Earrings
1970s French Vintage Earrings
Coral, Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Earrings
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold
2010s American Earrings
18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold
1950s French Retro Vintage Earrings
Pearl, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Earrings
Diamond, White Gold
Late 20th Century Earrings
Citrine, Yellow Gold
2010s American Modern Earrings
Sapphire, Diamond, Blue Sapphire, White Diamond, Gold, White Gold, 18k Gold
2010s American Contemporary Earrings
Gold, 18k Gold
1970s French Modernist Vintage Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1980s French Vintage Earrings
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold
2010s American Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Earrings
Natural Pearl, Pearl, Freshwater Pearl, Diamond, White Gold, 18k Gold, Gold
2010s American Earrings
Pearl, Natural Pearl, Black Pearl, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, White Diamon...
1980s French Vintage Earrings
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
2010s American Art Deco Earrings
Coral, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold
1970s French Vintage Earrings
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1970s French Modernist Vintage Earrings
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1950s French Vintage Earrings
Diamond, White Gold, Platinum
2010s Earrings
White Gold
2010s American Artisan Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Pearl, Natural Pearl, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1980s Contemporary Vintage Earrings
Diamond, Gold
20th Century Earrings
Diamond
Late 20th Century American Contemporary Earrings
Citrine, Diamond, 18k Gold
1980s French Contemporary Vintage Earrings
Coral, Diamond, Lapis Lazuli, Malachite, Yellow Gold
1960s Vintage Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s American Contemporary Earrings
Natural Pearl, Black Pearl, Pearl, Diamond, Gold, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
20th Century French Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold
2010s American Earrings
Coral, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold
1960s Vintage Earrings
Diamond, Ruby
1970s French Vintage Earrings
Diamond, Sapphire, Yellow Gold
20th Century French Modern Earrings
Pearl, Turquoise, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century French Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold
1990s French Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, Yellow Gold
Early 2000s American Contemporary Earrings
Chalcedony, Diamond, White Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold
1960s French Vintage Earrings
Diamond, Yellow Gold, Platinum
20th Century French Contemporary Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century French Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century French Earrings
Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold
2010s American Modern Earrings
Pearl, Freshwater Pearl, Natural Pearl, 18k Gold, Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century French Artist Earrings
Lapis Lazuli, 18k Gold
2010s American Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, White Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum, Gold
2010s American Romantic Earrings
Natural Pearl, White Diamond, South Sea Pearl, Pearl, Diamond, Gold, Yel...
1950s French Vintage Earrings
Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Platinum
2010s American Earrings
18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold
2010s American Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century French Modern Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Earrings
Lapis Lazuli, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold
1990s French Earrings
Coral
2010s American Modern Earrings
Lapis Lazuli, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, Black Pearl, Natural Pearl, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold
20th Century Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold
2010s American Earrings
Blue Topaz, Topaz, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold
2010s American Modern Earrings
Diamond, Natural Pearl, Freshwater Pearl, Pearl, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow ...
1980s French Modern Vintage Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold
2010s American Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold, Gold
2010s American Earrings
Coral, 18k Gold, Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s American Earrings
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Palladium
Shop Now: Antique and Vintage Earrings for Sale on 1stDibs
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.