Vintage Zircon Earrings

Zircon in a vintage setting is a tribute to the jewelry of the early twentieth century — the Art Deco era, when geometric forms, brilliant stones, and precise metalwork came together in designs that still look modern a hundred years later. Zircon, with its high refractive index and strong dispersion, was a favorite of Art Deco jewelers who valued fire and brilliance over the subtle pastels of earlier eras. These earrings channel that aesthetic with faceted zircon stones in vintage-style sterling silver settings — a piece about the enduring modernity of a hundred-year-old design language.

The zircon stones are cut for maximum sparkle — their facets catch light from every angle, scattering it in a brilliant display of fire. The sterling silver settings have an antique finish that darkens the recesses and brightens the raised surfaces, creating the depth and shadow that characterizes vintage jewelry. The ear wires are hand-formed, their curves designed to position the stones perfectly along the jawline.

• Faceted zircon stones — brilliant, high-fire, Art Deco-inspired cut
• Vintage-style sterling silver settings with antique finish
• Hand-formed sterling silver ear wires
• Nickel-free and hypoallergenic

Art Deco jewelry was the jewelry of the modern woman — the woman who had just won the right to vote, who was entering the workforce in unprecedented numbers, who cut her hair short and wore straight dresses and demanded to be seen. To wear Art Deco-inspired earrings is to channel that energy — the forward-looking, convention-defying confidence of the woman who knows that the future belongs to her. Style them with clean lines, geometric patterns, and the particular confidence of someone who is, in her own way, as modern as the women who first wore this style a century ago.