Dinosaur Bone Inlay 8mm Tungsten Carbide Wedding Band, Beveled Edge Design Ring
By Five Star Jewelry
Located in Austin, TX
Dinosaur bone inlay bands are a totally fun, bold, and joyful design! Dinosaur bone is a natural
Other
$7,500
W 2.5 in L 2.75 in
Dramatic Gubelin 1960's Gilbert Albert 18K Yellow Gold Abalone, Pearl Brooch
By Gubelin
Located in New York, NY
use of unusual materials in jewelry design, using scarabs, dinosaur bones, meteorites, lava rocks
Pearl, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Classic Resin Wishbone Bangle in White Marble
By Dinosaur Designs
Located in Redfern, NSW
Resin bangle. This bangle is featured in our Classic colour, White Marble. Dinosaur Designs resin
Classic Resin Wishbone Bangle in Lagoon
By Dinosaur Designs
Located in Redfern, NSW
Resin bangle. This bangle is featured in our Classic colour, Lagoon. Dinosaur Designs resin
Classic Resin Wishbone Bangle in Malachite
By Dinosaur Designs
Located in Redfern, NSW
Resin bangle. This bangle is featured in our Classic colour, Malachite. Dinosaur Designs resin
Classic Resin Wishbone Bangle in Black Marble
By Dinosaur Designs
Located in Redfern, NSW
Resin bangle. This bangle is featured in our Classic colour, Black Marble. Dinosaur Designs resin
Unavailable
Resin Stone Ring in Black Marble
By Dinosaur Designs
Located in Redfern, NSW
Resin ring. This ring is featured in our Classic colour, Black Marble. Dinosaur Designs resin
Unavailable
Resin Stone Ring in Sandy Pearl
By Dinosaur Designs
Located in Redfern, NSW
Resin ring. This ring is featured in our Classic colour, Sandy Pearl. Dinosaur Designs resin
Unavailable
Resin Stone Ring in White Marble
By Dinosaur Designs
Located in Redfern, NSW
Resin ring. This ring is featured in our Classic colour, White Marble. Dinosaur Designs resin
Classic Resin Wishbone Bangle in Tortoiseshell
By Dinosaur Designs
Located in Redfern, NSW
Resin bangle. This bangle is featured in our Classic colour, Tortoiseshell. Dinosaur Designs
Classic Resin Wishbone Bangle in Sandy Pearl
By Dinosaur Designs
Located in Redfern, NSW
Resin bangle. This bangle is featured in our Classic colour, Sandy Pearl. Dinosaur Designs resin
Classic Resin Wishbone Bangle in Shell Pink
By Dinosaur Designs
Located in Redfern, NSW
Resin bangle. This bangle is featured in our Classic colour, Shell Pink. Dinosaur Designs resin
Large Fit Resin Large Organic Bangle in Black Marble
By Dinosaur Designs
Located in Redfern, NSW
. Dinosaur Designs resin products are hand made in Sydney, Australia. Each piece is unique and we cannot
Large Fit Resin Large Organic Bangle in White Marble
By Dinosaur Designs
Located in Redfern, NSW
. Dinosaur Designs resin products are hand made in Sydney, Australia. Each piece is unique and we cannot
Large Fit Resin Large Organic Bangle in Sandy Pearl
By Dinosaur Designs
Located in Redfern, NSW
. Dinosaur Designs resin products are hand made in Sydney, Australia. Each piece is unique and we cannot
Large Resin Boulder Bangle in Moody Blue
By Dinosaur Designs
Located in Redfern, NSW
Resin boulder shaped bangle. This bangle is featured in our Classic colour, Moody Blue. Dinosaur
Resin Half Earth Necklace in Sandy Pearl
By Dinosaur Designs
Located in Redfern, NSW
Pearl. Dinosaur Designs resin products are hand made in Sydney, Australia. Each piece is unique and we
Sterling Silver
Resin Half Earth Necklace in Moody Blue
By Dinosaur Designs
Located in Redfern, NSW
Blue. Dinosaur Designs resin products are hand made in Sydney, Australia. Each piece is unique and we
Sterling Silver
Resin Half Earth Necklace in Black Marble
By Dinosaur Designs
Located in Redfern, NSW
Marble. Dinosaur Designs resin products are hand made in Sydney, Australia. Each piece is unique and we
Sterling Silver
Large Resin Boulder Bangle in Sandy Pearl
By Dinosaur Designs
Located in Redfern, NSW
Resin boulder shaped bangle. This bangle is featured in our Classic colour, Sandy Pearl. Dinosaur
Large Fit Resin Large Organic Bangle in Swirl White & Clear
By Dinosaur Designs
Located in Redfern, NSW
. Dinosaur Designs resin products are hand made in Sydney, Australia. Each piece is unique and we cannot
Large Fit Large Resin Organic Bangle in Lagoon
By Dinosaur Designs
Located in Redfern, NSW
Resin organically shaped bangle. This bangle is featured in our Classic colour, Lagoon. Dinosaur
Unavailable
Resin Band Ring in Shell Pink
By Dinosaur Designs
Located in Redfern, NSW
Resin band ring. This ring is featured in our Classic colour, Shell Pink. Dinosaur Designs resin
Round Rock Wishbone Bangle in Lagoon
By Dinosaur Designs
Located in Redfern, NSW
. Dinosaur Designs resin products are hand made in Sydney, Australia. Each piece is unique and we cannot
Brass
Large Resin Loop Earrings in Tortoiseshell
By Dinosaur Designs
Located in Redfern, NSW
, Tortoiseshell. Dinosaur Designs resin products are hand made in Sydney, Australia. Each piece is unique and we
Small Round Rock Bangle in Moody Blue
By Dinosaur Designs
Located in Redfern, NSW
. Dinosaur Designs resin products are hand made in Sydney, Australia. Each piece is unique and we cannot
Brass
Unavailable
Resin Band Ring in Moody Blue
By Dinosaur Designs
Located in Redfern, NSW
Resin band ring. This ring is featured in our Classic colour, Moody Blue. Dinosaur Designs resin
Resin River Rock 2 Drop Earrings in Tortoiseshell
By Dinosaur Designs
Located in Redfern, NSW
, Tortoiseshell. Dinosaur Designs resin products are hand made in Sydney, Australia. Each piece is unique and we
Small Round Rock Bangle in Malachite
By Dinosaur Designs
Located in Redfern, NSW
. Dinosaur Designs resin products are hand made in Sydney, Australia. Each piece is unique and we cannot
Brass
Large Resin Boulder Bangle in White Marble
By Dinosaur Designs
Located in Redfern, NSW
. Dinosaur Designs resin products are hand made in Sydney, Australia. Each piece is unique and we cannot
Round Rock Wishbone Bangle in Sandy Pearl
By Dinosaur Designs
Located in Redfern, NSW
. Dinosaur Designs resin products are hand made in Sydney, Australia. Each piece is unique and we cannot
Brass
Medium Polished Dew Drop Earrings in White Marble
By Dinosaur Designs
Located in Redfern, NSW
, White Marble. Dinosaur Designs resin products are hand made in Sydney, Australia. Each piece is unique
Sterling Silver
Medium Polished Dew Drop Earrings in Sandy Pearl
By Dinosaur Designs
Located in Redfern, NSW
, Sandy Pearl. Dinosaur Designs resin products are hand made in Sydney, Australia. Each piece is unique
Sterling Silver
Medium Polished Dew Drop Earrings in Black Marble
By Dinosaur Designs
Located in Redfern, NSW
, Black Marble. Dinosaur Designs resin products are hand made in Sydney, Australia. Each piece is unique
Sterling Silver
Resin River Rock 2 Drop Earrings in Moody Blue
By Dinosaur Designs
Located in Redfern, NSW
, Moody Blue. Dinosaur Designs resin products are hand made in Sydney, Australia. Each piece is unique
Large Resin Loop Earrings in Sandy Pearl
By Dinosaur Designs
Located in Redfern, NSW
, Sandy Pearl. Dinosaur Designs resin products are hand made in Sydney, Australia. Each piece is unique
Large Resin Loop Earrings in White Marble
By Dinosaur Designs
Located in Redfern, NSW
, White Marble. Dinosaur Designs resin products are hand made in Sydney, Australia. Each piece is unique
Sand Hoop Drop Resin Earrings in Lagoon
By Dinosaur Designs
Located in Redfern, NSW
our Classic colour, Lagoon. Dinosaur Designs resin products are hand made in Sydney, Australia. Each
Brass
Resin River Rock 2 Drop Earrings in Swirl White & Clear
By Dinosaur Designs
Located in Redfern, NSW
, Swirl White & Clear. Dinosaur Designs resin products are hand made in Sydney, Australia. Each piece is
Brass Resin Stone Necklace in Moody Blue
By Dinosaur Designs
Located in Redfern, NSW
, Moody Blue. Dinosaur Designs resin products are hand made in Sydney, Australia. Each piece is unique
Brass
Large Resin Loop Earrings in Black Marble
By Dinosaur Designs
Located in Redfern, NSW
, Black Marble. Dinosaur Designs resin products are hand made in Sydney, Australia. Each piece is unique
Large Resin Loop Earrings in Moody Blue
By Dinosaur Designs
Located in Redfern, NSW
, Moody Blue. Dinosaur Designs resin products are hand made in Sydney, Australia. Each piece is unique
Resin Coral Fan Choker Necklace in Sandy Pearl
By Dinosaur Designs
Located in Redfern, NSW
. Biggest bead 11 x 5.5cm / 4.3 x 2.2in Dinosaur Designs resin products are hand made in Sydney, Australia
Sterling Silver
Resin Coral Fan Choker Necklace in Malachite
By Dinosaur Designs
Located in Redfern, NSW
. Biggest bead 11 x 5.5cm / 4.3 x 2.2in Dinosaur Designs resin products are hand made in Sydney, Australia
Sterling Silver
Resin Coral Fan Choker Necklace in Black Marble
By Dinosaur Designs
Located in Redfern, NSW
. Biggest bead 11 x 5.5cm / 4.3 x 2.2in Dinosaur Designs resin products are hand made in Sydney, Australia
Sterling Silver
Resin and Brass Short Mineral Drop Earrings in Sandy Pearl
By Dinosaur Designs
Located in Redfern, NSW
earrings are featured in our Classic colour, Sandy Pearl. Dinosaur Designs resin products are hand made
Brass
Resin Coral Fan Choker Necklace in Tortoiseshell
By Dinosaur Designs
Located in Redfern, NSW
. Biggest bead 11 x 5.5cm / 4.3 x 2.2in Dinosaur Designs resin products are hand made in Sydney, Australia
Sterling Silver
Resin Coral Fan Choker Necklace in Shell Pink
By Dinosaur Designs
Located in Redfern, NSW
. Biggest bead 11 x 5.5cm / 4.3 x 2.2in Dinosaur Designs resin products are hand made in Sydney, Australia
Sterling Silver
Resin and Brass Mineral Drop Earrings in White Marble
By Dinosaur Designs
Located in Redfern, NSW
featured in our Classic colour, White Marble. Dinosaur Designs resin products are hand made in Sydney
Brass
Resin and Brass Short Mineral Drop Earrings in Tortoiseshell
By Dinosaur Designs
Located in Redfern, NSW
earrings are featured in our Classic colour, Tortoiseshell. Dinosaur Designs resin products are hand made
Brass
Sand Hoop Drop Resin Earrings in Black Marble
By Dinosaur Designs
Located in Redfern, NSW
our Classic colour, Black Marble. Dinosaur Designs resin products are hand made in Sydney, Australia
Brass
Sand Hoop Drop Resin Earrings in Sandy Pearl
By Dinosaur Designs
Located in Redfern, NSW
our Classic colour, Sandy Pearl. Dinosaur Designs resin products are hand made in Sydney, Australia
Brass
Dinosaur Bone Diamond Adjustable Custom Design Earrings 18k
Located in Naples, FL
Flying dinosaurs had a unique bone structure and these black and white dinosaur bone earrings are
Diamond, Black Diamond, 18k Gold
$13,755Sale Price|30% Off
AUSTRIAN HUNGARIAN 1915 Enameled Beetle Watch Ring In 18Kt Gold & Diamonds
Located in Miami, FL
A rare Austrian-Hungarian watch ring. This is an extremely rare and unusual clock-ring, created in the early 20th century during the Austrian-Hungarian empire period, circa 1915. Th...
Diamond, Ruby, White Diamond, Gold, Yellow Gold, Silver, 18k Gold, Enamel
Steven Battelle 12.6 Carats Rainbow Moonstone 22K Gold Ring
By Steven Battelle
Located in Soquel, CA
A luminous and flashing 12 mm high-dome cushion shaped cabochon rainbow moonstone rests in a vertical "4-point with jawan" Steven Battelle designed setting atop a tapered matte-finis...
Rainbow Moonstone, Moonstone, 22k Gold
Rainbow Galaxy Confetti Cigar Band, 8.5mm 14K Yellow Gold, Genuine Gemstones
By Five Star Jewelry
Located in Austin, TX
This lovely rainbow confetti ring is dripping with 1.36 carats of sapphires, rubies, and tsavorites and makes a bold statement as a cigar band. All the genuine gemstones are like a ...
Ruby, Sapphire, Tsavorite, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
CARTIER Paris Art Deco Enameled Cocktail Ring 18Kt Gold With Diamonds & Gemstone
By Cartier
Located in Miami, FL
An art deco ring designed by Cartier. This is a magnificent art deco ring, created in Paris France and designed by the jewelry house of Cartier. This colorful cocktail ring is very ...
Amethyst, Diamond, Jade, White Diamond, Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel, 18k Gold
Kutchinsky London Yellow Gold White and Fancy Color Diamond Ring
By Joseph Kutchinsky
Located in Chicago, IL
Circa 1980s Kutchinsky London 18K Yellow Gold Ring, measuring 1 inch across the top and 3/8 inch wide. Set with Round Brilliant cut Diamonds totaling .85 Carat and grading as F-G in ...
Diamond, 18k Gold
From $971 / item
Heart garnet Eternity Ring in 14k gold
By Daizy Jewellery
Located in Istanbul, TR
14k gold ring with heart natural garnets. Heart garnet eternity ring band. Valentines gift jewelry. Full circle of hearts. January birthstone ring. Heart Garnet gold ring. Love ring....
Garnet, 14k Gold
Augustine Jewels Rhodolite and Black Enamel Drum Ring
Located in London, GB
From our Aurora Collection, this bold band ring features Rhodolite baguettes surrounded by Black Enamel, all encased in a Yellow Gold Plated Sterling Silver Setting. This is the firs...
Rhodolite, 14k Gold, 9k Gold, Vermeil, Sterling Silver, Enamel
$35,000
H 2.76 in W 3.55 in D 2.76 in
Victorian Opal and Diamond Crown Tiara Haircomb Necklace, circa 1880s
Located in Idar-Oberstein, DE
Victorian Opal and Diamond Crown Haircomb Necklace, ca. 1880s A very unusual and stunning Victorian crown, set with fiery opal cabochons and old-mine cut diamonds, from the 1880s. T...
Diamond, Opal, Gold, Silver
$3,430Sale Price / item|30% Off
Galaxy Confetti Diamond Cigar Band, 8.4mm in 14 Karat Yellow Gold, 1 Carat
By Five Star Jewelry
Located in Austin, TX
This stunning Galaxy satin finished 14k yellow gold flush set cigar band dripping with diamonds is from our Confetti Collection. The cigar band shape and the creative setting of the ...
Diamond, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold
Genuine Diamond Stardust Unisex Band Ring in 18k Solid Yellow Gold
By VR Jewels
Located in New York, NY
Genuine Diamond Stardust Unisex Band Ring in 18K Gold featuring natural diamonds of 0.057 carats. The gorgeous handcrafted ring goes with every style. April birthstone diamond brings...
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Estate 3.5 TCW Natural Sugarloaf Sapphire 18K Yellow Gold Signet Ring
Located in New York, NY
Stunning estate natural sapphire 18K yellow gold signet ring featuring a deep blue 3.5 TCW sugarloaf sapphire set in a superb tourbillon twist design setting. 20th Century The rich,...
Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
$42,000
W 1.38 in L 14.97 in
Extraordinary Estate Yvel Multi-Colored Baroque Pearl Diamond 18K Gold Necklace
By Yvel
Located in New York, NY
The mesmerizing power of pearls is legendary. Pearls were and continue to be the most valuable of jewels- well documented in Royal portraits - Queen Elizabeth I, King Ferdinand V, In...
Diamond, Pearl, Gold, 18k Gold
Galaxy Confetti Cigar Band 8.4mm 14K Green Gold, Tsavorites & Sapphires
By Five Star Jewelry
Located in Austin, TX
Unique blue sapphire and green tsavorite, wide fashion band with 14k green gold. This Galaxy design is bold and stunning! With genuine sapphire and tsavorite garnet gemstones, set fl...
Sapphire, Tsavorite, Garnet, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
18k Yellow Gold Double Row Cushion Cut Multi Sapphire Eternity Band Ring
By VR Jewels
Located in New York, NY
Double row multi sapphire eternity band ring in 18k gold symbolises the everlasting love between a couple. It shows the infinite love you have for your partner. The round shape repre...
Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
$8,750
H 1.5 in W 1.5 in Dm 2.63 in
Rare Elsa Schiaparelli Documented Surrealist Lady Bug Cuff Bracelet
By Elsa Schiaparelli
Located in New York, NY
Elsa Schiaparelli surrealist lady bug cuff bracelet. Of gilt plate metal the bombayed hinged cuffs inset with red, orange molded pate de verre glass lady bugs, partially painted in b...
Gold Plate, Brass, Enamel, Gilt Metal
Dalben Magnificent Australian Opal Rose Gold Ring
By Laura Dalben
Located in Como, IT
Dalben design 18k rose gold satin finishing ring with a 10,35 carat bezel-set oval shape magnificent Coober Pedy Australian crystal opal . This wonderful Australian Opal have a kal...
Opal, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
Contemporary jewelry is inextricably linked with the moment in which it is created, frequently reflecting current social, cultural and political issues such as environmental consciousness, identity and sustainability. It’s informed by fashion trends, from the chokers of the 1990s to the large chain necklaces of the early 2000s.
Jewelry is one of the oldest forms of adornment. Lockets made of silver or gold have been treasured gifts for hundreds of years, for example, and charm bracelets, which have existed since prehistoric times, didn’t become especially popular until the 19th-century reign of Queen Victoria. For many centuries, fine jewelry was used primarily to express wealth or status through lavish materials. Then, in the 1960s, a concept known as the “critique of preciousness” emerged, with jewelers creating pieces that did not get their value from gemstones or precious metals. Instead, it was the jeweler’s artistic vision that was prized and elevated.
This shift still informs Contemporary jewelry being made by artists today. Whether they are using cheap, found materials and working with provocative geometric shapes or seeking out the rarest stones, they are imbuing their work with meaning through their skills, techniques and ideas. Innovative designers such as Elsa Peretti, who popularized sculptural sterling-silver jewelry for Tiffany & Co., and David Yurman, who twisted metal into the simple yet striking Cable bracelet, have also influenced the direction of Contemporary jewelry’s forms and aesthetics.
Meanwhile, technological advancements like metal alloys and laser engraving have led to new possibilities in jewelry design. Now, edgy makers and brands as well as minimalist designers are pushing Contemporary jewelry forward into the 21st century.
Find a collection of Contemporary rings, earrings, necklaces and other jewelry on 1stDibs.