Weiss Mod Black Rhinestone Earrings, 1960's

1980's Margaret Squires pave crystal clip on earrings with chain accents and drop dangles. The crystals are in shades of hot pink, plum, pale pink ...

Italian jewelry designer Ugo Correani's black and white triangular resin earrings have a unique clip on spring that allows one triangle to suspend in front of the ear and the other i...

Fabulous Karl Lagerfeld clip on earrings fashioned to look like mesh coin purses … one for each ear! The gold tone metal has a matte finish and be...

1980's white glass beaded gold tone clip-on drop dangle earrings. No hallmark though well made and from the estate of a fashionable lady who owned an Yves Saint Laurent boutique in ...

1980's hot pink and orange pave crystal clip on dangle earrings with a fun and frivolous look perfect for a pop of sparkle and color. No maker’s m...

1950’s Marvella chandelier earrings with screwback clip on hardware. Silver tone metal is embellished with crystal rhinestones and teardrop shaped faux pearls in a Christmas tree sh...

Vintage D'Orlan Gold Tone Byzantine Dangling Earrings. Large oval highly detailed dangling pieces hang down from a rope like top piece. Clip on. You can wear...

Vintage St John Gold dangling Heart Hoop Earrings Circa 1980s. St John made some great jewelry in the 1980s. These dangling gold hearts look so chic a...

Cabochon Blue Sapphire 4.70 carats, Cabochon Ruby 2.11 carats and Cabochon Emerald 0.72 carat Earrings set in 18 Karat Gold Settings Width: 2.3 cm Length: 4.4 cm Total Weight: 26....

CHANEL vintage faux pearl dangling earrings (clip-on) featuring a gold toned CC logo and a Baroque irregular-shaped glass faux pearl drop. Embossed CHANEL. Indicative measurements ...

Sensational vintage gilt knotted French statement clip-on earrings circa 1980 - comprised of gilt metal segments encrusted with faux diamante stones mixed with mand manipulated tempe...

Maison Gripoix Vintage Blue and Light Blue Flower Dangling Earrings Set in Gold Tone Clip On. Always In Style. Very Classic Chic. These are so spectacular. I have them in red as well. The price is different as they were purchased in different exchange rates. These are really stunning. Will never go out of style!! Guy de Maupassant wrote a famous story about a necklace. The story is about a young, pretty, intelligent, well educated but poorly endowed bride who has to marry a petty official; and thus suffering from the limitations of living a life with a husband that lacked any exquisite qualities. In order to entertain his dejected spouse, one day her husband gets an invitation to a ball and gives his wife 400 francs he had saved for a hunting rifle so that she would be able to order an appropriate dress. However, when the dress is ready it becomes clear that it is lacking jewelry; and it would be impossible to attend the ball while looking so poor. The protagonist approaches her rich childhood friend with whom she was raised together at the monastery and borrows a diamond necklace from her. The ball is a great success and she is the centre of attention. However when the woman returns home, she discovers that she has lost the necklace. In order to conceal her faux pas from her friend, she buys a new necklace identical to the one she lost, and to pay it off the woman gets into a huge debt which over the years gradually drags her down the social ladder from bourgeoisie to poverty. Ten years later, having lost her good looks, the woman encounters her friend on the Champs Elysees, who still looks young, beautiful and rich. The protagonist reveals to her friend the whole story about the necklace, but her friend replies in amazement that the diamonds were fake and would “cost 500 francs at most”. Maison Gripoix starts out with a dramatic story. In 1869 (or a year earlier, according to other sources), Paris master glass-maker Augustina Gripoix began making replicas of pearls and crystals; casting glass into different shapes and colours and inserting them into most sophisticated settings. She used the pâte de verre (glass paste) technique, whereby a traditional ceramic or qypsum form was filled with a multi-colour pieces of glass and special gluing substances and then baked in a furnace, resulting in objects featuring fantastical hues. Only Augustina made her crystals by pouring the melted glass paste into the press moulds skipping the furnace step, allowing her to achieve the purity of colour, transparency and shine. She found a simple method to make beautiful jewelry and thus Marquises, Duchesses and Princesses qued up ... so Madame Gripoix would make them replicas of their own jewelry in case of robbery or loss, or some unusual jewelry pieces for their new wraps, neckpieces, or boas. The so-called ‘costume jewelry’ emerged to a large extent thanks to the work of Maison Gripoix. Augustina Gripoix earned her fame in the 1890’s when she started making necklaces for Sarah Bernhardt to wear on stage; and later the costume jewelry for the first high fashion house of Charles Frederick Worth. Later on, Paul Poiret, the leading couturier of the 1910’s contacted her and she created sophisticated oriental style jewelry for him to match his famous oriental costumes based on the aesthetic of Diaghilev’s initial Russian seasons. The value of costume jewelry was now being recognized in its own right; and not just for imitation purposes. The taste of emancipated young girls, who were gaining more and more freedom and opportunities, was best met with bijouterie. So in the 1920, when Augustina’s daughter Susan became the head of the House; Gripoix prospects became even more exciting. Girls with short-cropped hair in short dresses zoomed by in open-top cars wearing bijou rather than diamonds. Everyone ordered bijouterie from Madam Gripoix during this period, from Jeanne Lanvin to Jean Piguet...