’s mines are rich in garnets, including spessartine, which can also be found in the Myanmar area, recognized for a specific shade of reddish-orange. While red garnets are the most popular, garnets actually come in a medley of colors.
Find a collection of antique and vintage garnet rings, necklaces and other jewelry today on 1stDibs.
Finding the Right Choker-necklaces for You
Vintage choker necklaces are elegant, alluring and stylish. Cameos, pearls, diamonds and other stones can decorate these necklaces, which come in single or multiple strands. Whether it is a statement piece or a delicate chain, these short necklaces always stand out and turn heads.
The history of the choker can be traced back thousands of years, with Sumerian examples discovered from 2600–2500 B.C. They endured as a popular form of adornment through the centuries, and during the French Revolution they took on a symbolic significance. Women wore ribbons around their throats to mark the passing of those killed by the guillotine. Soon, the plain ribbons were adorned with small cameos and other ornamentation.
European choker necklaces gained a salacious reputation in the 19th century when prostitutes were associated with black ribbons tied around the neck, such as the model in Édouard Manet’s Olympia (1863). Queen Alexandra, Princess of Wales, reversed the trend in the late 19th century by wearing a large pearl and diamond choker, reputedly to hide a scar.
Fashioned from gold, pearls and other precious stones and metals, chokers continued to be worn into the 20th century, alternately statements of wealth and rebellion. They experienced periods of revival in the 1920s, ’40s, ’70s and ’90s for both men and women.
Vintage chokers make a statement with an unmistakable air of femininity. On 1stDibs, find an alluring collection of vintage chokers today, including gold, sapphire and emerald chokers.
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