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Drop Earrings For Sale
Style: Victorian
Style: Artist
Spessartite Garnet, Pink Tourmaline & Diamond Earrings, 18K Gold, Austy Lee
Located in Hong Kong, HK
This simple yet exquisite pair of Spessartite Garnet and Pink Tourmaline Earrings by Austy Lee is a must-have! This timeless piece is suitable for daily wear...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Hong Kong Artist Drop Earrings

Materials

Diamond, Garnet, Tourmaline, 18k Gold, White Gold, Rhodium

Vintage Maison Goossens Yves Saint Laurent YSL Gold Heart Earrings, Circa 1980s
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Maison Goossens Yves Saint Laurent YSL Gold Tone Dangling Heart Textured Earrings. These have it all. Weighty, Textured, 3D. If I only had one pair of Heart earrings I wou...
Category

1980s French Artist Vintage Drop Earrings

Materials

Mixed Metal

Antique Victorian Diamond and Black Enamel Drop Dangle Yellow Gold Earrings
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Beautiful pair of Victorian drop earrings made of 10k yellow gold with black enamel accents and single cut diamonds. The post is attached to a gold flower with black enamel petals a...
Category

19th Century Victorian Antique Drop Earrings

Materials

Diamond, 10k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel

Citrine Amethyst Fly Insect Earrings Victorian Antique Gold Pearl
Located in New York, NY
This is a wonderful pair of rare antique Fly Insect Earrings in Gold with gorgeous Citrine and Amethyst gems with Pearl accents. The Victorian - Edwardian jewels are beautifully made with an oval faceted Amethyst and oval faceted Citrine making up the bodies of the flies. The flies are further adorned with lovely seed pearls. The earrings are 9 Karat Gold. This whimsical pair dance delightfully from the ears. The Victorians adored their insect jewels...
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Late 19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Drop Earrings

Materials

Amethyst, Citrine, Pearl, Gold, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold

Antique Amethyst and Gold Riviére Necklace and Earrings Suite, Circa 1880
Located in London, GB
An antique amethyst and gold riviére necklace and earrings suite, with large, oval faceted, graduated amethysts, in open backed decorative, trefoil design, gallery strip bezel settin...
Category

1880s British Late Victorian Antique Drop Earrings

Materials

Amethyst, Gold

Victorian Era Antique Shell Gold Floral Inlay Earrings
Located in Versailles, FR
For sale a very beautiful pair of archaeological revival shell earrings in deep reddish brown color. They feature two amphoras with precious gold inlay. On the top of the earrings, two golden stars, and on the body of the earrings, delicate floral motifs. The earrings have the silver wires for pierced ears. They dated back to the mid 19th century, the Victorian era. The manufacture of shell into decorative objects and accessories can be traced back to the 17th century when French Huguenot...
Category

19th Century French High Victorian Antique Drop Earrings

Materials

Silver, Gold

Pair of Victorian 9ct Gold Seed Pearl & Amethyst Drop Earrings, Dated Circa 1890
Located in London, GB
Pair Of Victorian 9ct Gold,Seed Pearl & Amethyst Drop Earrings,Dated Circa 1890. Beatifully made with nice coloured amethysts and original seed pearls.
Category

1890s English Victorian Antique Drop Earrings

Materials

Amethyst, Pearl, 9k Gold

Platinum Emerald Diamond Bow Earrings
Located in North Hollywood, CA
These platinum Earrings hold a beautiful Emerald. They are from the Victorian period with there lovely diamond ribbon top and the surround of the Emerald is all in Diamonds. These ...
Category

1980s Unknown Victorian Vintage Drop Earrings

Materials

White Diamond, Emerald, Platinum

Carelle Dangle Brushstroke Large Diamond Earrings No. 52
Located in New York, NY
These Stunning Dangle Brushstroke Large Diamond Earrings No. 52 are Inspired by the freedom and spontaneity of modern art, Brushstroke brings a ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary American Artist Drop Earrings

Materials

Diamond, 18k Gold

Fiery Faceted Opal Briolette Gold Dangle Drop Cluster Earrings, Barbara Heinrich
Located in Dallas, TX
One of a Kind Cluster Drop Earrings hand-fabricated by acclaimed, award-winning jewelry maker Barbara Heinrich in signature-finished 18k yellow gold featuring 25.59 total carats of p...
Category

2010s American Artist Drop Earrings

Materials

Opal, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

Victorian Ruby Pearl Earrings Flower Cluster Motif Dangle 14 Karat Gold
Located in New York, NY
This is rare pair of antique Victorian Ruby and Pearl Dangle Cluster Flower Motif Earrings in 14 Karat Gold. They have extraordinary design with a central cluster of Rubies and Pear...
Category

19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Drop Earrings

Materials

Ruby, Pearl, Yellow Gold, Gold, 14k Gold

Maison Gripoix Vintage White and Purple Dangling Earrings Circa 1980s
Located in New York, NY
Maison Gripoix Vintage White and Light Purple Dangling Earrings. These will always be in style. The Chanel look has never left. It is classic and timeless and says class. It is an elevated look. No matter what you wear these will look right. A Chanel suit or jeans and a white t shirt with a blazer. You look stunning and done. These are all you need. Clip on. This look will always walk down the Chanel runway in one form or another. I will send you velcro dots to hold them on and you can do cartwheels in these earrings. The models in Paris wear them and you can easily go 20 hours. Just remind me. 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, but certainly the best relationship Gripoix had was with Gabriel Chanel. It is well-known that Chanel, a fan of large jewelry with large stones, made bijouterie super fashionable. Chanel brought copies of byzantine jewelry to Susanne Gripoix; and asked her to make the pieces in that same style, requesting: “Let everyone think that this jewelry is not new, but found somewhere on an excavation site nearby Rue Camborne”. She was so satisfied with the result of her order that she remained a faithful client of Gripoix for several decades. This was how the famous byzantine style of Chanel jewelry was brought to life, fancying golden Maltese crosses with large multicolor stones and matching bracelets; cabochons and massive brooches all of which have become a part of the Gripoix Chanel liked to combine both natural and imitation stones in one item, for example she would combine natural and imitation pearls in one necklace. Gripoix made them in such a way that it was impossible to tell the difference between the either of them. Susanne Gripoix made special irregular shape pearls from glass for Chanel; imitating the baroque pearls. They were enameled in her workshops with mother-of-pearl to obtain some of the soft shine characteristic of natural pearls . As the main Paris supplier to the couturier houses, Gripoix worked for many designers: from Cristobal Balenciaga, Pierre Balmain and Christian Dior to Yves Saint Laurent; and later for Christian Lacroix and Marc Jacobs. However it was the cooperation with Chanel that was the most significant, both for Chanel and for Gripoix. Today Gripoix is no longer a family affair/company but the House still makes jewelry, although the style has changed considerably over the last few years. The jewelry has become simpler, more graphical and even minimalistic. In 2011, however, Gripoix and Catherine Baba...
Category

1980s French Artist Vintage Drop Earrings

Materials

Mixed Metal

Victorian 6.6 Carat Peridot Rose Cut Diamond Silver Gold Earrings
Located in Boston, Lincolnshire
A Spectacular Victorian c.1890 18 Carat Gold and approx. 6.6 Carat Peridot drop earrings with a rose cut diamonds mounted in solid silver. The earrings...
Category

Late 19th Century British Victorian Antique Drop Earrings

Materials

Diamond, Peridot, Gold, Silver

Ella Gafter Ruby Diamond Necklace Earrings Set
Located in New York, NY
The ruby and diamond necklace and earrings set is constituted by faceted rubies of homogeneously brilliant quality, especia...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Artist Drop Earrings

Materials

Diamond, Ruby, 18k Gold, White Gold

Yellow Gold Fig Fruits Cocktail Earrings with Amethysts by the Artist
Located in Berlin, DE
14 karat yellow gold Fig Fruits cocktail earrings with detachable cabochon amethysts drops, which are open for the light to go through. These earrings by the artist were featured in ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary German Artist Drop Earrings

Materials

Amethyst, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold

Ultramarine Opal + Tanzanite Long 22k Gold Dangle Drop Earrings, Lola Brooks
Located in Dallas, TX
One of a Kind Long Drop Earrings by award-winning maker Lola Brooks, hand-fabricated in signature-finished 22k yellow gold featuring a magnificent matched pair of rare Australian ult...
Category

2010s American Artist Drop Earrings

Materials

Opal, Tanzanite, Multi-gemstone, 22k Gold, Mixed Metal, Gold, 18k Gold, ...

Victorian Antique Pearl And Diamond Cluster Earrings
Located in Banbury, GB
An adorable pair of cluster earrings feature lustrous natural pearls wrapped with a scalloped diamond border in 18 karat yellow gold. Sweet as can be. Circa 1900. Perfect Condition Diamond: 2.1ct Weight: 4.7g Length: 18mm Width: 12mm Size of pearl...
Category

19th Century British Late Victorian Antique Drop Earrings

Materials

Diamond, Pearl, 18k Gold

Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Diamante Dome like Pearl Earrings, circa 1980s
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Yves Saint Laurent YSL Diamante Dome Like Pearl Earrings Circa 1980s. These are so gorgeous where do I even begin. The faux pearl is like a flower waking up under a dome of g...
Category

1980s French Artist Vintage Drop Earrings

Materials

Mixed Metal

Vintage Gripoix Translucent Pate De Verre Earrings Circa 1980s
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Gripoix Translucent Earrings with Pieces Of Gold. Dangling Earrings With Pieces of Gold and Stones. Long Necklace/Sautoir on Site to Match. So Gorgeous! This matches the necklace and sometimes when a set is matched it is magical and this translucent dangling pate de verre is one of them. Clip On. 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...
Category

1980s French Artist Vintage Drop Earrings

Materials

Mixed Metal

Vintage Victorian Diamond Silver on Yellow Gold Earrings Estate Fine Jewelry
Located in Montreal, QC
Simply Beautiful! Antique Victorian Drop Earrings. Securely Hand set with 42 Rose cut Diamonds, weighing approx. 0.68 total Carat weigh...
Category

Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Drop Earrings

Materials

Diamond, Yellow Gold, Silver

14K Gold Victorian Pique Geometric Dangle Earrings, circa 1880
Located in Venice, CA
14K Gold Victorian Pique Geometric Dangle Earrings, circa 1880 These elegant Victorian pique drop earrings are inlaid with gold in a beautiful geometric design. Suspended from an ov...
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19th Century European Victorian Antique Drop Earrings

Materials

14k Gold, Yellow Gold

Vintage Pear Shape Design Diamond 925 on Gold Antique Drop Earrings
Located in Montreal, QC
Simply Beautiful! Open Pear Shape Design Drop Earrings. Hand set with Diamonds, weighing approx. 6.24tcw. Beautifully Hand crafted in 925 on 18K Gold. Earrings measure approx. 2” lon...
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Late 19th Century Victorian Antique Drop Earrings

Materials

Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Sterling Silver, Gold

Vintage Christian Dior Gold Tone Front Facing Hoops Circa 2000s
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Christian Dior Gold Tone Front Facing Hoops. Small Classic Hoops. Clip On. These will always be in style.
Category

Early 2000s French Artist Drop Earrings

Materials

Mixed Metal

Victorian Flower Dangle Drop Day and Night Earrings 18 Karat Gold
Located in New York, NY
This is very rare pair of early Antique Georgian - Victorian Dangle Drop Day Night Earrings in 18 Karat Gold with a stunning flower motif and a dramatic 2 1/2 inches long. These an...
Category

19th Century Spanish Victorian Antique Drop Earrings

Materials

Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

Peacock Fan Emerald and Diamond Earrings
Located in London, W1U 2JG
One of our favourite pair of earrings! Very elegant, classic and conversation starter! Set with single cut pave diamonds and emeralds, on 925 oxidized silver to give an old feel and ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Victorian Drop Earrings

Materials

Diamond, Emerald, 14k Gold, Silver

Victorian Bohemian Garnet Pearl Dangle Drop Earrings Gold
Located in New York, NY
This is a rare pair of Victorian Bohemian Garnet and Pearl Dangle Drop Earrings in 10 Karat Gold. The exquisite earrings have a swirl motif design set with gorgeous Bohemian Garnet ...
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19th Century Unknown Victorian Antique Drop Earrings

Materials

Garnet, Pearl, Gold, 10k Gold, Yellow Gold

Antique Diamond Earrings, Circa 1890
Located in London, GB
A pair of antique diamond earrings, mounted in silver-upon-gold, set with old-cut diamonds, in sweeping and curling motifs, claw and micro-claw...
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1880s Unknown Late Victorian Antique Drop Earrings

Materials

Diamond, Yellow Gold, Silver

Gold Sheet Long Lightweight XL Dangle Lava Stud Drop Earrings, Petra Class 2022
Located in Dallas, TX
Elongated Oval Sheet XL Dangle Drop Earrings hand-fabricated by acclaimed jewelry maker Petra Class featuring intricately-finished extra large elongated oval 22k yellow gold sheets d...
Category

2010s American Artist Drop Earrings

Materials

Gold, 18k Gold, 22k Gold, Yellow Gold

Late Victorian Amethyst Necklace and Earrings
Located in London, GB
A late Victorian amethyst necklace and earrings, the necklace consisting of thirty-nine oval faceted amethyst, all set in cut-down collets,...
Category

1880s British Victorian Antique Drop Earrings

Materials

Amethyst, Diamond, Yellow Gold, Silver

Mid-Victorian Half Pearl, Diamond and Blue Enamel Suite
Located in London, GB
A mid-Victorian half pearl, diamond and blue enamel suite, the suite consisting of a necklace, a bracelet and a pair of earrings, each set to the ...
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1860s British Victorian Antique Drop Earrings

Materials

Diamond, Natural Pearl, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

Eighteen Karat White Gold Flowers Modern Earrings with Diamonds and Topazes
Located in Berlin, DE
This is a piece from the modern jewellery collection, which was featured in Vogue UA review, and designed by the oil painter from Berlin Polya Medvedeva. These earrings are made of ...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary German Artist Drop Earrings

Materials

Diamond, White Diamond, Topaz, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold

Harry Winston, Platinum and Diamond Pendant Earrings
Located in New York, NY
Platinum And Diamond Pendant Earrings By Harry Winston. Set With Two Pear-Shaped Diamonds 5.56ct, D- VS2 GIA # XXXXXX ) 5.05ct, D-VS2 (GIA # XXXXXX) Suspended By Clusters Of 12 Pe...
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Late 20th Century American Artist Drop Earrings

Materials

Diamond, Platinum

Vintage Christian Lacroix Gold Tone Dangling Ball Earrings, Circa 1990s
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Christian Lacroix Gold Tone Dangling Ball Earring with 2 Bars of Metal that can be Manipulated with Ball attached at End. So Lacroix! The...
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1990s French Artist Drop Earrings

Materials

Mixed Metal

Victorian 14K Gold 'Leaf' Earrings with Seed Pearls & Paste - E.U. - Circa 1880
Located in Chatham, CA
Antique rare Victorian 14K yellow gold 'leaf' earrings - hand made - each earring set with 20 natural seed pearls creating a delicate shimmering effect against the gold (40 total - c...
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Late 19th Century Belgian Victorian Antique Drop Earrings

Materials

Crystal, Pearl, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold

Ella Gafter Diamond Pearl Tassel Chandelier Earrings
Located in New York, NY
The diamond and pearl tassel chandelier earrings feature a cascade of Japanese Akoya pearls of beautiful nacre and high luster, and 4.80 carats of r...
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Italian Artist Drop Earrings

Materials

Diamond, Pearl, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold

Vintage Maison Goossens Yves Saint Laurent YSL Gold Earrings, Circa 1990s
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Maison Goossens Yves Saint Laurent YSL Gold Tone Dangling Textured Earrings. Clip on. One of those that becomes magical when you see it on You. These are the type of earrings...
Category

1990s French Artist Drop Earrings

Materials

Mixed Metal

Victorian Style Apx 4ct Oval & Round Rose Cut Diamond Drop Earrings
Located in BEVERLY HILLS, CA
Statement Victorian inspired chandelier earrings. Approximately 4 carats of oval and round rose cut diamonds, H/I color and SI clarity. Gold & s...
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1960s Unknown Victorian Vintage Drop Earrings

Materials

Diamond, Gold, Silver

Maison Gripoix Vintage Red and Green Flower Dangling Earrings Circa 1980s
Located in New York, NY
Maison Gripoix Vintage Red and Green Flower Dangling Earrings Set in Gold Tone. These are some of the most gorgeous earrings I have in the collection. The colors of course and the way they are made. They are just special. They will always be relevant. They are well made and make a statement. They are just classy and chic. Clip On. Always In Style. Clip on. I also have them in blue. They are slightly less in price due to exchange rate at time of purchase. Acquired in Paris. 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, but certainly the best relationship Gripoix had was with Gabriel Chanel. It is well-known that Chanel, a fan of large jewelry with large stones, made bijouterie super fashionable. Chanel brought copies of byzantine jewelry to Susanne Gripoix; and asked her to make the pieces in that same style, requesting: “Let everyone think that this jewelry is not new, but found somewhere on an excavation site nearby Rue Camborne”. She was so satisfied with the result of her order that she remained a faithful client of Gripoix for several decades. This was how the famous byzantine style of Chanel jewelry was brought to life, fancying golden Maltese crosses with large multicolor stones and matching bracelets; cabochons and massive brooches all of which have become a part of the Gripoix Chanel liked to combine both natural and imitation stones in one item, for example she would combine natural and imitation pearls in one necklace. Gripoix made them in such a way that it was impossible to tell the difference between the either of them. Susanne Gripoix made special irregular shape pearls from glass for Chanel; imitating the baroque pearls. They were enameled in her workshops with mother-of-pearl to obtain some of the soft shine characteristic of natural pearls . As the main Paris supplier to the couturier houses, Gripoix worked for many designers: from Cristobal Balenciaga, Pierre Balmain and Christian Dior to Yves Saint Laurent; and later for Christian Lacroix and Marc Jacobs. However it was the cooperation with Chanel that was the most significant, both for Chanel and for Gripoix. Today Gripoix is no longer a family affair/company but the House still makes jewelry, although the style has changed considerably over the last few years. The jewelry has become simpler, more graphical and even minimalistic. In 2011, however, Gripoix and Catherine Baba...
Category

1980s French Artist Vintage Drop Earrings

Materials

Mixed Metal

English Cabochon Garnet Pendant Earrings and Pendant Necklace
Located in New York, NY
This antique Victorian 15K gold demi-parure comprising pendant earrings and pendant brooch with chain is set with over 10.00 carats of cabochon almandine garnets. The elongated pendant earrings are designed as scrolling leaf motif tops, each with an oval cabochon garnet, flexibly suspending a reverse-tapering drop of floral and foliate form set with pear-shape and oval cabochon garnets, en suite with a conforming pendant brooch and delicate rectangular trace link chain. Still stylish today, the lightly voluminous, repoussé forms have an easy, gentle sway, while their soft bloomed gold and saturated red garnets enliven the eyes and face. Product Details: Item #: STE-20655 Artist: James W. Lyon, Edinburgh Country: Scotland Circa: 1860's Dimensions: Earpendants: 3" length; Pendant Brooch: 2.5" length; Chain: 13.5" length Materials: Cabochon almandine garnet (with approximate total weight 6.10 carats); Cabochon almandine garnet (with approximate total weight 4.05 carats); 15K Gold; fitted original box from James W. Lyon, Edinburgh. Literature: A substantially similar demi-parure in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, is pictured in Jewellery in the Age of Queen Victoria, by Charlotte Gere and Judy Rudoe, p.17. The image of the demi-parure is accompanied by an image of a lithograph of a young Queen Victoria wearing a substantially similar demi-parure. Macklowe Gallery Curator's Notes: Queen Victoria, whom the artistic record shows owned a substantially similar demi-paure, was deeply interested in couture and jewelry. Often, she chose to wear jewelry by British makers, in many cases work that was historically inspired and/or sentimental, knowing that her choices were closely observed by the public. These jewels were often relatively modest in value, and accessible to aspiring women of the British middle class. Blood-red cabochon-cut gems have been known throughout history as "carbuncles", and their use in gold jewelry was highly popular in the sentimental, symbolism-loving Victorian period in England. In the 19th century, the new study of of archaeology had revealed that the garnet was a favorite precious stone of the Hellenistic Greeks, who centered carbuncles in wedding jewelry such as gold bracelets and garment appliqués fashioned...
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Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Drop Earrings

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Garnet, Gold, 15k Gold, Yellow Gold

18K White Gold, Diamond, Ruby & Onyx Victorian Style Earrings
Located in Palm Beach, FL
This dramatic and very large pair of Mid-20th Century Classical Victorian style earrings are not only gorgeous but are crafted to the highest ...
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Late 20th Century Unknown Victorian Drop Earrings

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Diamond, Onyx, Ruby, White Gold, 18k Gold

Fan Shape Dangle Drop Earrings with Pave Diamonds Made in 18k Gold & Silver
Located in New York, NY
18kt Gold 2.87gms Diamond 6.48Cts Silver:17.46gms Size;63X40MM
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21st Century and Contemporary Indian Victorian Drop Earrings

Materials

Diamond, 18k Gold, Silver

Victorian Holland Rose Cut Diamond Cluster Earrings 3ctw
Located in Narberth, PA
An incredible pair of earrings from the Victorian (ca1880s) era! Crafted in 14kt yellow gold and topped in sterling silver, eight Holland Rose Cut diamonds...
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1880s Unknown Victorian Antique Drop Earrings

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Diamond, 14k Gold, Sterling Silver

Paul Eaton Sculpted Pointer Dog Heads with Tigers Eye drop silver Stud Earrings
Located in Charleston, SC
From Great Britain Paul Eaton's sculpted sterling silver Pointer dog head stud earrings with Tigers Eye drops (large .75"w x 1.18"h x .25d). An elegant sterling-silver bespoke miniature Pointer, dog, sculpture made into stud earrings you can wear everyday. The bespoke Pointer sculpture...
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2010s British Artist Drop Earrings

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Tiger's Eye, Sterling Silver, Silver

Bee Wing a Pair of Earring, Sterling Silver with 18 Karat Gold-Plated
Located in Tokyo, JP
Bee wing earring from Bee Collection is made of Sterling Silver with 18 Karat gold plated. It is a motif of bee wings. The size is about 95mm length, 30mm width, 1mm thickness and 6...
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2010s Japanese Artist Drop Earrings

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Gold Plate, Sterling Silver

Diamonds Yellow Gold 14 Karat Dangle Earrings
Located in Marcianise, IT
Spectacular earring made on the ancient style that fully conveys the flavor of the past Victorian era, made by Neapolitan goldsmiths in 14-karat yellow gold, There are set diamonds o...
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1950s Italian Victorian Vintage Drop Earrings

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Diamond, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold

Maison Gripoix Vintage Faux Pearl and Red Dangling Earrings Circa 1980s
Located in New York, NY
Maison Gripoix Vintage Faux Pearl and Red Dangling Earrings. Wrapped in woven gold around the Pearl in the typical 1980s style of Chanel. Clip on. So classic and you always look good no matter what you are wearing when you have these on. Clip on. Very much the colors of Chanel. 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...
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1980s French Artist Vintage Drop Earrings

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Mixed Metal

Antique French 18 Karat Dangling Earrings Roman Micro Mosaic Flower Bouquets
Located in Munich, Bavaria
These elegant French dangling earrings are mounted in 18 karat gold settings decorated with twisted gold wire. The mounts are marked with french hallmarks for 18 karat.
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1860s French Victorian Antique Drop Earrings

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18k Gold

Vintage Maison Goossens Yves Saint Laurent YSL Gold Earrings Circa `1990s
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Maison Goossens Yves Saint Laurent YSL Gold Dangling Resin Earrings. Misshapen Pieces Form these Very Classy and Chic Earrings That are ...
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1980s French Artist Vintage Drop Earrings

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Mixed Metal

Eighteen Karat White Gold Flowers Modern Earrings with Diamonds and Topazes
Located in Berlin, DE
This is a piece from the modern jewellery collection, which was featured in Vogue UA review, and designed by the oil painter from Berlin Polya Medvedeva. These earrings are made of ...
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21st Century and Contemporary German Artist Drop Earrings

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Diamond, White Diamond, Topaz, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, White Gold

Ella Gafter South Sea Pearl Diamond Hoop Drop Earrings
Located in New York, NY
The South Sea pearl and diamond drop earrings feature two 15 x 13 mm pearls of fine quality nacre and beautiful lustre. The pearls are suspended from 2 hoops set with round diamonds ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Artist Drop Earrings

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Diamond, White Diamond, South Sea Pearl, 18k Gold, White Gold

Ella Gafter 15mm South Sea Pearl Diamond Drop Earrings
Located in New York, NY
The South Sea pearl and diamond earrings feature two 15mm pearls of fine quality nacre and beautiful lustre. The pearls are suspended from 2 hoops set with round diamonds of top qual...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Artist Drop Earrings

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Diamond, Pearl, White Diamond, South Sea Pearl, 18k Gold, White Gold

Bee Wing a Pair of Clip-on Earring, Sterling Silver with 18 Karat Gold-Plated
Located in Tokyo, JP
Bee wing Clip-on earring from Bee Collection is made of Sterling Silver with 18 Karat gold plated. It is a motif of bee wings. The size is about 90mm length, 30mm width, 1mm thickne...
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2010s Japanese Artist Drop Earrings

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Gold Plate, Sterling Silver

Vintage Christian Lacroix Gold Red, Blue Crystal Earrings Circa 1990s
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Christian Lacroix Gold Tone with Red, Blue And Crystal. Vary Classic Lacroix. Enamel With the Red Cross with Flower Shape at the Top. Iconic Christian Lacroix Look! Clip On....
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1990s French Artist Drop Earrings

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Mixed Metal

Vintage Yves Saint Lauren YSL Gold Tone Couture with Large Crystals Circa 1980s
Located in New York, NY
Vintage Yves Saint Lauren YSL Gold Tone Couture with Large Crystals Circa 1980s. Vintage French Gold Tone with Large Crystals. These are spectacular. Clip On. If you remind me...
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1980s French Artist Vintage Drop Earrings

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Mixed Metal

Eighteen Karat Yellow Gold Fig Cocktail Artistic Earrings with Smoky Quartzes
Located in Berlin, DE
These Fig cocktail artistic earrings with detachable cabochon smoky quartz drops are made of 18 karat yellow gold. The gems are open for the light to go through and have beautiful cognac colour. The earrings were featured in Vogue UA. The idea to create her favourite fruits as a jewellery collection came to the artist from Berlin, Polya Medvedeva, while she was reviewing the fragrances with the sweet and fresh notes of fig. The collection become the mascot for everyone, who adores fragrances or sunny places, where this fruit grows. Together with shining gold and transparent gems the design makes this piece a contemporary jewellery item, while the simplicity of the lines and the big gem...
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21st Century and Contemporary German Artist Drop Earrings

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Quartz, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

Paul Eaton Sculpted large Pointer Dog Heads with Pearl Drop Silver Stud Earrings
Located in Charleston, SC
From Great Britain Paul Eaton VPRMS MAA sculpted sterling silver Pointer dog head stud earrings with freshwater pearl drop (large 7/8" x 1"). An ele...
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2010s British Artist Drop Earrings

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Pearl, Silver, Sterling Silver

Paul Eaton Sculpted Pointer Dog Heads with Hematite Drop Silver Stud Earrings
Located in Charleston, SC
From Great Britain Paul Eaton VPRMS MAA sculpted sterling silver Pointer dog head stud earrings with Hematite drop (small 1/2" x 1"). An elegant sterli...
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2010s British Artist Drop Earrings

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Hematite, Sterling Silver

Paul Eaton Sculpted Greyhound Dog Heads with Pearl Drop Silver Stud Earrings
Located in Charleston, SC
Sculpted sterling silver Greyhound dog head stud earrings with freshwater pearls drop by wildlife miniature sculptor, Paul Eaton VPRMS MAA, from Grea...
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2010s British Artist Drop Earrings

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Pearl, Freshwater Pearl, Silver, Sterling Silver

Diamond, Pearl and Antique Drop Earrings

Earrings are a timeless accessory. Women have been wearing studs and hoops in civilizations as far back as Ancient Egypt. Diamond drop earrings, pearl versions and other antique drop earrings have a long history as well.

While hoops will always be beautiful, drop earrings hold their own as dazzling accessories, and jewelry designers have explored different variations on this style of earring over time.

Although the term is often misapplied, true drop earrings are characterized by a long lean line ending in a pear-shaped stone that drops just below the earlobe. These accessories were popular in the Art Deco era, which encompassed the 1920s and ’30s and ushered in a very distinct look in jewelry design.

There were many influences on Art Deco jewelry; among them, the excavation of the tomb of King Tut in 1922. “Egyptomania” left an indelible mark on all of the major jewelry houses, from Cartier to Van Cleef & Arpels, Boucheron and Georges Fouquet. Today, the popularity of long Art Deco drop earrings can be attributed to the influence of Coco Chanel. These earrings are frequently characterized by simple shapes, clean lines and an integration of colorful stones such as blue sapphires, emeralds and rubies to accent the pieces’ diamonds. Indeed, during the 20th century, as technology for diamond cutting improved, diamond drop earrings and other diamond jewelry came into wide popularity. Formal examples of diamond drop earrings pair perfectly with a cocktail dress or fancy pantsuit, while gem-set and gold drop earrings make great daytime accessories.

While there are at least several types of earrings you could be wearing right now, drop earrings work well for anyone who favors a minimalist look. Whatever the occasion, find a wide range of antique, diamond and pearl drop earrings on 1stDibs.

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