1989 Ring natural Amber solid 14K Gold ØUS8 / 4.5 gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
Amber, 14k Gold
Vintage Ring natural Aquamarine solid 18K Gold Ø6.25 US / 1.9 gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
Aquamarine, 18k Gold
Vintage stud Earrings Red Coral solid 18K Gold / 1.6gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
Coral, 18k Gold
1989 Retro Soviet Union dangle Earrings solid 14K Gold / 2.85gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
14k Gold
Vintage European Cuff - links Diamonds Green Enamel Sterling Silver / 9.6 gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
Diamond, Silver, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Vintage Bohemian Necklace Garnet gilt Silver / 9.7 gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
Garnet, Silver, Gold-filled
Vintage Pendant Egyptian ANKH Key Of Life Turquoise solid 18K Gold /4.7gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
Turquoise, 18k Gold
Vintage Ring 0.7ct. Emerald Diamonds solid 800 Platinum Ø US6/ 4.8gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
Diamond, Emerald, Gold, Platinum
Vintage Pansy Earrings Guilloche Enamel Diamonds solid 18K Gold / 5 gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
Diamond, 18k Gold, Enamel
German Men Signet Ring 5ct. Blood stone solid 14K Gold ØUS12 / 4.55gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
Other, 18k Gold, 14k Gold
Vintage Transformer Double Twist Ring Malachite Chalcedony solid 14K Gold ØUS5.5
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
Chalcedony, Malachite, 14k Gold
14K YG Pendant Necklace with 0.72ct Old European Diamonds & Multi Gemstones
Located in New York, NY
It features a stunning combination of gemstones, including a 0.34 carat round brilliant tsavorite, a 16x6.00 mm opal, and a 6.6x4.7 mm pearl. Adorning the piece are 24 old European c...
Diamond, Opal, Pearl, Tsavorite, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage Dome Pendant 1ctw natural Sapphire solid 18K / 0.8 gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold
Vintage Ring natural 2ct Checkerboard cut Garnet solid 18K Gold Ø US8 / 1.6 gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
Garnet, 18k Gold
Vintage Italian Vanity Round Pill box solid 800 Silver / 25 gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
Silver, Sterling Silver
Vintage British Margareta's hinged Bangle Bracelet solid Sterling Silver / 41gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
Sterling Silver
Vintage Pendant Name ID Brick Diamond solid 18K Gold / 2.2 gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
Diamond, 18k Gold
Vintage Halo Pendant natural Emerald Diamonds solid 18K Gold/ 2.5 gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold
1966 Caduceus Kerykeion Ring Men Unisex Signet solid 14K Gold Ø US 8.25 /5.4gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
14k Gold
Vintage Ring natural 2.4 ctw Sapphire Diamonds solid 14K Gold Ø 6.5US / 3.5gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
Sapphire, Diamond, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, White Gold
Vintage Earrings natural 1ctw. Ruby 0.25 ctw. Diamonds 18K Gold / 4.2 gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1958 Ring natural 0.6ct Emerald solid 18K Gold Ø US 7.5 / 2.2 gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
Emerald, 18k Gold
1988 Retro Soviet Union dangle Earrings solid 14K Rose Gold / 3gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
14k Gold, Rose Gold
Vintage stud Halo Earrings natural Sapphire Diamonds solid 18K Gold / 1.6 gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Vintage Creole Earrings solid 18K Gold / 1.8 gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
18k Gold
1953 Retro Bracelet solid 835 Silver / 18 cm / 21 gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
Silver
1951 Birch Leaves Nordic Bracelet solid 835 Silver / 18 cm / 26gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
Silver
1946 Serving Container solid 830 Silver with insert Glass / 134 gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
Sterling Silver
Vintage Pendant natural 1.28ctw Ruby Diamonds solid 14K Yellow Gold / 2.8gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
Ruby, Diamond, Yellow Gold, 14k Gold
1954 Set Two Spice Casters solid 835 Silver / 184 gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
Silver
Vintage Earrings natural 0.8ctw. Ruby 0.28ctw. Diamonds 18K Gold / 2.2 gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage Stars Earrings natural 0.44 ctw Diamonds solid 14K Rose Gold / 4.3 gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
Diamond, 14k Gold, Rose Gold, White Gold
Vintage Men Signet Ring natural 11ct. Jade solid 18K Gold Ø 8.5US / 11.5 gr.
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
Onyx, Jade, 18k Gold, Platinum
1952 Ring Ruby solid 18K Yellow Gold Ø 7.75US / 3.2 gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
Ruby, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage Earrings Amethyst Diamonds solid 18K Gold / 2.2 gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
Amethyst, Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
1955 Signet Men Ring 7ct natural Blood Stone solid 18K Gold Ø 9.25 US / 5.4 gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
Chalcedony, 18k Gold
Vintage Ring Ruby solid 18K Yellow Gold Ø 7.5US / 3.1 gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
Ruby, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage Egyptian Scarab Ring solid 18K Gold Ø 6.25 US / 2.4 gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
18k Gold
Vintage Earrings Amber solid 14K Rose Gold / 9gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
Amber, 14k Gold, Rose Gold
Vintage stud Earrings solid 18 Gold / 1 gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
18k Gold
1944 Pendant with natural 4ct. Ruby solid 18K Yellow Gold / 3.8gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
Ruby, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage Cigar Band Ring solid 18K Gold Ø 12.5 US / 6.3 gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
18k Gold
1954 Nordic Ring natural 0.9ctw Sapphire Diamonds 18K Gold Platinum ØUS7/ 3.8gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, Platinum
Vintage Signet Men Ring 5.5ct. natural Onyx solid 18K Gold ØUS9.75 / 3.5 gr.
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
Onyx, 18k Gold
1956 Unisex Ring 7ct White Spinel solid 18K Gold Ø6.75 US/ 6gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
Spinel, 18k Gold
1918 Berta's Ring natural Aquamarine solid 18K Gold Ring Ø 6.75US / 2.24 gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
Aquamarine, 18k Gold
1971 Ring natural 30ct. Sphalerite solid 18K Gold ØUS4.75 / 12 gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
18k Gold
1957 Unisex Ring Blue Spinel solid 18K Gold Ø US6.25 / 4.33gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
Spinel, 18k Gold
Antique Vintage Dangle Earrings natural Turquoise solid 18K Gold /4.8gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
Turquoise, 18k Gold
1949 Signet Men Ring 5.5 ct natural Jade solid 18K Gold Ø 10.75 US / 10 gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
Jade, 18k Gold
Vintage Dangle Earrings solid 18K Gold / 1.15 gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
18k Gold
1962 Signet Men Ring 4 ct natural Onyx solid 18K Gold Ø 12.75 US / 3.52gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
Onyx, 18k Gold
1978 Swedish Ring 2ct. Orange Sapphire solid 18K Gold ØUS7 / 2.75 gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
Sapphire, 18k Gold
Vintage Danish Dangle Earrings natural Sard solid 18K Yellow Gold / 4.8 gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
18k Gold
1967 Ring natural Emerald Diamonds solid 18K Gold Ø US6 / 3.5gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold, White Gold
1988 Soviet Union Dangle Earrings Ruby solid 583 14K Rose Gold / 1.9gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
Ruby, 14k Gold, Rose Gold
Vintage Ring 6ct Green Spinel solid 18K Gold Ø4 US / 5.75 gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
Spinel, 18k Gold
1945 Art Deco Ring natural Diamond 6ct Onyx solid 14K 585 Gold Ø5US / 3.2 gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
Onyx, Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold
1989 Soviet Union Dangle Earrings Ruby solid 583 /14K Rose Gold / 1.82 g
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
Ruby, 14k Gold, Rose Gold
Vintage Earrings briolette cut Smoky Quartz solid 18K Gold / 1.5gr
Located in SE
This particularly applies to pieces with enamel, pearls, opals, and delicate filigree but even diamonds can chip or stones fall out if proper care is not taken.
Quartz, 18k Gold
Gold is the feel-good metal, the serotonin of jewelry. Wear vintage and antique gold necklaces, watches, gold bracelets or gold rings and you feel happy, you feel dressed, you feel, well, yourself.
Gold, especially yellow gold, with its rich patina and ancient pedigree going back thousands of years, is the steady standby, the well-mannered metal of choice. Any discussion of this lustrous metal comes down to a basic truth: Gold is elementary, my dear. Gold jewelry that couples the mystique of the metal with superb design and craftsmanship achieves the status of an enduring classic. Many luxury houses have given us some of our most treasured and lasting examples of gold jewelry over the years.
Since its founding, in 1837, Tiffany & Co. has built its reputation on its company jewelry as well as its coterie of boutique designers, which has included Jean Schlumberger, Donald Claflin, Angela Cummings and Elsa Peretti. There are numerous gold Tiffany classics worth citing. Some are accented with gemstones, but all stand out for their design and the workmanship displayed.
For the woman who prefers a minimalist look, the Tiffany & Co. twist bangle (thin, slightly ovoid) is stylishly simple. For Cummings devotees, signature pieces feature hard stone inlay, such as her pairs of gold ear clips inlaid with black jade (a play on the classic Chanel black and tan), or bangles whose design recalls ocean waves, with undulating lines of lapis lazuli and mother-of-pearl. And just about any design by the great Jean Schlumberger is by definition a classic.
Even had he eschewed stones and diamonds, Southern-born David Webb would be hailed for the vast arsenal of heavy gold jewelry he designed. Gold, usually hammered or textured in some manner, defines great David Webb jewelry. The self-taught jeweler made very au courant pieces while drawing inspiration from ancient and out-of-the-way sources — East meets West in the commanding gold necklaces made by Webb in the early 1970s. The same could be said for his endlessly varied gold cuffs.
In Europe, many houses have given us gold jewelry that sets the highest standard for excellence, pieces that were highly sought after when they were made and continue to be so.
Numerous designs from Cartier are homages to gold. There are the classic Trinity rings, necklaces and bracelets — trifectas of yellow, white and rose gold. As a testament to the power of love, consider the endurance of the Cartier Love bracelet.
Aldo Cipullo, Cartier’s top in-house designer from the late 1960s into the early ’70s, made history in 1969 with the Love bracelet. Cipullo frequently said that the Love bracelet was born of a sleepless night contemplating a love affair gone wrong and his realization that “the only remnants he possessed of the romance were memories.” He distilled the urge to keep a loved one close into a slim 18-karat gold bangle.
BVLGARI and its coin jewelry, gemme nummarie, hit the jackpot when the line launched in the 1960s. The line has been perennially popular. BVLGARI coin jewelry features ancient Greek and Roman coins embedded in striking gold mounts, usually hung on thick link necklaces of varying lengths. In the 1970s, BVLGARI introduced the Tubogas line, most often made in yellow gold. The Tubogas watches are classics, and then there is the Serpenti, the house's outstanding snake-themed watches and bracelets.
A collection called Monete that incorporated the gold coins is one of several iconic BVLGARI lines that debuted in the 1970s and ’80s, catering to a new generation of empowered women. Just as designers like Halston and Yves Saint Laurent were popularizing fuss-free ready-to-wear fashion for women on the go, BVLGARI offered jewels to be lived in.
Since Van Cleef & Arpels opened its Place Vendôme doors in 1906, collection after collection of jewelry classics have enchanted the public. As predominantly expressed in a honeycomb of gold, there is the Ludo watch and accessories, circa the 1920s, and the golden Zip necklace, 1951, whose ingenious transformation of the traditional zipper was originally proposed by the Duchess of Windsor. Van Cleef's Alhambra, with its Moroccan motif, was introduced in 1968 and from the start its popularity pivoted on royalty and celebrity status. It remains one of VCA’s most popular and collected styles.
Mention must be made of Buccellati, whose name is synonymous with gold so finely spun that it suggests tapestry. The house’s many gold bracelets, typically embellished with a few or many diamonds, signified taste and distinction and are always in favor on the secondary market. Other important mid-20th-century houses known for their gold-themed jewelry include Hermès and Ilias Lalaounis.
Find a stunning collection of vintage and antique gold jewelry on 1stDibs.