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Jewelry Type: Fashion Jewelry
Period: 1940s
Reja Sterling Art Deco Enamel Frog
By Reja
Located in New York, NY
Charming, collectible Reja Sterling Art Deco Enamel Frog from the 1940's with original enamel. 1940's USA. 1.5" x 1".
Category

Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Brooches

Materials

Sterling Silver, Enamel

Alfred Philippe for Trifari Aquamarine Retro Clip Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Alfred Philippe for Trifari faux aquamarine retro swirl clip brooch. Composed of yellow gold plated sterling silver ribbed chevron, with large rectangular focal aquamarine. Excellent...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Retro Brooches

Materials

Gold Plate, Vermeil, Sterling Silver

Marcel Boucher Aquamarine and Sapphire Floral Spray Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Marcel Boucher leafy floral spray brooch of crystal rhinestone pave, faux aquamarine and sapphire round chatons set in rhodium plated base metal, 1940s USA. Excellent Condition. Mar...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Brooches

Materials

Rhodium, Base Metal

Alfred Philippe for Trifari Large Retro Ruby Sunburst Clip Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Alfred Philippe for Trifari large ruby sunburst clip brooch of gold plate sterling silver. With crystal rhinestone pave and oval faceted faux rubies. Inspired by the Sunburst jewels...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Retro Brooches

Materials

Gold Plate, Sterling Silver, Gilt Metal

Eisenberg Oval Crystal Dress Clip
Located in New York, NY
Sparkling Eisenberg Oval Crystal Dress Clip from the 1940's. These large crystals are the signatures of Eisenberg design, set in white metal with baguettes and pave accents. Unsigned...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Brooches

Materials

Base Metal

Miriam Haskell Multi Crystal and Faux Pearl Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Miriam Haskell Multi Crystal and Faux Pearl Brooch from the 1940's. Silvertone filigree hand embroidered brooch with multicolored crystals and faux pearls. 1940's USA. Unsigned early...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Brooches

Materials

Silver Plate

MIRIAM HASKELL SET, Brooch and clip-on earrings both with natural snails, 1940's
Located in Stuttgart, DE
The early jewelry by Miriam Haskell often reflected themes from nature that would be carried throughout the history of the company. Vines, leaves, flowers, butterflies and here now s...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Arts and Crafts Brooches

Materials

Crystal, Gilt Metal

Bird brooch with 2 cut rhinestones as the belly's sterling/gold plated 1940s USA
Located in Stuttgart, DE
A lovable little brooch from the 1940s USA in sterling gold plated. The bodies of the 2 birds are made of cut rhinestones. The other parts are all enameled and in good condition. Me...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Artisan Brooches

Materials

Crystal, Gold Plate, Vermeil, Sterling Silver

Vintage Signed Monet Convertible Silvertone Chatelaine Brooch, 1947
Located in Easton, PA
Silvertone sweater clip. Marked "Monet." One side detaches and can be worn alone. Dates to 1947. The single piece can be seen on pg 109 of Alice Vega's b...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Modernist Brooches

Materials

Silver Plate

Coro Craft birds brooch on branch, enamailing, gold plated Sterling, 1940's USA
Located in Stuttgart, DE
2 Coro Craft brooches, Birds on branch, gold plated Sterling , enamailing, rhinestones, 1942 USA 1 large bird on branch with Bullrusher and flowers and one smaller bird on branch, also gold plated sterling, enamailing and rhinestons, also Coro Craft 1942 USA Dimensions, the larger Coro bird brooch...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Brooches

Materials

Crystal, Sterling Silver

Lovebird brooch with matching bird earrings by SCHRAGER NY, Sterling, 1940s
Located in Stuttgart, DE
Brooch of a pair of birds sitting on a branch with a nest, matching 2 small bird ear clips that are already fledged. Signed 'house of Schrager Creation NY' Sterling 1940. The birds, leaves and branches filled with the smallest rhinestones. Dimensions. Brooch W 6 cm H 5 cm, D 1 cm Earrings W 2,3 cm x H 2,3 cm Features - Signed 'house of Schrager Creation NY (hard to read) on the backside - Signed Sterling, - Clip-on earrings with screw mechanism - Excellent condition - nothing missing About Founded in 1925, H.M. Schrager & Co. had the main office atz the 5th Avenue in New York. Due to many reasons, created from 1925 to 1940 s...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Romantic Brooches

Materials

Crystal, Sterling Silver

Miriam Haskell Style Bakelite Dangle Brooch
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is a Miriam Haskell style bakelite dangle brooch that comes with nine pieces of root beer color bakelite fangs hanging down from a bent bakelite bar with brass caps riveted on b...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Brooches

Materials

Brass

Nettie Rosenstein Retro Sunflower Sterling Silver Pendant Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Nettie Rosenstein Retro Sunflower pendant brooch. Of rose gold plated sterling silver, white and black cold enamel and crystal rhinestone pave. Minor wear to enamel. L 2 1/8" x W 2 1...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Retro Brooches

Materials

Gold Plate, Rose Gold, Sterling Silver, Enamel, Gilt Metal

DeRosa Retro Lucite Acorn Clip
Located in New York, NY
Large and unusual DeRosa Retro Lucite Acorn Clip from the 1940's. Gilt metal with pink lucite scored caps in a retro acorn design. Pave crystal detailing along spine and within pierc...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Retro Brooches

Materials

Gilt Metal

Vintage Eisenberg original crystal dress clip
Located in Romford, GB
A outstanding Eisenberg original crystal vintage Brooch. Beautiful Eisenberg original large crystal vintage brooch. Stunning dress clip ...
Category

Vintage 1940s Art Deco Brooches

Vintage brooch in the shape of a flower basket, emerald rhinestone USA 1940s
Located in Stuttgart, DE
Brooch in the shape of a flower basket with a large topas cut rhinestone as the flower vase inside are golden flowers with small gold rhinestones. The brooch was designed in the USA...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Artisan Brooches

Materials

Crystal, Base Metal

Large Mazer Topaz and Citrine Floral Spray Retro Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Retro Large Mazer citrine leaf and topaz triple flower head floral brooch with crystal pave bow. Of gold plate base metal, crystal rhinestones and faceted paste oval stones. L 4.5" x...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Retro Brooches

Materials

Gold Plate, Rhodium, Base Metal, Gilt Metal

A dainty little bird brooch by Kramer NY, 1950s with lots of small rhinestones
Located in Stuttgart, DE
A dainty little bird brooch by Kramer NY, 1950s with lots of small rhinestones and enameled sitting on a branch picking on a tiny flower. Signed on the back...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Modern Brooches

Materials

Base Metal, Brass

Elegant Marcel Boucher Retro Tassel Set
Located in New York, NY
Elegant Marcel Boucher Retro Tassel Set from the 1940's of pierced tassel brooch and matching clip earrings in the Van Cleef taste. Rose gold plate with pave crystal highlights set i...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Retro Brooches

Materials

Rhodium, Gilt Metal

Nettie Rosenstein Sterling Silver Key Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Nettie Rosenstein key brooch circa 1940s of rose gold plated sterling silver, decorated with a rhodium plated sterling Fleur de Lis motif of crys...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Retro Brooches

Materials

Gold Plate, Rose Gold, Rhodium, Sterling Silver, Gilt Metal

Reja Retro Fretwork Shell Brooch
By Reja
Located in New York, NY
Reja Retro brooch of a focal faux pale blue amythest square cut stone with crystal baguette accents and crystal rhinestone pave. Set into a dimensional Retro fretwork shell of pale ...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Retro Brooches

Materials

Gold Plate, Rhodium, Base Metal, Gilt Metal

Retro Sterling Vermeil Aquamarine Spray
Located in New York, NY
Striking Retro Sterling Vermeil Aquamarine Spray from the 1940's. Large scaled floral brooch in sterling with rose gold wash, pave accents and oval faux aquamarines. Unsigned. 3.75" ...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Retro Brooches

Materials

Vermeil, Sterling Silver

1941 ChanelRelevant American Reinad ArtDecoStyle Silver PolkaDot LargeBow Brooch
Located in Chicago, IL
In Spring 1941 after French fashion couturier Gabriel "Coco" Chanel had stopped production of her clothing designs while she remained in Europe during the WWII era, the decades-old American costume-jewelry company Reinad began imprinting pieces in its new retail line, Chanel Novelty Co, with the script signature "Chanel". As this was prior to the use of the sans-serif capital-letter signature "CHANEL" on French-made jewelry that was commissioned by the Parisian designer, as well as before U.S.-copyright protection began in 1955, the House of Chanel that was mostly owned by the Jewish Wertheimer family of venture capitalists (who remarkably still produced Parfums CHANEL and French-vineyard wine via legal proxy while they lived in asylum in The States during the war) filed a U.S. lawsuit to demand that Reinad halt the use of its founder's famous last name. As the Werthheimers' quickly won, Reinad only produced the single seasonal collection stamped with the French brand name, and subsequently only imprinted its company name as the sans-serif capital-letter signature "REINAD" without a copyright symbol, which was different that its prior signatures dating back to its founding in 1922. When Chanel herself resumed French-made fashion production in Paris in 1953 (with Werthheimer support leading to their acquisition of all rights to her name despite her post-war eight-year exile in Switzerland due to close association with Nazis), for the first time all of her creations were signed "CHANEL" like the original packaging of the exceedingly profitable "No.5" perfume. While Reinad continued to produced costume jewelry until 1954, in the last decade of this business, the U.S. company continued to try to appeal to potential Chanel buyers by at least making Chanel-style designs. As such, owning an attractive and well-made Reinad piece can be considered a useful investment in fashion history as evidence of a little-known turning-point involving the most famous ongoing luxury-fashion business Chanel, as well as of the impact of that legal judgement had on advancing U.S. design protection for brands that later used the copyright symbol. Like early ArtDeco-style oversized heavy metallic costume jewelry by Chanel, this three-dimensional monochrome silver-alloy polkadot bow brooch imitates a pale polkadot-textured ribbon. Notably, while high-quality ribbon for styling hair or decorating clothing in a non-functional way was still an expensive accessory...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Brooches

Materials

Rhodium, Silver, Base Metal

Art Deco Vermeil Elephant Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco Vermeil Elephant Brooch of gold washed sterling from the 1940's. Lucky elephant with raised trunk and large fancy cut amythest crystal body and pave details. Marked Sterlin...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Brooches

Materials

Sterling Silver, Vermeil

Pennino Pink Gold Vermeil Retro Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Pennino Pink Gold Vermeil Retro Fan Shaped Brooch from the 1940's in sterling. Pave accented central motif with square cut faux aquamarines. Wonderful design and condition. Signed Pe...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Retro Brooches

Materials

Vermeil, Sterling Silver

Trifari Mid-1940s Sterling Vermeil, Turquoise Glass and Ruby Paste Vintage Fur C
Located in Skelmersdale, GB
This rare and beautiful fur clip was created in the mid-1940s by Trifari. Condition Report: Very Good - A little rubbing to the vermeil plating at the edges of the clip. This is co...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Retro Brooches

Materials

Vermeil

Miriam Haskell Pearl Stick Pin/Brooch
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is a Miriam Haskell pearl stick pin/brooch. This is a gilt Russian gold metal flowers stick pin that is hand wired with Niki pearls and on the end of the pin has a flower and th...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Baroque Brooches

Materials

Pearl, Gilt Metal

TRIFARI BOOCH Hand holding a Jelly Belly ball, sterling goldplated, 1950's USA
Located in Stuttgart, DE
A brooch in the shape of an elegant, slender hand holding a Jelly Belly ball between thumb and forefinger. Below the wrist there is a ruffle decorated with rhinestones. Measurement Brooch width 6 cm Height 3 cm. Deep 1 cm Features - Signed TRIFARI WITH CROWN STERLING...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Modern Brooches

Materials

Crystal, Sterling Silver

Vintage Miriam Haskell Baroque Pearl Droplet Pin 1940s
Located in Wilmslow, GB
A delightful and rare Vintage Miriam Haskell Pearl Droplet Pin crafted in the 1940s, nearly 100 years ago. The attention to detail in this pin is exquisite and signifies the craftman...
Category

Vintage 1940s Brooches

M. BOUCHER SHEAF-OF-WHEAT BROOCH, Rhodium plated, rhinestones pavé, 1940's USA
Located in Stuttgart, DE
MARCEL BOUCHER a Parisian who had previously worked as a jewelier for Cartier and later as a designer for Trifari, started his own company BOUCHER in the 1930's in New York. Rare an highly collectible Marcel Boucher brooch...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Brooches

Materials

Crystal, Rhodium

MB BOUCHER STERLING GOLD PAVE and corall Cabochons curling leaf brooch, 1946's
Located in Stuttgart, DE
MARCEL BOUCHER a Parisian who had previously worked as a jewelier for Carier and later as a designer for Trifari, started his own company BOUCHER in the 1930's in New York. Rare an ...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Retro Brooches

Materials

Gold Plate, Silver

Marcel Boucher Rhinestone Floral Brooch from 1941
Located in New York, NY
This is an extremely beautiful and rare design brooch from 1941 by the famous American costume jewelry company Marcel Boucher. Boucher was French by birth and moved to NYC in the 1920s. After working for Mazer Brothers, he opened Marcel Boucher and iCe in 1937. This brooch is rhodium plated and with hand set rhinestones. It features a design of two branches with leaves and flowers. Although UNSIGNED, it is absolutely a Marcel Boucher design and was patented in 1941. Collectors will instantly know this to be a Boucher...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Brooches

Materials

Rhodium, Base Metal

Joseff of Hollywood Russian Gold and Crystal Round Brooch
Located in New York, NY
A very nice Joseff of Hollywood signature round open work Russian gold and cushion cut crystal brooch circa 1940's. Joseff of Hollywood was a jewelry firm founded by Eugene Joseff....
Category

Vintage 1940s American Brooches

Materials

Crystal, Gold Plate

Joseff of Hollywood Russian Gold and Crystal Round Brooch
Located in New York, NY
A very nice Joseff of Hollywood signature round open work Russian gold and cushion cut crystal brooch circa 1940's. Joseff of Hollywood was a jewelry firm founded by Eugene Joseff....
Category

Vintage 1940s American Brooches

Materials

Crystal, Gold Plate

Joseff of Hollywood Russian Gold and Crystal Round Brooch
Located in New York, NY
A very nice Joseff of Hollywood signature round open work Russian gold and cushion cut crystal brooch circa 1940's. Joseff of Hollywood was a jewelry firm founded by Eugene Joseff....
Category

Vintage 1940s American Brooches

Materials

Crystal, Gold Plate

Red Coral Silver Filigree Button Earclips
Located in New York, NY
Red coral silver filigree button earclips. Of red Sardinian coral cabocheons set in filigree wire work sterling silver, with screw back fittings. Exc...
Category

Vintage 1940s Italian Artisan Brooches

Materials

Coral, Silver, Sterling Silver

MiriamHaskell WWII Era FrankHess GoldGiltCast Filigree Butterfly Brooch
Located in Chicago, IL
A child of the Art Nouveau period, Miriam Haskell loved its butterfly design-motifs, which are found in many pieces of costume jewelry by her first designer Frank Hess. His butterfly...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Art Nouveau Brooches

Materials

Yellow Gold, Gilt Metal, Base Metal

Art Deco bar brooch with colorful pressed glass flower and leaves, USA 1940s
Located in Stuttgart, DE
A narrow bar brooch with rose and light blue glass flowers and small leaves, surrounded by many small rhinestones. The small flowers and leaves were not ground, but the liquid glass...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Brooches

Materials

Crystal, Rhodium

Alfred Phillipe for Trifari Large Key Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Rare Alfred Phillipe for Trifari large key brooch of rose gold plated base metal, crystal rhinestone pave, cold black enamel and a focal faux ruby cabocho...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Retro Brooches

Materials

Gold Plate, Base Metal, Enamel, Gilt Metal

MiriamHaskell WWII FrankHess PurpleGlassFlowersGoldLeaves WiredPlasticBackBrooch
Located in Chicago, IL
Beginning in 1939, Miriam Haskell asked her first designer Frank Hess to sparingly use metal in the costume-jewelry collections during WWII while war materials were needed. So their ...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Baroque Revival Brooches

Materials

Mixed Metal

Trifari Retro Clip Set
Located in New York, NY
Trifari Retro Clip Set from the 1940's in original box. Dimensional swirl clip with matching clip earrings in pinkish gold finish and pave crystal decoration. 1940's USA. Clip 1.75" ...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Retro Brooches

Materials

Gilt Metal

Rare Mazer, Joseph Wuyts Whispering Angel Jabot Pin
Located in New York, NY
Rare Mazer, Joseph Wuyts Whispering Angel Jabot Pin from 1940's USA of gilt metal with pave accents. Rare collectable series from Mazer. 3.5" x .5".
Category

Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Brooches

Materials

Gilt Metal

Alfred Philippe for Trifari Retro Lily Clip Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Important Alfred Philippe for Trifari Retro stylized lily flower clip brooch. Of sapphire pave keystone baguettes, set in rhodium base metal with two color rose and yellow gold plate...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Retro Brooches

Materials

Gold Plate, Base Metal, Gilt Metal, Rose Gold, Rhodium

12k Gold-Filled Bow Brooch with Freshwater Pearl By Winard, 1940s
Located in McKinney, TX
- Vintage item - Collectible costume jewelry piece from the '40s - 1.75" x 2" - 12k gold-filled - Genuine freshwater pearl - By Winard (signed on verso) - Circa 1940s - Estate...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Modern Brooches

Materials

Freshwater Pearl, Gold-filled

Large stylised silver gilt and paste 'swan' brooch, Trifari, USA, 1940s
Located in Greyabbey, County Down
Exquisitely sculpted, of the highest quality as is expected from Trifari is the magnificent 'swan' brooch, designed by the most famous of Trifari designers, Alfred Philippe, in the 1940s. The body is a beautifully cut piece of topaz glass, set in a silver gilt body, highlighted with clear pastes and finished with a single ruby glass cabuchon for the eye. the same design was made for their 'jellybelly' range, with a clear body. A real collector's piece, or the crowning glory to a coat or jacket! The firm of Trifari was founded in 1925 by Gustavo Trifari, Leo F...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Brooches

Materials

Gold Plate, Silver

Retro Coral Branch Trembler Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Unusual Coral Branch Trembler Brooch from the 1940's. Enamel metal with glass paste drops. Italy. 3.25" x 2.5".
Category

Vintage 1940s Italian Brooches

Materials

Brass, Gilt Metal

Trifari Sterling Vermeil Retro Aquamarine Suite
Located in New York, NY
Striking Trifari Sterling Vermeil Retro Aquamarine Suite from the 1940's. Central aquamarine paste design with pave trimmed leaf forms. Brooch 2.5 x 1...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Retro Brooches

Materials

Vermeil, Sterling Silver

Silson Art Deco Gilt Corsage Hand Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Amazing Rare Silson Art Deco Gilt Corsage Hand Brooch from the 1940's with a jeweled bracelet, enameled fingernails and engagement ring. Designed with a fi...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Brooches

Materials

Gilt Metal

Vintage Reja Attr. Emerald Paste Peacock Brooch 1940s
By Reja
Located in Wilmslow, GB
A charming Vintage Reja Peacock Brooch. Golden metalwork surrounds a huge green fancy cut crystal depicting the Peacock's body. A rare and whimsical treasure from costume jewel house...
Category

Vintage 1940s Brooches

Silson Clutched Hands Retro Corsage Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Charming Silson Clutched Hands Retro Corsage Brooch from the 1940's. A pair of realistically modeled gilt hands is designed to be pinned over a corsage or bouquet or fresh flowers fo...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Retro Brooches

Materials

Gilt Metal

Sterling Vermeil "Victory" Hand Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Sterling Vermeil "Victory" Hand Brooch from the 1940's. Sterling with gold wash set with marcasites. 1.75" x 1".
Category

Vintage 1940s American Retro Brooches

Materials

Marcasite, Vermeil, Sterling Silver

Miriam Haskell Gilt Flower with Rose Montees
Located in New York, NY
Large Miriam Haskell Gilt Flower with Rose Montees from the 1940's. Gilt leaves and buds are sewn onto a filigree base with sewn crystal accents. 1940's USA. Signed. 2.75" x 1" high.
Category

Vintage 1940s American Retro Brooches

Materials

Gilt Metal

Sandor Jeweled Locket Chatelaine Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Unusual Sandor Jeweled Locket Chatelaine Brooch from the 1940's. Set in antique bronze finish with paste set locket in crystal, purple and ruby with swag chaining. 1940's USA. Locket...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Victorian Brooches

Materials

Gilt Metal

CORO Vintage Duette quivering Camelias flower twist tremblant brooch 1940s USA
By Coro
Located in Stuttgart, DE
Coro classic flower twist Duett brooch of gilt metal, green emamal leafs, blue crystal baguette crystal stones and many small crystal pastes. Both flower clips separate off base to b...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Brooches

Materials

Crystal, Gilt Metal

Art Deco Gem Stone Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco Gem Stone Brooch from the 1940's. Set in pink gold vermeil sterling with a lovely array of colored gemstones such as citrine, topaz, zircon...
Category

Vintage 1940s South American Art Deco Brooches

Materials

Vermeil, Sterling Silver

Rare Coro Sterling Vermeil Lily Duette
Located in New York, NY
Large and Rare Coro Sterling Vermeil Lily Duette from the 1940's. 2 huge emerald oval pastes with micro pave borders form the flower heads with green co...
Category

Vintage 1940s American Retro Brooches

Materials

Vermeil, Sterling Silver

Roger Jean Pierre, probably for Elsa SCHIAPARELLI, large old BROOCH
Located in SAINT-CLOUD, FR
Magnificent large old brooch, vintage 30s - 40s, gold metal, glass rhinestones, by Haute Couture designer ROGER Jean Pierre, probably for Elsa SCHIAP...
Category

Vintage 1940s French Artist Brooches

Materials

Mixed Metal

Vintage Miriam Haskell Pearl Layered Leaf Brooch 1940s
Located in Wilmslow, GB
An important and delightful, highly coveted Miriam Haskell Pearl Brooch. Crafted with the outstanding attention to detail Haskell's pieces ...
Category

Vintage 1940s 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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