Appassionata Earrings
2010s Italian Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Hoop Earrings
Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Contemporary Hoop Earrings
Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
1990s Italian Contemporary Hoop Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Contemporary Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 2000s European Drop Necklaces
Diamond, 18k Gold
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Vintage 1970s Beaded Bracelets
Jade
2010s American Hoop Earrings
14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Band Rings
Diamond, Gold
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque More Jewelry
Diamond, Platinum
20th Century Hoop Earrings
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1990s American Structured Shoulder Bags
Vintage 1960s Stud Earrings
Pearl, 10k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Contemporary Band Rings
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1950s French Beaded Necklaces
Mixed Metal
20th Century German Contemporary Hoop Earrings
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
2010s Greek Byzantine Pendant Necklaces
Ruby, Yellow Gold, Enamel, 22k Gold
20th Century Italian Modern Hoop Earrings
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Italian Modern Hoop Earrings
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1970s Italian Hoop Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary German Art Deco Cuff Bracelets
Yellow Gold
Vintage 1980s Italian Cocktail Rings
Emerald, Diamond, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
Recent Sales
2010s Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
20th Century Link Necklaces
Yellow Gold
20th Century Link Necklaces
Yellow Gold
Early 2000s Italian Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold
Early 2000s Hoop Earrings
Ruby, Rose Gold, Gold, 18k Gold
1990s Italian Hoop Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold
Late 20th Century Italian Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Clip-on Earrings
White Diamond, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Drop Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century Contemporary Hoop Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Ruby, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
1990s Contemporary Hoop Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Ruby, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 2000s More Necklaces
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Choker Necklaces
Diamond, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown More Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Lever-Back Earrings
White Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century Italian Contemporary Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Hoop Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dangle Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Italian Clip-on Earrings
18k Gold, White Gold
Early 2000s Italian Contemporary Link Bracelets
Diamond, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern More Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Hoop Earrings
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold
2010s Contemporary Clip-on Earrings
White Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 2000s Lever-Back Earrings
18k Gold
Early 2000s Chain Bracelets
Diamond, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian More Earrings
18k Gold
Early 2000s Italian Modern Stud Earrings
18k Gold
2010s Italian More Earrings
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Contemporary Stud Earrings
18k Gold, White Gold
Appassionata Earrings For Sale on 1stDibs
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Roberto Coin for sale on 1stDibs
In his debut Appassionata collection in 1996, Italian designer Roberto Coin (b. 1944) made the ruby a core element of his designs. Inspired by ancient Egyptian and Burmese traditions of wearing a ruby against the skin as a talisman of love, joy and protection, Coin set a small ruby on the inside of his necklaces, rings and bracelets. The hidden ruby became Coin’s signature as he launched his brand as a groundbreaking innovator in quality Italian craftsmanship.
Coin’s talent lies in working with precious metals and creating unexpected designs by combining white, rose and yellow gold. Coin was initially a successful hotelier before leaving that career to pursue his passion for jewelry. Although he was born in Venice, Coin chose to set up his studio in Vicenza, Italy. Known as the “City of Gold,” Vicenza is the heart of the Italian gold and jewelry industry, boasting over 700 years of goldsmithing heritage.
Coin was interested in bringing new technology into Italian jewelry manufacturing, such as using machines originally intended to weave metal for car exhaust pipes to spin the gold wires for his jewelry. Coin’s brand produces hundreds of unique and limited-edition jewelry pieces every year and draws inspiration from the great Italian craft traditions as well as art, history and mythology.
Along with the signature ruby, the Appassionata collection’s most enduring legacy is the masterful fabric-like texture of the woven threads of gold. The technique of interlocking gold links that characterizes this series creates a beautiful basket weave that strengthens and elongates each piece’s life, rendering the accessories robust heirlooms. Coin’s other collections continue to offer innovations in design, from Classica Parisienne contributing to the trend for stacking white, rose and yellow gold together to Pois Moi involving square shapes and hand-etched and -carved details.
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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.