Earrings
1920s Art Deco Vintage Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Turquoise, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century Earrings
White Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
1970s French Modern Vintage Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
Late 20th Century American Contemporary Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Late 20th Century Earrings
Diamond, Jade, Ruby, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
1970s Chinese Modern Vintage Earrings
Jade, Sterling Silver
1990s American Modernist Earrings
Diamond, Pearl, White Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold, 18k Gold, 22k Gold, White...
1990s American Modernist Earrings
Diamond, Opal, White Diamond, Gold, Yellow Gold, 14k Gold
Late 20th Century Unknown Modern Earrings
Jade, Pearl, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
1980s Italian Artisan Vintage Earrings
White Diamond, Diamond, Platinum
1990s Italian Modernist Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel, 18k Gold
Late 20th Century Italian Renaissance Earrings
Coral, Diamond, White Diamond, Onyx, Ruby, 14k Gold
1970s Italian Art Deco Vintage Earrings
Iolite, Ruby, White Diamond, 18k Gold, Enamel
1980s American Contemporary Vintage Earrings
Hematite, Jade, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Earrings
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Ruby, Emerald, White Diamond, Diamond, Yellow G...
Late 20th Century Contemporary Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Blue Diamond, Yellow Diamond, Pink Diamond, Brow...
Late 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Topaz, 9k Gold, Sterlin...
Late 20th Century American Contemporary Earrings
Hematite, Jade, 18k Gold, Mixed Metal
1960s American Contemporary Vintage Earrings
Jade, 18k Gold, White Gold
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Earrings
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Ruby, Emerald, White Diamond, Diamond, Sterling...
Mid-20th Century American Contemporary Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
1960s Vintage Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Pearl, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
1990s Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 18k Gold, Yell...
1980s American Modernist Vintage Earrings
Jade, Black Jade, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1970s French Modernist Vintage Earrings
Diamond, Quartz, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
1990s Italian Modernist Earrings
Emerald, White Diamond, Diamond, Rhodium, White Gold, 18k Gold, Gold
20th Century Earrings
White Diamond, Gold, 10k Gold, Yellow Gold
Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Earrings
Ruby, White Diamond, 14k Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 20th Century French Belle Époque Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1970s French Vintage Earrings
Coral, Onyx, White Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 9k Gold,...
Late 20th Century American Modern Earrings
Aquamarine, Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Earrings
Blue Sapphire, Sapphire, Ruby, Emerald, White Diamond, Diamond, Yellow G...
1920s Art Deco Vintage Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Ruby, Platinum
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Deco Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 9k Gold,...
Late 20th Century American Earrings
White Diamond, 18k Gold
Late 20th Century American Contemporary Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1950s Italian Retro Vintage Earrings
Coral, Diamond, White Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
1960s Swiss Vintage Earrings
White Diamond, South Sea Pearl, Diamond, Pearl, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold
Mid-20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Opal, Aquamarine, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
1980s English Egyptian Revival Vintage Earrings
Jade, Enamel, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold, Gold
20th Century Earrings
White Diamond, Gold, White Gold, Platinum
Late 20th Century Italian Earrings
White Diamond, 18k Gold
20th Century Earrings
White Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
1990s American Modernist Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1990s Contemporary Earrings
White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum, Enamel
1970s Italian Retro Vintage Earrings
Diamond, Garnet, Jade, Pearl, 14k Gold
Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
Early 20th Century Earrings
Jade, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold
20th Century Earrings
White Diamond, Blue Sapphire, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
1990s German Modern Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
1990s Unknown Modern Earrings
Jade, Platinum
20th Century European Edwardian Earrings
Jade, 18k Gold
Late 20th Century Unknown Contemporary Earrings
Diamond, Jade, 18k Gold
1960s Italian Retro Vintage Earrings
Pearl, White Diamond, Brown Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
Late 20th Century Italian Renaissance Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Onyx, Ruby, Tourmaline, 14k Gold
Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Earrings
Diamond, White Diamond, Pearl, Cultured Pearl, Tourmaline, 18k Gold, Whi...
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.
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