Late 20th Century Drop Earrings

22K gold drop earrings with a matte finish. Circles withicircles with spade-shape French wire for pierced ears.

Finely crafted in 18K yellow gold featuring chalcedony, carnelian, and onyx. Signed by Marina B. Made in Italy Circa 1978. 

SPECIFICATIONS Opal Type: Black Boulder Opal Opal Weight: 7.27ct Diamonds: 0.40ct D IF - F VVS Metals: 18K solid Gold THE GRYFFIN OPAL DIFFERENCE By investing in solid Australian opal jewellery...

These vintage gripoix earrings from Chanel were meticulously crafted in France from yellow-gold-plated metal, coral, purple and amber-coloured ...

18k Yellow Gold Vintage Alhambra White Coral Earrings by Van Cleef & Arpels. With 2 alhambra shape white coral stones: 15mm each. These earrings are made for non pierced ears, but ...

Classic South Sea Pearl and Diamond earring by Cellini Jewelers NYC. The earrings are designed with round brilliant diamonds set in an inner platinum bezel, then set in a larger 18 k...

14 Karat Yellow Gold Drop Earrings Featuring 2 Pear Cut Colombian Emeralds Totaling Approximately 1.10 Carats Accented By 16 Round Diamonds Totaling An Additional 0.16 Carats. GIA Re...

Pair of sparkling geode earrings with round cabochon amethysts measuring approximately 2.50-2.90 mm in diameter and four mixed cut diamonds. Earrings ore of the pierced variety and m...

Vintage French Gold with Green and Dangling Faux Peal Earrings Circa 1980s. These earrings are completely in the style of Chanel and so well made. The Green faceted stone is surrounded by a quilted darker gold tone like the house of Chanel...

Yves Saint Laurent Long Earrings spring summer 1980. Composed of painted, stained and lacquered wood with long multi colored silk tassels. Excellent condit...

Kenneth Jay Lane's wonderfully elegant polished gilded gold hardware accented with a black lucite center clip-on earrings measures 2 1/2 inches in length. The width measures 1 inch a...

Fabulous Pierre Bex antique finish silver plated Art Deco style lever back earrings. The lovely diamond shaped drops are embellished with crystal...

This vintage pair of earrings is crafted in solid 14K Yellow Gold (stamped on the hook backs). The center oval cut Sapphires measure 11x9mm totaling 7.60 carats for the pair. The sap...

Drop earrings designed by Vicki Eisenfeld. Fabulous one of a kind pair of drop earrings, created in Connecticut by the talented studio jewelry designe...

Pre-Owned Vintage Condition From 1994 Collection Metal Gold Tone Faux Pearl Clip On Width 1" Drop 3.5" 100% Authenticity Guaranteed

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...

Dazzle yourself day or night with these Glamorous Red Ruby & Diamond Earrings.    Clip-on with foldable post crafted in luxurious Platinum. Surrounded by a halo of (74) round-cut, ...

18k Yellow Gold Mother Of Pearl Carnelian Checkboard Large Earrings by Angela Cummings for Tiffany & Co. With Carnelian and Mother of Pearl Checkerboard Design by Angela Cummings The...

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...

A pair of 22K gold bead drops with fine hand tooling and faceted Burmese rubies all around. 22K gold post also with faceted Burmese ruby, for pierced ears. By Deborah Lockhart Phil...

18k Yellow Gold Diamond White Coral Earrings by Mikimoto. With 2 marque shape diamonds and 10 round brilliant cut diamonds VS1 clarity, E color total weight approximately .30ct Deta...

Pearl and velvet clip-on earrings by Christian Lacroix. The heart-shaped pattern on the earrings, which Christian Lacroix frequently employed to create his jewelry, is a representati...

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...

One (1) 18 karat Yellow Gold pair of Earrings, stamped 750 & C'est Laudier. Made in Germany ca 1995 4 round Brilliant cut Diamonds = 0.22 ct VS - G Weight: 6.21 grams Measurements...

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...

Large and striking French Modern brutalist style oval hoop earclips by Serge Breton. Deep cobalt pate de verre cabocheons in an antique finished silver b...

This pair of estate earrings are set with natural Russian Turquoise. Crafted in solid 18K Yellow Gold. The earrings are stamped with Russian hallmark...

These gorgeous earrings feature a deep blue pear shape Lapis cabochons bezel set. Each side of the earring is set with 11 round brilliant cut diamonds totaling 22 diamonds on the pai...

Each onyx set rounded triangular frame, with mother-of-pearl detail, enclosing a cultured pearl drop with mother-of-pearl set surmount, to spade shaped surmount with shaped onyx deta...

These gorgeous estate earrings are finely crafted in solid 14K Yellow gold with White gold accents (carefully tested and guaranteed). Each earring is set with 7 Genuine Diamonds of VVS1 clarity and H color! The grand total diamond weight for the pair is 1.66 carats. The earrings measure 19mm x 11mm. They are equipped with screw on backings. The pair weight...

Magnificent Earrings with opal cabochon and tanzanite briolè stone surround all the cabochon. Gold 18 K All Giulia Colussi jewelry is new and has never been previously owned or worn....

This gorgeous pair of earrings is finely crafted in solid 18K Yellow gold, they also have a hallmark. Green volcanic Lava high profile cameos depict the head of cherubs or angels. Th...

- Vintage item - Collectible costume jewelry piece from the '80s - Each earring measures 3.5" x 1.25" - Silver tone hardware - Turquoise-colored beads - Clip on earring backs - By Jose & Maria Barrera for Avon...

Set in 18 karat yellow gold, weighing 13 grams, are drop down earrings with one Oval Pink Sapphire, one Pear shaped Aquamarine and one Emerald cut P...

Yves Saint Laurent Chinese Collection long pendant ear clips with asymetrical brown resin pebble ear tops suspending round infinity motifs of carved a...

A pair of astonishing turquoise and diamond earrings by David Webb. Mount in 18K white gold and platinum, centering four cabochon turquoise stones surrounded by 124 diamonds weighing 27 carats. Each earring weighs 27.5 grams, dimensions 2.5"x1". Signed David Webb, stamped 18K, 950PT. The bottoms can be removed for daytime casual look. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity and a David Webb box.

18k Yellow Gold Nickelodeon Abstract Earrings by Angela Cummings for Tiffany & Co. These earrings are for non pierced ears, but they can be converted by adding posts. Details: Meas...

Vintage Edouard Rambaud Gold Earrings with Pink Crystals Circa 1980s. These look like suns that have pink crystals in the middle. They are so well made. There is a bracelet to matc...

Vintage 1970's gold ball dangle drop earrings. 4 Textured 14k yellow gold balls separated by gold posts. The two bottom balls have polished star designed on them. 14k yellow gold ...

A sumptuous pair of Buccellati earrings, showcasing 5.50 carats of heart shaped sapphires and diamonds. Made in Italy, circa 1970

Pair of yellow gold earrings holding baroque cultured pearls topped with small opal squares. Length of the pendants: 48 mm (1.88 inch) Approximate size of ...

A fine and impressive pair of vintage 1.60 Carat emerald and 0.06 Carat diamond, 18k yellow gold drop earrings; part of our diverse emerald jewelry collections. These fine and impressive vintage emerald earrings...

A beautiful pair of statement vintage Chanel pâte de verre earrings dating to the late 1970s, early 1980s. Featuring a huggie style clip ...

For pierced ears. Pair of earrings in 18 karat white gold. Each white gold earring is formed by a slightly curved disc decorated with brilliant-cut diamonds, held by a rectangular mo...

Great pair of hoop earrings designed by Cartier. A beautiful iconic creation made in Paris France by the house of Cartier. These nice pair of hoop earrings has been crafted in solid...

A stylish everyday pair of retro convertible heart hoop earrings set in 9k yellow gold. These fabulous earrings are firstly composed of a large 28-millimetre round hoop. Suspending ...

Vintage Isaky Gold Tone Dangling Free Form Earrings Circa 1980s. French costume jewelry just has an edge. It just does. These earrings are so stun...

Fabulous gold plated clip on earrings featuring cream faux pearls and black enamel with a rope twist edging. The pearl drops are accentuated with a small circle of channel set rhinestones. Measuring length 8cm / 3.1 inches, and the black enamel piece is diameter 4.3cm / 1.7 inches. The earrings are in very good condition, the pearls have a lovely soft glow. These beautiful vintage statement earrings...

Platinum & 18k Yellow Gold Diamond Multiplication Large Earrings by Jean Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. With 58 Round Brilliant Cut Diamonds VS1 clarity, G color total weight appro...

These elegant earrings are made out of carved onyx set with diamonds mounted in 14 karat red gold and highlighted with red enamel. The hooks are made out of 14 karat white gold. The ...

The heart-shaped pattern on the earrings, which Christian Lacroix frequently employed to create his jewelry, is a representation of his creative aesthetic. With the Christian Lacroix...

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...

Vintage Bow with Ball Pave Dangling Earrings Circa 1990s. These are weighty and substantial and the pictures will do the talking. It is such a beautiful piece. The piece of metal is...

Bold Gold was the massive trend that Robert Lee Morris started in the 1980's and these bold swinging earrings are proof of that. A concave triangular top supports a wide curving tri...

Vintage estate Madeira Citrine Briolette and 14K yellow gold stud / drop earrings - hand made - each earring drop set with one Citrine (orange / yellow in color - well matched pair -...

Vintage Premiere Etage Paris Dangling Gold Tone Globe Earrings. These fall from a double chain side facing on a smooth surface and then the textured par...

A truly magnificent pair of oval ruby and diamond drop earrings, The earrings are a real show stopper with vivid red rubies and sparkling diamonds. The gems are set in individual set...

Introducing our exquisite Diamond and Blue Sapphire Drop Earring in 18 Karat White Gold, a symbol of elegance and sophistication. These stunning earrings are a true showcase of timel...