Fashion Jewelry Brooches
Early 2000s French Modern Brooches
20th Century Unknown Brooches
Vintage 1980s American Artisan Brooches
1990s American Artist Brooches
Other, Sterling Silver
Vintage 1980s French Brooches
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Brooches
Rhodium, Enamel
20th Century Brooches
Vintage 1940s Mexican Artisan Brooches
Turquoise, Sterling Silver
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Brooches
Rhodium
Vintage 1970s Unknown Artisan Brooches
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Brooches
Enamel, Rhodium
Antique Late 19th Century Austrian Victorian Brooches
Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary French Brooches
Amethyst, Pearl, Gold Plate
Late 20th Century French Brooches
Late 20th Century Modernist Brooches
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1930s American Modern Brooches
Crystal, Gold Plate, Sterling Silver
Antique Early 19th Century European Georgian Brooches
Pearl, Freshwater Pearl, Gilt Metal, Berlin Iron
Vintage 1980s American Brooches
Amethyst, Sterling Silver
Vintage 1960s Dutch Retro Brooches
Pearl, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1950s American Modern Brooches
1990s Brooches
Antique Early 19th Century Czech Georgian Brooches
Garnet, Gold-filled
Vintage 1940s American Retro Brooches
Vermeil, Sterling Silver
Antique Late 19th Century Victorian Brooches
Silver
Vintage 1950s American Brooches
Rhodium
Vintage 1940s American Modern Brooches
Vermeil, Sterling Silver
Early 2000s French Modern Brooches
Gilt Metal
1990s Italian Brooches
Crystal, Pearl, Gilt Metal
20th Century Brooches
Crystal
20th Century Brooches
Vintage 1950s French Retro Brooches
Crystal, Gold Plate, Bronze, Gilt Metal
20th Century Brooches
2010s French Brooches
Vintage 1930s Canadian Brooches
Vintage 1930s Unknown Art Deco Brooches
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Brooches
Enamel, Gilt Metal
Vintage 1970s Brooches
Silver Plate, Enamel
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Brooches
Rhodium
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Early 20th Century American Art Deco Brooches
20th Century Unknown Brooches
20th Century Brooches
20th Century Brooches
Sterling Silver
Vintage 1970s Japanese Artisan Brooches
Brass, Gold
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Brooches
Rhodium
Vintage 1950s European Brooches
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Brooches
Gilt Metal
Vintage 1960s American Brooches
Gilt Metal
1990s French Brooches
Vintage 1940s American Romantic Brooches
Crystal, Gold Plate
21st Century and Contemporary French Brooches
Silver
20th Century Unknown Brooches
Vintage 1980s German Brooches
Crystal, Pearl
Vintage 1950s American Brooches
14k Gold
20th Century Brooches
20th Century Brooches
Antique Mid-19th Century Brooches
Cut Steel
20th Century Unknown Brooches
18k Gold, White Gold
2010s Brooches
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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