Antique Lever Back Earrings
Late 18th Century Belle Époque Antique Lever Back Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold
1920s Unknown Art Deco Antique Lever Back Earrings
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Lever Back Earrings
Pearl, Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
Early 1900s French Belle Époque Antique Lever Back Earrings
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Antique Lever Back Earrings
Pearl, Natural Pearl, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 1900s French Belle Époque Antique Lever Back Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Pearl, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Antique Lever Back Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Lever Back Earrings
Pearl, Natural Pearl, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, Gold
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Lever Back Earrings
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Antique Lever Back Earrings
Pearl, Natural Pearl, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Antique Lever Back Earrings
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Pink Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Pla...
Early 20th Century Art Deco Antique Lever Back Earrings
Diamond, Chalcedony, Gold, 14k Gold
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Antique Lever Back Earrings
Peridot, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Antique Lever Back Earrings
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
1910s Italian Art Nouveau Antique Lever Back Earrings
Diamond, Yellow Gold
1880s Unknown Victorian Antique Lever Back Earrings
Diamond, Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Lever Back Earrings
Natural Pearl, Pearl, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
1890s Victorian Antique Lever Back Earrings
Diamond, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Lever Back Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, Silver
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Lever Back Earrings
Diamond, 14k Gold, Rose Gold
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Antique Lever Back Earrings
Emerald, Yellow Gold, Gold, 18k Gold
Early 20th Century Antique Lever Back Earrings
Diamond, Pink Sapphire, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold
Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Lever Back Earrings
Pearl, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
Early 1900s Victorian Antique Lever Back Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, Gold, 18k Gold, Silver
1880s Art Nouveau Antique Lever Back Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold
Late 19th Century European Late Victorian Antique Lever Back Earrings
Pearl, Ruby, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 19th Century Antique Lever Back Earrings
14k Gold, Yellow Gold
1920s European Antique Lever Back Earrings
19th Century French Victorian Antique Lever Back Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold
Early 20th Century Antique Lever Back Earrings
Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
15th Century and Earlier Greek Greek Revival Antique Lever Back Earrings
Ruby, Emerald, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
Early 20th Century Edwardian Antique Lever Back Earrings
Diamond, Rose Gold
Early 1900s European Victorian Antique Lever Back Earrings
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Silver
Early 1900s European Edwardian Antique Lever Back Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, Platinum
Early 20th Century Antique Lever Back Earrings
Diamond
Late 19th Century American Antique Lever Back Earrings
Pearl, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1890s Victorian Antique Lever Back Earrings
Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold
1890s Unknown Late Victorian Antique Lever Back Earrings
Turquoise, Gold, 10k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Lever Back Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, Rose Gold, Silver
1890s Victorian Antique Lever Back Earrings
Coral, Diamond, 14k Gold, Silver
15th Century and Earlier Greek Greek Revival Antique Lever Back Earrings
Ruby, 18k Gold
15th Century and Earlier Greek Classical Greek Antique Lever Back Earrings
Emerald, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
1920s Art Deco Antique Lever Back Earrings
Diamond, 14k Gold
15th Century and Earlier North American Byzantine Antique Lever Back Earrings
Ruby, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 20th Century American Arts and Crafts Antique Lever Back Earrings
Sterling Silver
Early 19th Century Victorian Antique Lever Back Earrings
Pearl, 14k Gold, Gold
Early 20th Century Antique Lever Back Earrings
Carnelian, 14k Gold, Platinum, Rose Gold, Gold
1920s European Art Deco Antique Lever Back Earrings
Diamond, Platinum
1910s Dutch Art Nouveau Antique Lever Back Earrings
Natural Pearl, Sterling Silver
Early 20th Century French Art Deco Antique Lever Back Earrings
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 20th Century Antique Lever Back Earrings
Amethyst, Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold
1880s European Victorian Antique Lever Back Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, 18k Gold
Early 1900s Unknown Contemporary Antique Lever Back Earrings
18k Gold, Sterling Silver
Early 1900s Unknown Victorian Antique Lever Back Earrings
Diamond, Silver
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Antique Lever Back Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1920s American Antique Lever Back Earrings
Diamond, Yellow Gold
Early 20th Century Russian Art Nouveau Antique Lever Back Earrings
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
Late 19th Century Italian Antique Lever Back Earrings
Silver
Early 1900s Turkish Late Victorian Antique Lever Back Earrings
Diamond, 14k Gold
15th Century and Earlier Italian Contemporary Antique Lever Back Earrings
Diamond, 9k Gold, Rose Gold, Silver
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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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