Fashion Jewelry Brooches
Vintage 1910s Czech Brooches
Gold Plate
Vintage 1910s French Edwardian Brooches
Silver Plate
Vintage 1910s American Edwardian Brooches
Pearl, Rock Crystal, 14k Gold
Vintage 1910s American Edwardian Brooches
Citrine, Pearl, Gold, 14k Gold
Vintage 1910s Edwardian Brooches
Gold-filled
Vintage 1910s German Brooches
Coral, Silver
Vintage 1910s Art Nouveau Brooches
Vintage 1910s Art Nouveau Necklace Enhancers
Sterling Silver
Vintage 1910s American Edwardian Brooches
Blue Sapphire, Pearl, 14k Gold
Vintage 1910s American Arts and Crafts Brooches
Gilt Metal
Vintage 1910s Danish Art Nouveau Brooches
Moonstone, Sterling Silver
Vintage 1910s Edwardian Brooches
Diamond, Platinum
Vintage 1910s Edwardian Brooches
Diamond, Platinum
Vintage 1910s American Art Nouveau Choker Necklaces
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Art Nouveau Pendant Necklaces
Coral, Diamond, White Diamond, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1950s French Modern Brooches
Bronze
Vintage 1950s French Arts and Crafts Brooches
Bronze, Gilt Metal
Late 20th Century Italian Art Nouveau Brooches
Emerald, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Diamond, White Diamond, 9k Gold, Yello...
Vintage 1920s German Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, 14k Gold, Platinum
Antique 1850s British Victorian Brooches
Diamond, White Diamond, Natural Pearl, Ruby, Blue Sapphire, Pearl, Sapph...
2010s Italian Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s British Contemporary Brooches
Sterling Silver
Vintage 1960s Italian Classical Roman Brooches
Diamond, Ruby, Jade, Gold, 18k Gold
Antique Early 1900s Russian Russian Empire Brooches
Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary British Contemporary Brooches
Diamond, Pearl, Sapphire, Tsavorite
Vintage 1920s German Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, White Gold, Platinum
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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