Antique Vauxhall Glass Earrings
Located in Baltimore, MD
Sparkling Victorian deep blue Vauxhall glass drop earrings. Made at the Vauxhall Glassworks of
Antique Late 19th Century British Victorian Drop Earrings
Gilt Metal
Antique Vauxhall Glass Earrings
Located in Baltimore, MD
Sparkling Victorian deep blue Vauxhall glass drop earrings. Made at the Vauxhall Glassworks of
Gilt Metal
Antique Vauxhall Glass Drop Earrings
Located in Baltimore, MD
Colorful green and gold Vauxhall glass earrings glitter by daylight or candlelight. The mirrored
Antique Vauxhall Glass Drop Earrings
Located in Baltimore, MD
Delightful Victorian deep blue Vauxhall glass drop earrings will be wonderful to wear for dress up
Brass, Gold
Antique Vauxhall Glass Fly Earrings
Located in Baltimore, MD
Startling Victorian red Vauxhall glass fly earrings. Vauxhall glass is a mirrored glass that was
Brass
Antique Vauxhall Glass Drop Earrings
Located in Baltimore, MD
Elegant early Victorian Vauxhall Glass leaf form earrings. The clear mirrored glass will glitter
Brass
Antique Vauxhall Bristol Blue Beveled Glass Drop Earrings, C1860
Located in Baltimore, MD
Brilliant early Victorian deep cobalt blue Vauxhall glass oval earrings. Vauxhall glass jewelry was
Brass
Aqua Vauxhall Glass Set in metal Earrings, circa 1880
Located in Baltimore, MD
Lovely pair of Vauxhall glass aqua colored glass earrings set on metal. The Vauxhall glass Company
Mixed Metal
Rare Georgian Cut Steel and Vauxhall Glass Pendant and Fringe Earrings
By Glorious Antique Jewelry Collection
Located in Stamford, CT
Pendant/Brooch of Tiny faceted hand cut steel bits set in Vauxhall Glass, also known as French Jet. The
Cut Steel
Graphic Victorian French Jet Chandelier Earrings
By Glorious Antique Jewelry Collection
Located in Stamford, CT
The miraculous truth about these artful, graphic, Victorian French Jet or Vauxhall Glass earrings
Antique Georgian Vauxhall Glass Cluster Earrings
Located in Sale, Cheshire
These fantastic cluster earrings (aka mirror glass) earrings feature Vauxhall Glass outer stones
Rock Crystal, 15k Gold, Silver
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.