Aurora Borealis Earrings
Vintage 1950s French Clip-on Earrings
Late 20th Century Art Deco Clip-on Earrings
Vintage 1950s Drop Earrings
Vintage 1980s Stud Earrings
Vintage 1950s Unknown Modern Clip-on Earrings
Vintage 1950s American Modern Dangle Earrings
Vintage 1960s American Modern Clip-on Earrings
Mid-20th Century Drop Earrings
Vintage 1960s Drop Earrings
Vintage 1980s French Art Deco Chandelier Earrings
Gold Plate
Vintage 1950s American Modern Clip-on Earrings
Vintage 1950s American Modern Clip-on Earrings
Vintage 1960s Unknown Chandelier Earrings
Vintage 1950s German Clip-on Earrings
Base Metal, Rhodium
Mid-20th Century North American Retro Clip-on Earrings
Crystal
20th Century American Retro Clip-on Earrings
Crystal
Late 20th Century Retro Clip-on Earrings
Crystal
Vintage 1960s American Modern Clip-on Earrings
Vintage 1950s Retro Clip-on Earrings
Crystal
Vintage 1980s American Modern Clip-on Earrings
Vintage 1960s American Modern Clip-on Earrings
Vintage 1950s Byzantine Clip-on Earrings
Crystal, Brass
Vintage 1960s American Modern Clip-on Earrings
20th Century American Retro Clip-on Earrings
Crystal
Mid-20th Century North American Retro Clip-on Earrings
Crystal
20th Century British Retro Clip-on Earrings
Crystal, Gold Plate
Mid-20th Century Canadian Modern Clip-on Earrings
Vintage 1950s American Drop Earrings
Gilt Metal
Vintage 1960s Retro Bracelets
Mid-20th Century Retro Retro Bracelets
Crystal
Vintage 1950s American Brooches
Gold Plate
Mid-20th Century Link Bracelets
Crystal
Mid-20th Century American Retro Brooches
Crystal
Mid-20th Century American Retro Brooches
Vintage 1960s Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Crystal, Brass
Vintage 1950s Austrian Art Deco Clip-on Earrings
Crystal
Vintage 1950s German Modern Clip-on Earrings
Crystal, Silver, Base Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Pendant Necklaces
Crystal, Enamel
Vintage 1960s Unknown Dangle Earrings
1990s Dangle Earrings
Vintage 1980s Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Vintage 1940s Czech Clip-on Earrings
Vintage 1940s American Clip-on Earrings
Vintage 1960s American Clip-on Earrings
21st Century and Contemporary Canadian Retro Clip-on Earrings
Crystal, Gold Plate
20th Century British Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Topaz, Gold, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold
20th Century British Art Deco Dangle Earrings
Topaz, Gold, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold
Mid-20th Century American Clip-on Earrings
Mid-20th Century French Post-War Clip-on Earrings
Vintage 1950s Cuff Bracelets
Vintage 1950s Canadian Brooches
20th Century Collectible Jewelry
Gold Plate
20th Century Dangle Earrings
Mid-20th Century Clip-on Earrings
Mid-20th Century German Art Nouveau Clip-on Earrings
Mid-20th Century American Art Deco Clip-on Earrings
Vintage 1960s American Modern Clip-on Earrings
Gold Plate
Canadian Fashion
1960s American Fashion
20th Century Link Necklaces
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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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