Victorian Gutta Percha Padlock Earrings
Located in New York, NY
Charming Victorian Gutta Percha Padlock Earrings from the 1880's USA. 1.25" x .75". (without ear wires)
Victorian Gutta Percha Padlock Earrings
Located in New York, NY
Charming Victorian Gutta Percha Padlock Earrings from the 1880's USA. 1.25" x .75". (without ear wires)
Victorian Carved Gutta Percha Earrings
Located in New York, NY
Victorian carved Gutta percha articulated drop earrings of carved and pierced teardrop shape drops. Center pendants have carved inverted flower heads. English 1880. Excellent Condit...
Gilt Metal
Victorian Gutta Percha Pendant Necklace
Located in New York, NY
Victorian Gutta Percha Pendant Necklace, circa 1880. The oval pendant finely carved with a morning glory motif within surrounding leaves. Original faille ribbon and silvered metal s...
Gilt Metal
Large Victorian Gutta Percha Cross Pendant
Located in New York, NY
Imposing Victorian Gutta Percha Cross Pendant from the 1870's. Large cross pendant set with gutta percha cabochons on a mixed link chain with heavily hand etched rectangular stations...
Unusual Gutta Percha Victorian Geometric Earrings
Located in New York, NY
Unusual Gutta Percha Victorian Geometric Earrings from the 19th Century. Extremely Modern in design but created in the late 1800's. 2 cubes of gutta percha of different sizes are sim...
Gilt Metal
Victorian Gutta Percha Carved Pod Earrings
Located in New York, NY
Lovely Victorian Gutta Percha Carved Graduated Pod Earrings circa 1870's. Articulated floriform caps are carved from larger to smaller with a carved ball at ear. Original wires. 2.5...
Victorian Gutta Percha Antique Drop Cuboctahedron Earrings
Located in Skelmersdale, GB
The darkness of Gutta Percha met the victorian demand for mourning jewellery.
Victorian 1880 Star Hair Pin Vulcanite Gutta Percha
Located in Munich, Bavaria
A vulcanite star is mounted onto a hair pin in made from the same material. Vulcanite, also called gutta percha was made from rubber.
Antique Victorian Hair Comb Hair Ornament Vulkanite Gutta Percha
Located in Munich, Bavaria
Vulcanite, also known as gutta percha, is a natural material made out of rubber.
$795
H 4.73 in W 3.15 in D 0.16 in
Antique Hair Comb Hair Ornament Vulcanite Gutta Percha Gothic Revival
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This stylish hair comb is designed in the Gothic Revival taste and is crafted out of vulcanite, a composite made out of rubber patented by Goodyear in 1864.
Unavailable
Gutta-Percha and Yellow Gold Bracelet
Located in New York, NY
Dating to the 1870s, this English gutta-percha bracelet is just as stylish today. Rounded exterior with two bands of yellow gold inlay.
Gold
Victorian 14k Gutta Percha Carved Lion Bracelet
Located in Narberth, PA
A few years later gutta-percha became a popular material used to manufacture furniture and then mourning jewelry because it was easily carved and very resilient.
Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Victorian Sterling Silver Gutta Percha Diamond Locket Pendant
Located in Narberth, PA
This unusual locket from the Victorian (ca1880s) era is a wonderful example of jewelry crafted from gutta-percha! The lovely gutta-percha locket is oval in shape, and features a smoo...
Sterling Silver
Victorian Gutta Percha Heavily Carved Continuous Link Necklace
Located in New York, NY
This Victorian Gutta Percha necklace features a heavily etched cross pendant on a continuous link chain with pressure closure. Gutta Percha, like this, is made from the same wood an...
Victorian Antique Gutta Percha Mourning Locket Lady Cameo
Located in Montreal, QC
Victorian antique gutta percha mourning locket with lady's head carving. Measures 2 inches x 1 1/2 inches, circa 1860-70. In good condition, the item is preowned with wear consistent...
Victorian Carved Gutta-Percha Cherub Dangle Mourning Earrings
Located in Seattle, WA
Each of these Victorian mourning earrings features a teardrop-shaped piece of gutta-percha carved with the face of a plump cherub.
14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique Gutta Percha 14k Gold & Pearl Locket Pendant
Located in Montreal, QC
Antique Gutta Percha pendant locket decorated with rock crystal, 14k gold, sead pearls and tiger eye stone. Made mid 19th century, measures 52mm long x 41 mm wide, not marked. In goo...
Pearl, 14k Gold
Victorian Gutta Percha Cross Necklace with Graduated Link Chain
Located in Chicago, IL
This beautifully carved, gutta percha necklace has a wonderful, Victorian Gothic quality. The chain is bold, and the graduated links each have two holes. The cross is pierced, and th...
Exotic Victorian Gutta Percha Chandelier Earrings
By Glorious Antique Jewelry Collection
Located in Stamford, CT
Gutta Percha is an extremely light natural material used in 19th century jewelry during the mourning period of Queen Victoria.
15k Gold
Antique Gutta Percha Earrings
Located in New York, NY
A pair of antique gutta percha pendant earrings of girandole design.
Gutta Percha Victorian Earrings
Located in New York, NY
Architecturally inspired gutta Percha earrings from the late 19th Century. Articulated cubes dangle from a ball and bar motif with gilded pierced earwire.
1" x 1"
Excel...
Victorian Architectural Gutta Percha Earrings 1880s
Located in New York, NY
Unusual architecturally inspired gutta percha earring from the 19th C. Elements are articulated to move with wearer.
Screw back fitting with fluted gutta percha bead on earr...
Antique Gutta Percha French Jet Cuff Bracelet
Located in Baltimore, MD
Striking Victorian bracelet of gutta percha and French jet. These two substances were used often in the late 1800's when dark jewelry became popular.
English Victorian Gutta Percha Pair of Bracelets
Located in New York, NY
“The most interesting substitute for jet was a composition rubber called gutta-percha, also known as vulcanite. Unlike jet and bog oak, which were worked by carving, gutta-percha was...
18k Gold
Victorian Gutta Percha Mourning Necklace with Onyx Bead Tassel Enhancer
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
This enhancer piece can be easily removed and the gutta percha chain worn alone. This necklace is a bold and fashionable bit of antique finery to add to your wardrobe.
Onyx
Antique Gutta Percha Necklace
Located in Baltimore, MD
Gutta Percha was not used much before, and has not been used to create jewelry since.
Victorian Gutta Percha Bird Earrings
Located in New York, NY
Victorian Gutta Percha Bird Earrings from the late 19th Century. Hand carved birds on flower motifs are set on carved hoop pendants. The earring tops are modern replacements but work...
Gilt Metal
Victorian Gutta Percha Pansy Earrings
Located in New York, NY
Victorian Gutta Percha Pansy Earrings from the late 19th Century. Finely carved with central gold bead and contemporary pierced ear fittings. .75" high x .6" across. 1870's UK. Excel...
Gilt Metal
Victorian Carved Gutta Percha Cuff Bracelet
Located in New York, NY
Victorian carved Gutta percha flexible cuff bracelet. Bracelet stretches open to slip on. A deeply carved floral cameo is bolted on top. 1880's UK. Excellent condition. Width 1.25"...
Gutta-Percha Carved Brooch-SALE!
Located in Los Angeles, CA
MARKED DOWN FROM $350! High-relief, hand-carved gutta-percha brooch. Depicts St. Colomb's Cathedral in Derry, Ireland. Highly detailed. Border of three-leaf clovers. Gold-tone...
Victorian Gutta Percha Cameo Brooch/ Pin
Located in New York, NY
A fabulous Gutta Percha carved cameo Surrounded by a gold filled weave
Victorian Gutta Percha and Gold Earrings
Located in New York, NY
Chic and antique gutta percha hoop earrings; set with 14K yellow gold applied dots, and gold hoop closures, 1 1/3" in diameter.
14k Gold
Victorian Carved Gutta Percha Locket Necklace
Located in New York, NY
We came across this Gutta percha necklace and thought it was too awesome not to share! The locket has a beautiful floral design and comes with a link chain. The necklace measures 20”...
Gutta Percha Victorian Mourning Necklace with Cameos
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Gutta percha Victorian mourning necklace featuring carved black cross shaped medallions with cameo cabachon detail, jet black ball detail and beveled link connectors. Silver hook cl...
Gutta Percha and Sterling Silver Charm Heart Necklace
Located in St.amford, CT
Circa 1880-1950 Gutta Percha chain and Sterling Silver charm heart locket necklace with letter monogram. Chain measures 18.00 Inches long and the locket measures 2.00 Inches height b...
Sterling Silver
Victorian Gutta Percha and Gold Earrings
Located in New York, NY
Chic and antique gutta percha hoop earrings; set with 14K yellow gold applied dots, and gold hoop closures, 1 1/3" in diameter.
14k Gold
The reign of Queen Victoria encapsulates a quickly evolving period of history — and jewelry styles were no exception. No single period has seen such a diverse group of jewelry attributed to it than the Victorian era. Today, there is a vast collection of authentic antique Victorian jewelry and watches on 1stDibs.
Victorian jewelry is named after Queen Victoria, whose reign lasted from 1837 to 1901, making her the second longest-ruling monarch. (She was surpassed by Queen Elizabeth II in 2015.) During this time, different styles of fashion and jewelry came and went. Thanks to our fascination with royalty and swoon-worthy melodramas like Netflix’s The Crown — which is rife with evocative fashion, jewelry and interiors — and the 2017 feature film Victoria & Abdul, we are all familiar with her story. After the death of Victoria’s father and three childless uncles, she ascended to the throne at age 18. In 1840, Queen Victoria married the love of her life, her first cousin Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
Queen Victoria loved serpentine jewels, and she had even more power to shape trends than Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle do today. The British monarch’s best-known piece in this mold is the gold coiled-snake engagement ring she received from Prince Albert — the sinuous reptile was considered a symbol of everlasting love.
The Queen's 63-year reign has been divided by historians into the Romantic period, the early happy years, circa 1837–60; the Grand period, marked by the deaths of the Queen’s mother and husband, circa 1860–80; and the late Victorian or Aesthetic period, which lasted from about 1880 until 1901 and ushered in the Belle Époque. Queen Victoria wore her heart on her sleeve, and her fashion and jewelry reflected her emotions.
Romantic period jewelry, which featured common decorative motifs and was embellished with seed pearls, coral and turquoise, was a celebration of the young monarch’s love. Everything changed with the death of Prince Albert, and the Grand period is most often associated with mourning jewelry. Jewelry was smaller, lighter and more dainty during the late Victorian period. During this era, diamonds came into fashion, and semiprecious gems such as amethysts and opals became prevalent, too. Using gemstones for their natural beauty and not their worth was something that jewelers of the era felt passionate about, and this ideology would really become relevant in Art Nouveau jewelry.
Find a collection of authentic antique Victorian jewelry — from rings, necklaces and brooches to a range of other accessories — on 1stDibs.
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