Omega Backing
Late 20th Century Italian Stud Earrings
Coral, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 2000s Unknown Contemporary Stud Earrings
Gold, 14k Gold
1990s Art Nouveau Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Drop Earrings
Yellow Sapphire, 18k Gold
1990s American Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Contemporary Drop Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
Late 20th Century Stud Earrings
18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Modern Hoop Earrings
14k Gold, White Gold
Late 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Clip-on Earrings
18k Gold, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Hoop Earrings
Diamond, Ruby, White Gold
20th Century American Modern Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Platinum
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Dangle Earrings
Silver, Sterling Silver
2010s Dangle Earrings
Diamond, 14k Gold, White Gold
20th Century American Modern Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
Late 20th Century American Modern Stud Earrings
Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Clip-on Earrings
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century American Modern Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Enamel, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Lever-Back Earrings
Gold, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Stud Earrings
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Dangle Earrings
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Hong Kong Art Deco Stud Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Ruby, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Stud Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Drop Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century Unknown Retro Dangle Earrings
Sapphire, Diamond, Ruby, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, White Gold
20th Century Unknown Modern More Earrings
Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Drop Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Drop Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Pearl, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Platinum
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Crystal, Onyx, Rock Crystal, Diamond, Yellow Gold, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Contemporary Drop Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Black Diamond, 14k Gold, White Gold
Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Stud Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique 19th Century Lever-Back Earrings
21st Century and Contemporary Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Contemporary Dangle Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Black Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage 1980s More Earrings
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Hoop Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Dangle Earrings
Turquoise, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century Italian Modern Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
Mid-20th Century Italian Modern Drop Earrings
Coral, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Clip-on Earrings
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Contemporary Stud Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Brown Diamond, Pearl, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Contemporary Dangle Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold, Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Contemporary Drop Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, White Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold, 14k Gold
Mid-20th Century Dangle Earrings
Coral, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Contemporary Hoop Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Black Diamond, White Gold, 14k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond
Late 20th Century Stud Earrings
Lapis Lazuli, Pearl, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Hoop Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold
1990s Italian Modern Clip-on Earrings
Hematite, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Stud Earrings
Citrine, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Silver, Sterling Silver
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Clip-on Earrings
Coral, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Hoop Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
Early 2000s Australian Modern Hoop Earrings
Diamond, White Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Thai Modern Drop Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Clip-on Earrings
Mid-20th Century Drop Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
20th Century American Art Deco Clip-on Earrings
Diamond, Onyx, 14k Gold, White Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Stud Earrings
Antique Late 18th Century North American Modern Clip-on Earrings
Lapis Lazuli, Diamond, Gold, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
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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.
- 1stDibs ExpertMarch 22, 2022Unless you have training in jewelry repair, you should not take the back off a vintage Omega watch on your own. Opening the timepieces requires a specially designed tool available only to jewelers authorized to service Omega watches. Shop a selection of Omega watches on 1stDibs.
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