Fashion Jewelry Brooches
Antique Late 19th Century English Victorian Brooches
Silver Plate
Vintage 1970s American Artisan Brooches
20th Century French Brooches
Gilt Metal
Vintage 1980s Italian Brooches
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Brooches
Crystal
Vintage 1960s American Modern Brooches
20th Century Unknown Brooches
1990s French Brooches
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, Platinum
Vintage 1960s Brooches
21st Century and Contemporary French Brooches
Vintage 1950s French Brooches
Gilt Metal, Silver Plate
Vintage 1950s British Brooches
Marcasite, Silver, Base Metal
Vintage 1980s Italian Brooches
Vintage 1960s French Medieval Brooches
Gold Plate, Bronze, Gilt Metal
Vintage 1940s American Brooches
Crystal, Sterling Silver, Gold Plate
Mid-20th Century American Anglo-Indian Brooches
Silver
Vintage 1930s American Romantic Brooches
Crystal, Vermeil, Sterling Silver
20th Century American Retro Brooches
Gold Plate
Early 2000s French Brooches
Late 20th Century French Artisan Brooches
1990s American Brooches
Crystal, Base Metal
Mid-20th Century American Modernist Brooches
Crystal, Gold Plate
Mid-20th Century Unknown Modern Brooches
Mid-20th Century Unknown Anglo-Indian Brooches
Silver
Late 20th Century Modernist Brooches
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Mid-20th Century American Beaded Bracelets
20th Century American Brooches
Vintage 1950s Austrian Brooches
Rhodium
1990s American Retro Brooches
Crystal, 22k Gold, Gold Plate
Mid-20th Century Peruvian Anglo-Indian Brooches
Silver
1990s French Brooches
Gilt Metal
Vintage 1960s American Brooches
Base Metal
20th Century American Brooches
Vintage 1980s Brooches
2010s Thai Contemporary Brooches
Blue Sapphire, Silver
20th Century Unknown Brooches
Vintage 1950s French Baroque Brooches
Crystal, Gold Plate
Mid-20th Century Unknown Brooches
Tourmaline, 18k Gold
Vintage 1940s Retro Brooches
Gilt Metal
Vintage 1980s French Brooches
Gold Plate
Early 20th Century Victorian Brooches
Amethyst, Pearl, Sterling Silver, Gold Plate
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Brooches
Rhodium, Base Metal, Brass, Enamel
Vintage 1980s Italian Brooches
Antique 1860s British Victorian Brooches
Gilt Metal
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Brooches
Rhodium
20th Century Czech Retro Brooches
Crystal
Vintage 1950s Dutch Retro Brooches
Pearl, Gold
Vintage 1940s Unknown Art Deco Brooches
Sterling Silver
Vintage 1930s Art Deco Brooches
Rhodium, Enamel
Antique Late 19th Century American Victorian Necklace Enhancers
Agate, 14k Gold, Gold
Vintage 1960s French Modern Brooches
Vintage 1970s French Modernist Brooches
Enamel, Gilt Metal
Vintage 1940s American Modern Brooches
Gilt Metal
20th Century Unknown Brooches
20th Century French Brooches
Gilt Metal
Vintage 1950s American 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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