Fashion Jewelry Brooches
20th Century Brooches
Silver
20th Century Brooches
Silver
Vintage 1950s American Modernist Brooches
Copper
Antique 1880s American Victorian Brooches
Diamond, 14k Gold, Sterling Silver
Early 2000s Brooches
Vintage 1950s American Brooches
Gilt Metal
20th Century Russian Russian Empire Brooches
Silver
Mid-20th Century Brooches
Crystal
Mid-20th Century Austrian Brooches
Crystal
Vintage 1940s American Retro Brooches
Gilt Metal
Vintage 1960s Mexican Modernist Brooches
Sterling Silver
Late 20th Century Chain Necklaces
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1960s Modern Brooches
Silver Plate, Steel
Vintage 1950s American Brooches
Crystal, Silver Plate, Gilt Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Brooches
Pearl, 18k Gold
20th Century American Retro Brooches
Gold Plate
20th Century Brooches
Silver
Vintage 1980s American Brooches
Amethyst, Citrine, Lapis Lazuli, Rubelite, Turquoise, Base Metal
20th Century American Retro Brooches
Gold Plate
1990s American Brooches
Late 20th Century American Modernist Brooches
Pearl, Sapphire, 14k Gold, Sterling Silver, Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1930s American Retro Brooches
Rhodium, Base Metal, Enamel
Mid-20th Century Brooches
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Vintage 1940s American Brooches
20th Century Russian Russian Empire Brooches
Silver
Excellent condition.
Vintage 1980s Italian Brooches
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver
Vintage 1950s American Artisan Brooches
Crystal, Gold Plate
Vintage 1930s American Brooches
Gilt Metal
Vintage 1950s American Drop Necklaces
Turquoise, Sterling Silver
Vintage 1980s Italian Brooches
20th Century American Retro Clip-on Earrings
Crystal
1990s French Brooches
Crystal, Gilt Metal
20th Century Brooches
Silver
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Brooches
Crystal, Rhodium, Base Metal
20th Century Brooches
Vintage 1950s American Brooches
Gilt Metal
1990s Modernist Brooches
Sterling Silver
Antique Late 19th Century Austrian Victorian Brooches
Sterling Silver
Antique 1880s American Late Victorian Brooches
Vermeil, Silver
Vintage 1980s American Baroque Brooches
20th Century Brooches
Silver
Vintage 1930s German Art Deco Brooches
Amethyst, Sterling Silver, Vermeil
1990s French Brooches
Gilt Metal
20th Century Brooches
Vintage 1940s American Retro Brooches
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver
Vintage 1980s American Baroque Brooches
20th Century Brooches
Silver
Vintage 1940s American Retro Brooches
Rhodium, Base Metal, Enamel
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Brooches
Gilt Metal
Vintage 1950s American Brooches
Vintage 1950s American Brooches
Gold Plate, Gilt Metal, Cut Steel
Vintage 1980s French Brooches
Gilt Metal
Vintage 1950s American Baroque Brooches
Gold Plate, Base Metal, Enamel, Gilt Metal
20th Century Brooches
Vintage 1920s American Art Nouveau Necklace Enhancers
Sterling Silver
Vintage 1980s Unknown Brooches
20th Century Russian Russian Empire Brooches
Silver
Vintage 1940s American Retro Brooches
Gilt Metal
Antique and Vintage Costume and Fashion Pins and Brooches
Antique and vintage costume and fashion pins and brooches are decorative jewels traditionally pinned to garments and used to fasten pieces of clothing together where needed. In recent years, these accessories have seen increasing popularity.
Costume jewelry is made of inexpensive materials and is typically designed to accessorize with current fashions. There has been no shortage of unique fashion brooches created over the years by jewelers and jewelry houses such as Trifari, Kenneth Jay Lane and others. Enthusiasts of Chanel — the founder of which loved costume jewelry but couldn’t resist designing jewelry with diamonds — are also going to find that the range of fashion jewelry that has been created at the company includes sophisticated Chanel brooches embellished with pearls and glass jewels.
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.
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 in the collection of costume and fashion jewelry on 1stDibs.
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