Countess Cis Bakelite Cherry Brooch
By Countess Cis
Located in New York, NY
Rare Countess Cis Bakelite Cherry Brooch from the 1960's. Designed with a bakelite cherries with hand enamel leaves set into gilt bronze filigree settings.
Brass, Bronze
Vintage Tiffany & Co France Diamond Plique A Jour Glass Cherries Gold Brooch
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in Southampton, PA
France brooch features rich plique-à-jour green glass leaves and sculpted cherries in translucent red glass.
Diamond, Yellow Gold
Christian Dior Mitchel Maer 1950s Gold Pink Cherry Blossom Cabochon Rare Brooch
By Mitchel Maer for Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Mitchel Maer Vintage 1950s Pink Cherry Blossom Flower Love Clover Crystals Cabochon Elegant Brooch, Gold Tone Mitchel Maer was a prominent American designer who lived...
Gold Plate
Delphine Nardin French Flower Brooch
By Delphine Nardin
Located in New York, NY
Delphine Nardin's organic, Japanesque cherry blossom brooch of antiqued silver plated metal with positive-negative cutouts.
Gilt Metal
1950s HOLLYCRAFT Cherry and Blossom Pastel Enamel Brooch Pin
Located in Palm Springs, CA
Dainty and pastel, this lovely Hollycraft cherry pin with the always popular color combination of pink and green is an enamelled delight. Not large, its scale at approximately 1.5" i...
yellow gold Cherry Brooch
Located in London, GB
A yellow gold cherry brooch, gold cherry suspended from a gold leaf, measures 52mm
14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Art Deco Celluloid Galalith Red Cherry Brooch Pin
Located in Montreal, QC
Fabulous 1940s Celluloid Galalith Red Cherry pin; six carved red cherries and four green leaves dangling freely from a red Bakelite bar pin and black link chain. A Show Stopper that’...
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W 1.34 in L 1.34 in
Christian Dior Mitchel Maer 1950s Crystals Pink Cherry Blossom Cabochon Brooch
By Mitchel Maer for Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Mitchel Maer Vintage 1950s Pink Cherry Blossom Flower Love Clover Crystals Cabochon Elegant Brooch, Gold Tone Mitchel Maer was a prominent American designer who lived...
Gold Plate
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W 1.34 in L 1.34 in
Christian Dior Mitchel Maer 1950s Pink Cherry Blossom Crystals Cabochon Brooch
By Mitchel Maer for Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Mitchel Maer Vintage 1950s Pink Cherry Blossom Flower Love Clover Crystals Cabochon Elegant Brooch, Gold Tone Mitchel Maer was a prominent American designer who lived...
Gold Plate
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W 1.34 in L 1.34 in
Christian Dior Mitchel Maer 1950s Pink Cherry Blossom Crystals Cabochon Brooch
By Mitchel Maer for Christian Dior
Located in Wokingham, England
Christian Dior Mitchel Maer Vintage 1950s Pink Cherry Blossom Flower Love Clover Crystals Cabochon Elegant Brooch, Gold Tone Mitchel Maer was a prominent American designer who lived...
Gold Plate
1950s Coral Cherry Pin
Located in Litchfield, CT
Circa 1950s, 18k, attributed Italy. This charming brooch features a ripe coral cherry with hand-engraved 18k gold leaves, stems, and branch.
Coral, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage Austrian Crystal Red Cherry Brooch
Located in McKinney, TX
This vintage gold tone Austrian Crystal red cherry brooch is an adorable example of the popular fruit figurals of the 1950s, 60s and 70s.
Crystal
Coral Nephrite Gold Cherry Brooch Pin
Located in Lambertville, NJ
Adorable 18k gold cherry brooch, decorated with carved nephrite and coral gemstones.
Coral, 18k Gold
Vintage Bakelite Cherries Brooch
Located in New York, NY
This Bakelite brooch features dark purple colored cherries suspended from green carved leaves on top.
Silver Brooch "Cherry Flower Branch" by Wiwen Nilsson
By Wiwen Nilsson
Located in Lund, SE
Silver brooch "Cherry Flower Branch" by Wiwen Nilsson, Lund, Sweden.
Sterling Silver
Art Deco Cherry Red Bakelite and Chrome Brooch, circa 1930
Located in Westward ho, GB
Beautiful Art Deco cherry red bakelite and chrome brooch in the style of two leafs and a single berry.
Mixed Metal, Other
“Antique 14k Gold Tremblant Brooch with 2.60ct Diamonds, Moscow 1890”
Located in Cairo, EG
Antique 14k gold brooch on tremblant designe with old mine cut diamonds H colour white vs clearity and estimate diamond weight of 2.60 carats brooch was made in moscow 1890.c diring ...
$35,000
H 2.76 in W 3.55 in D 2.76 in
Victorian Opal and Diamond Crown Tiara Haircomb Necklace, circa 1880s
Located in Idar-Oberstein, DE
Victorian Opal and Diamond Crown Haircomb Necklace, ca. 1880s A very unusual and stunning Victorian crown, set with fiery opal cabochons and old-mine cut diamonds, from the 1880s. T...
Diamond, Opal, Gold, Silver
Chanel Maison Gripoix Flower Cluster Brooch
By Maison Gripoix for Chanel
Located in New York, NY
Lovely Chanel Maison Gripoix multi flower, multi layered brooch. Of jewel tone hand poured glass enamel set in gold plated bronze metal with crystal rhinestone accents. Excellent Con...
Gold Plate, Bronze, Enamel, Gilt Metal
Late Victorian Opal and Diamond Tiara
Located in London, GB
A late Victorian opal and diamond tiara/necklace, consisting of seven knife-edge gold bars graduating from the centre, each set with two round cabochon-cut opals and an old-cut diamo...
Diamond, Opal, 18k Gold, Silver
5.70 Carat Untreated Burma Ruby Bypass Ring
Located in New Orleans, LA
The exquisite 5.70-carat ruby and 4.54-carat diamond showcased in this bypass ring create a tantalizing interplay. The pear-shaped crimson gemstone is certified by the American Gemol...
Diamond, Ruby, Platinum
$8,750
H 1.5 in W 1.5 in Dm 2.63 in
Rare Elsa Schiaparelli Documented Surrealist Lady Bug Cuff Bracelet
By Elsa Schiaparelli
Located in New York, NY
Elsa Schiaparelli surrealist lady bug cuff bracelet. Of gilt plate metal the bombayed hinged cuffs inset with red, orange molded pate de verre glass lady bugs, partially painted in b...
Gold Plate, Brass, Enamel, Gilt Metal
Rare Maison Gripoix Poured Glass Evening Bag
By Maison Gripoix
Located in New York, NY
Rare Gripoix Glass Haute Couture purse from the 1980's. A Chanel design, but made in custom colorations. Our Chanel Haute Couture client ordered these purses directly from Maison Gri...
$5,145
W 0.5 in D 0.5 in Dm 8.5 in L 15 in
Couture Elsa Schiaparelli Shocking Pink Glass Beads Tassel Sautoir 1930s
Located in Chicago, IL
Elsa Schiaparelli famously embraced "shocking pink" for her Surrealist-aesthetic couture clothing and handcrafted costume-jewelry, which she commissioned from Parisian paruriers begi...
Pearl, Gold
$120,000
Diamond Tiara by J.E. Caldwell
By J.E. Caldwell & Co.
Located in New York, NY
this breathtaking tiara is a vision of elegance and refinement. Crafted in 18K white gold and platinum, it features an intricate lattice-like design adorned with shimmering rose-cut ...
Diamond, 18k Gold, Platinum
$10,250 / set
D 1.25 in Dm 2 in
Couture Schiaparelli Gripoix Baretti Glass Faux Sapphires&Pearls Parure 1938-49
Located in Chicago, IL
This couture French Maison Gripoix fabricated faux-sapphire-topped-pearl glass cluster brooch and clip-earrings set dates to around WWII, when Parisian fashion designer Elsa Schiapar...
Crystal, Pearl, Sapphire, Mixed Metal
Estate Art Deco tutti frutti Inspired 579 carat Carved Gemstone Dia Necklace set
Located in Yorba Linda, CA
Estate Art Deco tutti Frutti Inspired Carved Gemstone and Diamond Necklace, This 579 carat necklace set is hand set in 136 gm 14k solid yellow Gold with 11.15 carats of diamond, 120 ...
Tanzanite, Tourmaline, Yellow Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Emerald, Diamond,...
Antique Tiffany & Co. Enamel Flower Brooch
By Tiffany & Co.
Located in New York, NY
Created around 1895-1900, shortly after the firm's triumph at the 1889 Paris Exposition, this white enamel gardenia brooch in 18K gold belongs to an enduringly popular Tiffany & Co. ...
Diamond, 18k Gold, Enamel
Extraordinary 1930's Haute Couture Leather Gingko Bib
Located in New York, NY
Extraordinary 1930's Haute Couture Leather Gingko Bib with pastes and gold bullion of French origin. Unknown designer, completely handmade. Gold leaf leather gingko leaves fall from ...
Gilt Metal, Gold Plate
Nettie Rosenstein Pate De Verre Clip, Maison Gripoix
By Nettie Rosenstein
Located in New York, NY
Nettie Rosenstein Pate De Verre Clip made in the 1930's. Many of costume jewelry houses imported "elements" for their collections in this period. This explains the design of this "...
Sterling Silver
Countess Cis Bakelite Plum Brooch
By Countess Cis
Located in New York, NY
Rare Countess Cis Bakelite Plum Brooch from the 1960's. Designed with a large bakelite "plum" set into gilt bronze filigree band with hand enamel leaves. Unsigned but recognized as a...
Brass
$490 / set
H 1 in W 0.75 in D 0.5 in
Couture Cis Zoltowska Signature Crackle Glass Fingerlike Prong Set Ball Earrings
By Countess Cis Zoltowska
Located in Chicago, IL
Designed mid-Century by Austo-Hungarian Comtesse Cissy Zoltowska to feature her signature crackle glass, three multi-tone red balls are hand-set with nine claw-like elongated curving...
Silver, Mixed Metal
Vintage brooches, which refer to decorative jewelry traditionally pinned to garments and used to fasten pieces of clothing together where needed, have seen increasing popularity in recent years.
While jewelry trends come and go, brooches are indeed back on the radar thanks to fashion houses like Gucci, Versace, Dior and Saint Laurent, all of which feature fun pinnable designs in their current collections. Whether a dazzlingly naturalistic Art Nouveau dragonfly, a whimsical David Webb animal, a gem-studded bloom or a streamlined abstract design, these jewels add color and sparkle to your look and a spring to your step.
Given their long history, brooches have expectedly taken on a variety of different shapes and forms over time, with jewelers turning to assorted methods of ornamentation for these accessories, including enameling and the integration of pearls and gemstones. Cameo brooches that originated during the Victorian age are characterized by a shell carved in raised relief that feature portraits of a woman’s profile, while 19th-century micromosaic brooches, comprising innumerable individually placed glass fragments, sometimes feature miniature depictions of a pastoral scene in daily Roman life.
At one time, brooches were symbols of wealth, made primarily from the finest metals and showcasing exquisite precious gemstones. Today, these jewels are inclusive and universal, and you don’t have to travel very far to find an admirer of brooches. They can be richly geometric in form, such as the ornate diamond pins dating from the Art Deco era, or designer-specific, such as the celebrated naturalistic works created by Tiffany & Co., the milk glass and gold confections crafted by Trifari or handmade vintage Chanel brooches of silk or laminated sheer fabric. Chanel, of course, has never abandoned this style, producing gorgeously baroque CC examples since the 1980s.
Brooches are versatile and adaptable. These decorative accessories can be worn in your hair, on hats, scarves and on the lower point of V-neck clothing. Pin a dazzling brooch to the lapel of your blazer-and-tee combo or add a cluster of smaller pins to your overcoat. And while brooches have their place in “mourning jewelry,” in that a mourning brooch is representative of your connection to a lost loved one, they’re widely seen as romantic and symbolic of love, so much so that a hardcore brooch enthusiast might advocate for brooches to be worn over the heart.
Today, find a wide variety of antique and vintage brooches for sale on 1stDibs, including gold brooches, sapphire brooches and more.
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