Elizabeth Locke Citrine
1990s American Lever-Back Earrings
Citrine, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Clip-on Earrings
Citrine, Yellow Gold
Early 2000s American Lever-Back Earrings
Citrine, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1980s American Brooches
Citrine, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
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Citrine, Gold
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Yellow Gold
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Citrine, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
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Citrine, 18k Gold
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Citrine, 18k Gold
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Citrine, Gold
1990s American Cocktail Rings
Citrine, 18k Gold
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Citrine, 18k Gold
1990s American Brooches
Citrine, 18k Gold
1990s American Brooches
Citrine, Yellow Gold
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Citrine, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
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Citrine, 18k Gold
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Citrine, Gold
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Citrine, Gold, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
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Citrine, Gold
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Citrine, 18k Gold
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Citrine, 18k Gold, Gold
Late 20th Century Clip-on Earrings
Citrine, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Link Bracelets
Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American More Earrings
Citrine, 18k Gold
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Citrine, 18k Gold
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Citrine, 18k Gold
1990s American More Earrings
Citrine, 18k Gold
American Lever-Back Earrings
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Elizabeth Locke for sale on 1stDibs
Venetian-glass intaglios, ancient Greek and Roman coins, antique porcelain buttons and other treasures that Elizabeth Locke collects from around the world all inspire and are incorporated into her earrings, necklaces and other handmade designs.
The Virginia-based jeweler began her journey as a collector after she’d already launched her namesake jewelry line, and her assemblage of micromosaics, which are essentially miniature plaques composed of enameled-glass tesserae, were the subject of the 2020–21 exhibition “A Return to the Grand Tour: Micromosaic Jewels from the Collection of Elizabeth Locke” at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts.
“They’re very hard to find, and you never know where you’ll see them,” Locke explains of micromosaics, the magnificent, miniature works for which she’s had to navigate lesser-known antique shops and auctions and build relationships with private dealers in Europe.
All of Locke’s imaginative jewelry pieces see an integration of rare and eclectic materials, the kind that might’ve been amassed during a 19th-century Grand Tour of Europe, when these coming-of-age journeys had long been popular (mostly for wealthy European men). Working in a neoclassical style, Locke references history with a modern approach for her moonstone earrings, gold-link bracelets, Venetian-glass pendants and other distinctive accessories. As she told W magazine, “Jewelry is designed for the era in which it is worn.”
In 1988, as an editor for Town & Country, Locke traveled to Bangkok to write about making jewelry. Unexpectedly, she found her niche. Upon her return home, Locke enrolled in the Gemological Institute of America and began sketching ideas. By 1990, her tourmaline ring — crafted with the goldsmiths she had met in Bangkok and who she would continue to collaborate with over the following decades — landed the cover of W.
Locke’s handmade, 19-karat-gold designs give one-of-a-kind antiquities new meaning in the 21st century. Not one to follow trends, Locke prefers designs that express a unique vision. “I know what I can do and I know what I feel comfortable doing, and I stick to it,” she has said.
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