Fashion Jewelry Brooches
2010s French Brooches
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Artisan Brooches
Quartz, Gold Plate, Bronze
Vintage 1980s French Brooches
Gilt Metal
1990s French Modernist Brooches
Silver Plate
21st Century and Contemporary Brooches
Antique Late 19th Century Brooches
Vintage 1980s French Brooches
1990s French Brooches
Gilt Metal
Vintage 1980s French Brooches
Gold Plate
Vintage 1950s American Arts and Crafts Brooches
Gilt Metal
Vintage 1940s American Modernist Brooches
Silver Plate
Vintage 1980s German Stuart Brooches
Gold Plate, Enamel
20th Century Brooches
Vintage 1980s French Brooches
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Brooches
Gold Plate, Rhodium, Base Metal, Gilt Metal
Vintage 1940s American Modern Brooches
Base Metal, Brass
Vintage 1980s American Baroque Brooches
20th Century French Brooches
Gilt Metal
Vintage 1940s American Retro Brooches
Gold Plate, Rhodium, Base Metal, Gilt Metal
20th Century Brooches
20th Century Brooches
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Artisan Brooches
Gold Plate, Bronze
1990s Brooches
Aquamarine, Multi-gemstone
Antique Early 19th Century British Georgian Brooches
Cut Steel
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Artisan Brooches
Gold Plate, Bronze
Early 2000s French Baroque Revival Brooches
Enamel, Gilt Metal
Vintage 1940s American Artisan Brooches
Crystal, Base Metal
20th Century Brooches
Vintage 1970s American Brooches
Gold Plate
Vintage 1940s American Brooches
Crystal, Sterling Silver
2010s French Brooches
Vintage 1960s German Tudor Brooches
Gold Plate
20th Century French Brooches
Gilt Metal
Vintage 1950s American Arts and Crafts Brooches
Crystal, Gilt Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Brooches
Emerald, Ruby, Silver, Sterling Silver
20th Century American Retro Brooches
Crystal, Enamel
Antique Late 19th Century Dutch Victorian Brooches
Yellow Gold
2010s French Modern Brooches
Vintage 1930s American Retro Brooches
Gold Plate, Rhodium, Base Metal, Gilt Metal
20th Century Brooches
Early 20th Century German Art Deco Brooches
Silver
2010s Canadian Belle Époque Brooches
Diamond, Sterling Silver
20th Century Brooches
Vintage 1940s American Retro Brooches
Gold Plate, Rose Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gilt Metal
Vintage 1930s English Brooches
Sterling Silver
Vintage 1980s French Art Deco Brooches
Gold Plate
Vintage 1960s British Modern Brooches
Early 2000s French Brooches
20th Century Brooches
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Brooches
Vintage 1980s Brooches
Vintage 1920s French Art Deco Brooches
Sterling Silver
Vintage 1980s German Art Deco Brooches
Gold Plate
21st Century and Contemporary Brooches
Early 2000s Brooches
Vintage 1940s American Retro Brooches
Rhodium, Gilt Metal
Early 2000s French Brooches
Base Metal
2010s Hungarian Contemporary Brooches
Gold, Enamel
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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