Bvlgari Ceramic Earrings
2010s Modern Hoop Earrings
18k Gold, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Drop Earrings
18k Gold, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary British Signet Rings
White Gold
2010s Italian Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Rose Gold
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Fashion Rings
Diamond, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French Link Bracelets
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1960s French Modernist Hoop Earrings
Diamond, 18k Gold
2010s Unknown Modern Pendant Necklaces
Onyx, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
1990s Italian Fashion Rings
Diamond, Pearl, Gold
Vintage 1980s French Wrist Watches
White Diamond, Yellow Diamond, Emerald, Onyx, 18k Gold
1990s Contemporary Engagement Rings
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Steel
20th Century Italian Fashion Rings
Lapis Lazuli, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1980s Italian Modernist Cocktail Rings
Amethyst, Diamond, White Diamond, Topaz, Blue Topaz, Gold, 18k Gold, Yel...
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Band Rings
18k Gold, Rose Gold
Vintage 1980s Italian Cocktail Rings
Topaz, 18k Gold
Late 20th Century Band Rings
White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 2000s Cocktail Rings
Diamond, 18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Italian Aesthetic Movement Dangle Earrings
Vintage 1970s Cuff Bracelets
Turquoise, Silver
Vintage 1970s French Modern Hoop Earrings
Crystal, Diamond, Rock Crystal, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Hoop Earrings
18k Gold, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian More Earrings
Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Contemporary Drop Earrings
Amethyst, 18k Gold
2010s Italian Contemporary More Earrings
2010s Italian Hoop Earrings
Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary More Earrings
Tourmaline, Yellow Gold
2010s Modern Hoop Earrings
18k Gold, Rose Gold
Early 2000s Italian Modernist Drop Earrings
Amethyst, Diamond, White Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Early 2000s Italian Contemporary Drop Earrings
Amethyst, Diamond, White Diamond, Rose Gold, Gold, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Clip-on Earrings
Yellow Gold, 18k Gold
2010s Italian Contemporary Stud Earrings
Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Hoop Earrings
18k Gold
2010s Dangle Earrings
Amethyst, Diamond, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
1990s Italian Drop Earrings
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Drop Earrings
Amethyst, Diamond, Rose Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Unknown Dangle Earrings
Diamond, Amethyst, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
2010s Modern Band Rings
Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
20th Century Italian More Earrings
18k Gold
20th Century Italian More Earrings
Tourmaline, 18k Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Dangle Earrings
18k Gold
20th Century Italian Drop Earrings
18k Gold
20th Century Italian Lever-Back Earrings
Diamond, White Gold
Bulgari for sale on 1stDibs
Greek silversmith Sotirios Voulgaris arrived in Rome in 1881 and set up his own shop there in 1884, calling it Bulgari, an Italianization of his last name (in the brand's logo, it's styled BVLGARI, using the classical Latin alphabet in a nod to ancient Roman culture). In 1905, he opened the company’s flagship boutique on Rome’s Via dei Condotti. Since then, Bulgari has looked to Rome as a source of reference for its fanciful and decidedly romantic designs for necklaces, bracelets, earrings and other accessories.
Although the iconic jewelry house found success with its silverwork and Art Deco designs, popular through the 1920s, Bulgari’s signature style — bold, often using yellow gold embellished with big colorful gemstones — began to emerge when Sotirios’s sons inherited the business, in 1932.
The brand truly hit its stride in the dolce vita era of the 1950s and ’60s, when the founder’s grandsons Paolo, Gianni and Nicola Bulgari decisively departed from demure traditional styles to develop the house’s exuberant multi-gem looks, attracting celebrity collectors like Elizabeth Taylor.
In the 1940s, Bulgari debuted perhaps its most famous design, the Serpenti bracelet watch. The piece’s snakelike coils were made possible by the tubogas jewelry technique, which links a flexible series of thin horizontal bands. Both the sleek, modern tubogas construction and the sinuous snake motif continue to be synonymous with the Bulgari brand.
On 1stDibs, the collection of vintage Bulgari jewelry includes rings, pendant necklaces, watches and other accessories.
Finding the Right earrings for You
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.