The Kit Vintage LLC Brooches

DETAILS • signed HAR • gold tone with rhinestones • vintage designer brooch MEASUREMENTS • CONDITION • very good vintage condition with minimal signs of wear Sku 46 ...

A fine Egyptian Revival stick pin. In 14k yellow gold. Set with an antique Egyptian faience scarab on a bent wire shaft with a button term...

Finely crafted in platinum with Pear-Shaped and Marquise cut Diamonds weighing a total of 11.31 carats, a Pear-Shaped Colombian Emerald weighing 4.04 carats, and a Marquise cut Colom...

A fine Modernist gilt silver & multi-gemstone brooch. With a parcel-gilt central shield device framed by bamboo sides, a curved top, and bezel-set with stones. The gemstones includ...

A fine antique Austrian stick pin. In 14 karat rose gold mounting with a silver top. Center set with a circa 0.6ct round mixed cut synthetic blue sapphire (transparency: transparen...

Cellini hippopotamus matching whimsical brooches, one with diamond eyes, the other with rubies. The brooches are signed on the verso with 18K. The 2 diamonds are round brilliant cut,...

DETAILS • signed AVON • gold tone with lucite • vintage designer brooch MEASUREMENTS • CONDITION • very good vintage condition with minimal signs of wear Sku 46 ❤️❤...

A fine antique horse related stickpin. In 14k gold. Bezel-set with a large Essex crystal with a painted stagecoach scene with horses in full gallop charging into the foreground. M...

18K textured gold hippo brooch with diamond eyes. The hippo measures 1.75 inches across. The diamonds are round brilliant cut stones estimated to be ...

A fine vintage Mexican brooch or pin. In sterling silver. In the form of a bird with a circular copper eye and azurite (and possibly some turquoise) chip inlay...

An early 20th century, luckenbooth double witch's heart brooch, with one heart set with Burma rubies and the other set with old-cut diamonds, in grain settings, surmounted with a coronet, set with three, natural seed pearls, above a row of old-cut diamonds, in grain settings, with a knife edge circular surround, set with alternating rubies and old-cut diamonds, in claw settings, mounted in 14ct gold, with the grain set diamonds in silver-upon-gold. American, circa 1910. Luckenbooth brooches are traditional Scottish love tokens. They are usually a heart shaped brooch, often with a crown or coronet above one heart, or two intertwined hearts, with similar motifs to the Claddagh ring. European Heart-shaped brooches date back to late medieval period but this design probably did not appear in Scotland before the 17th century. It became very popular in the 19th century, featuring in the ranges of Scottish manufacturing jewellers, for the Highland outfitter and tourist trades. They are typically made of silver, although gold heart brooches were made for wealthy people and may be engraved or set with stones. The name comes from the Luckenbooths of Edinburgh. Luckenbooth is a Scots word for a lockable stall or workshop. Originating in the 15th century, they were the city's first permanent shops, situated on the Royal Mile near St. Giles Cathedral. Initially housing mainly silversmiths and goldsmiths. They were demolished in 1817. The brooches were often given as a betrothal or wedding gift. It might have been worn as a charm, by a nursing mother to help her milk flow or be pinned to a baby’s clothing. It was also known as a witch-brooch to protect children from evil. By the mid-18th century, Luckenbooth tokens featured heavily as trade silver...

Designed as a dimensional frog perched upon a furling lily pad leaf Frog is made of carved lapis lazuli and measures 25.0 x 27.0 mm Opaque ultramarine blue in color with strong gold ...