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Earring Styles


You will find examples and some times, two or three variations, of types of earrings here.

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Beaded Dangles 1 ~ Brakes4bargains

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Butler Clips 1 ~ Imageelf

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Button Earrings 1 ~ Bradleyanddede
You thread your buttons on to these earring finding and can wear a button as an earring.

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Chandelier 1 ~ Lexy143

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Chandelier 2 ~ Brakes4bargains

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Charm 1 ~ Brandivine2001

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Clamper Hoops ~ Imageelf

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Clip-on 001 ~ Flipping Treasures
plastic clips

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Clip-on 002 ~ Herndon520
Intaglio Carved Glass

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Clip-on 003  ~ Herndon520

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Clip-on 004 ~ Overfga
Figural

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Clip-on 005 ~ Overfga
Lucite

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Clip-on 006 ~ Overfga
Dangles

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Clip-on 007~ Sistersarah
Note the unusual clip style

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Clip-on 008 Plastic ~  Brandivine2001
Note the unusual construction of the clips and they way the pieces of plastic are attached.

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Clip-on 009 ~ Brandvine2001
A clip-on that has a screw tightener on it.

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Clip-on 010 ~ Brandvine2001
Note the unusual clip style

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Clip-on 011 ~ Brandvine2001
Note the unusual clip style and cut of the stones

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Clip-on 012 ~ Herndon520
These actually pinch on your ears and form a hoop.

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Ear Climbers 1 ~ Chattymatt53
When worn, these earrings climb up the side of the ear.

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Ear Hanger 1 ~ kitschupkisses
Coro

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Ear Huggers 1 ~ KKlucky

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Earcuff 1  ~ Lexy143
A great example of an earcuff, see the next picture to see how they fit on the ear lobe.  That is right they just slip on the earlobe and you can tighted them by squeezing them together once they are on your ear.

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Earcuff 2 Ear Climber ~ Tbeargirl

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Firefly 1 ~ Marquezfolks
A clear bulb with mercury in it. When you wear them in the dark they glow red with movement.

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Hillcraft ~ Castlecraft 1 ~ Flipping Treasures

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Hillcraft ~ Castlecraft 2 ~ my-ricky

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Hinged 1 Pic 2 ~ Emptymirrorbooks
Truly unique earring design.  One earring where the front hinged open to allow you to talk on the phone without taking you earring off.  See the patent in the next picture.

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Hinged 1 Pic 2 Patent ~ Emptymirrorbooks

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Hoops 1 ~ Flipping Treasures
Hoops came in all shapes and sizes.  They were wires, pierced, clip-on and screw-ons.  And they were made in all types of materials.

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Lever 1 ~ Authenticvintage
This is a mystery earring clip.  Any information about this clip would be appreciated.  Who when or where?  The lever pulls the paddle back. The clip portion is stationary.

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Leverback 1 ~ Francesdaughter

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Magnetic Clips 1 ~ Flipping Treasures
Signed Patent Pending Magi-Clip Coro Des Copyrighted. The magnets are on a hinge which keeps them together.  Worn with one magnet in front of the lobe and one behind the lobe.  I have included a 1960 ad featuring these earrings.

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Magnetic Clips 2 ~ Darlingharbor
Signed Coro the magnets on this pair of earrings are not hinged on, but rather is a separate piece.  The backs of these read Patent Pending Coro Magic.  Interesting that both pairs of magnetic earrings are by the same company, but are made differently and are named differently.

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Micro Clips 1 ~ 7031annie

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Omega Back 1 ~ Sistersarah

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Pierced 1 Interchangeables ~ Flipping Treasures
The little stone balls can be pop into the earring to give you a different color of earring.

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Pierced 2  ~ Sistersarah
Pierced earrings are sometimes called posts.

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Pierced 3  ~ 7031annie
Fun pierced earrings.  The back post actually hangs below the ear lobe.  So this gives the earring a very dimensional look.

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Reversible 1 ~ Hossyboy
Made of Confetti Lucite, the earrings are reversible clip-ons

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Threaders 1 ~ Flipping Treasures
You actually thread these through your ears.

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Scent 1 ~ Ocestatefinds
These earrings were designed so you could add a small amount of your favorite scent to a piece of cotton and then put it into the earring.

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Screw-on 3 Pic 1 ~ Somerville33
CoroCraft with a safety back device (Pat #1649187)
View of Patent


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Screw-ons 1 ~ Overfga
These are Native American earrings with a pierced design.

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Screw-ons 2 ~ Sistersarah

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Shoulder Dusters 1 ~ Lexy143
At 10 inches long, these maybe a littler longer than most shoulders.  They are also a kind of ear cuff, they loop over the top of your ear and the bottom part fits like a regular cuff

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Shoulder Dusters 2 ~ Darlingharbor
3 1/2 inches long

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Snap 1 Interchangeable ~ Flipping Treasures
Very unique type of interchangeable earrings.  A snap is built right into the hard plastic disks and then the goldtoned back has the post for the snap to fit on.

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Spray 1 ~ Imageelf

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Strand 1 ~ Lexy143

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Threaded Studs 1 ~ KKlucky

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Wingback 1 ~ Somerville33

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Wingback 1 Ad

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Wires 1 ~ Sistersarah
A type of French Wire (on green earring) and a Kidney Style Wire(the one with the catch).

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Wires 2 ~ Sistersarah
Another type of French Wire

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Wrap Around 1 ~ Flipping Treasures
Worn with the star in front of the ear the flexible wire worn behind the ear and the little start on top of the ear.

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Wrap Around 2 ~ Tbearsgirl

 
   
 
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