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Brooches For Sale
Period: 1930s
Period: 1910s
Art Deco Precious Topaz & European Cut Diamond Stick Pin in Platinum, Gold
Located in Boston, MA
An Art Deco period precious topaz and diamond stick pin. Crafted in platinum, and 14 karat gold this sleek Art Deco period piece features a 0.30 carat vividly colored trapezoid cut p...
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Brooches
Materials
Diamond, Topaz, Gold, Platinum
Style Metal Spec NY Maple Dress Clip
Located in Atlanta, GA
This is a signed Style Metal Spec. N.Y. dress clip that comes with brass stylized maple leaves and prong set faceted ruby red glass berries. This original dress clip could be worn as...
Category
1930s American Arts and Crafts Vintage Brooches
Materials
Gold Plate
Art Deco Sapphire Diamond 14 Karat Yellow Gold Brooch
Located in Atlanta, GA
Item Details:
Metal Type: 14K Yellow Gold [Hallmarked, and Tested]
Weight: 2.5 grams
Pin Measurements:
Diameter: 2.25 inches
Condition: Excellent
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Brooches
Materials
Sapphire, Yellow Gold
Edwardian Rock Crystal Intaglio and Seed Pearl Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Small but Charming Edwardian Rock Crystal Intaglio and Seed Pearl Brooch from the early 1900's. Set in 14k gold. Hand carved intaglio of a cherub ser...
Category
1910s American Edwardian Vintage Brooches
Materials
Pearl, Rock Crystal, 14k Gold
Art Deco platinum bar brooch with diamonds and sapphire
Located in PARIS, FR
Absolutely stunning Art Deco bar brooch from the 1930s, made of platinum and adorned with old-cut diamonds and baguette sapphires. The characteristic geometric motifs of this era are...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Brooches
Materials
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Crown Trifari 1930s Clip Mates Ribbon White Whole Crystals Dress Silver Brooch
Located in Wokingham, England
Trifari costume jewelry of the late-1930s included Clip-Mates, their version of the double clip brooch. The setting is rhodium-plated. This p...
Category
1930s American Art Nouveau Vintage Brooches
Materials
Silver
Edwardian Diamond 18K & Platinum Pin
Located in Solvang, CA
Antique Edwardian diamond 18K & platinum pin, circa 1910. This antique pin is crafted in 18 karat yellow gold and platinum. The lozenge shaped Edwardian pin features a .75 carat cent...
Category
1910s Vintage Brooches
Materials
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum
Antique Cameo White 14 Karat Gold Brooch Pendant
Located in Wallkill, NY
Portrait Cameo set in 14K White gold. Both a brooch and pendant. Measuring 1.8 inches top to bottom or 46mm x 1.4 inches wide or 36 mm. Fold down pendant hoop and pin back all in w...
Category
1910s Vintage Brooches
Materials
14k Gold, White Gold, Gold
1930s rock crystal and diamond brooch
Located in London, GB
This is a stunningly elegant rock crystal and diamond brooch made in Austria in 1930s. The rock crystal is masterfully carved and gives the ap...
Category
1930s Austrian Contemporary Vintage Brooches
Materials
Diamond, Rock Crystal, 14k Gold
Art Deco Natural Pearl Diamond Brooch in Platinum and 18 Karat Gold, circa 1920
Located in Goettingen, DE
Art Deco Natural Pearl Diamond Brooch in Platinum and 18K Gold, circa 1920
Decorative bar brooch set with three oval natural pearls in a fine entourage of rose cut diamonds set in p...
Category
1910s Unknown Art Deco Vintage Brooches
Materials
Diamond, Natural Pearl, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, Platinum, Gold
Antique Ruby, Diamond, Pearl Luckenbooth Heart Crown Circle Brooch, Circa 1910
Located in London, GB
An early 20th century, Luckenbooth double witch's heart brooch, with one heart set with Burma rubies and the other set with old-cut diamonds, in grain settings, surmounted with a coronet, set with three, natural seed pearls, above a row of old-cut diamonds, in grain settings, with a knife edge circular surround, set with alternating rubies and old-cut diamonds, in claw settings, mounted in 14ct gold, with the grain set diamonds in silver-upon-gold. American, circa 1910.
Luckenbooth brooches are traditional Scottish love tokens. They are usually a heart shaped brooch, often with a crown or coronet above one heart, or two intertwined hearts, with similar motifs to the Claddagh ring. European Heart-shaped brooches date back to late medieval period but this design probably did not appear in Scotland before the 17th century. It became very popular in the 19th century, featuring in the ranges of Scottish manufacturing jewellers, for the Highland outfitter and tourist trades. They are typically made of silver, although gold heart brooches were made for wealthy people and may be engraved or set with stones.
The name comes from the Luckenbooths of Edinburgh. Luckenbooth is a Scots word for a lockable stall or workshop. Originating in the 15th century, they were the city's first permanent shops, situated on the Royal Mile near St. Giles Cathedral. Initially housing mainly silversmiths and goldsmiths. They were demolished in 1817.
The brooches were often given as a betrothal or wedding gift. It might have been worn as a charm, by a nursing mother to help her milk flow or be pinned to a baby’s clothing. It was also known as a witch-brooch to protect children from evil.
By the mid-18th century, Luckenbooth tokens featured heavily as trade silver...
Category
1910s American Edwardian Vintage Brooches
Materials
Diamond, Pearl, Ruby, 14k Gold, Silver
Diamond and Pearl Brooch
Located in Palermo, IT
A diamond and pearl circular brooch XIX century, the open circle set with graduated diamonds, one side set with three round old-cut diamonds suspendi...
Category
1910s Italian Victorian Vintage Brooches
Materials
Diamond, Pearl
Pair of Art Deco Mazer Scotsman Motif Clips
By Mazer
Located in New York, NY
Pair of Charming Mazer Scotsman Motif Clips from the 1930's. Each figure in traditional dress set with unusual cut paste stones and enamel accents. Each 1.75" x 1". 1930's USA. Unsig...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Brooches
Materials
Gilt Metal
1930s Art Deco Diamond Rock Crystal Platinum 18 Karat White Gold Brooch
Located in Poitiers, FR
Brooch in platinum and 18 karats white gold, grotesque and owl hallmarks.
Rectangular shaped, this beautiful art deco jewel is openworked with ribbons motifs, set with brilliant- cut...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Brooches
Materials
Rock Crystal, Diamond, White Diamond, Platinum, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold
Gold Diamond and Enamel Stradivari Violin and Bow Brooch, circa 1930
Located in Goettingen, DE
Gold Diamond and Enamel Stradivari Violin and Bow Brooch, circa 1930
Wonderful 18K gold and diamond brooch in the shape of a lifelike Stradivarius violin...
Category
1930s Vintage Brooches
Materials
Diamond, 18k Gold, Platinum, Enamel, Gold
Mary Gage Sterling Lotus Brooch/Clip Signed
Located in New York, NY
A wonderful signed Mary Gage sterling foliate form clip - stamped verso, "Mary Gage Sterling". There is a
matching cuff
Category
1930s Vintage Brooches
Late Art Deco 79.00 Ct Untreated Large Madeira Citrine Brooch
Located in Napoli, IT
Tres Chic
This amazingly large 79.00 CT natural untreated Madeira Citrine of the most wonderful colour, large oval faceted cut, very rare when untreated
So chic and unique late Art...
Category
1930s European Art Deco Vintage Brooches
Materials
Citrine, Pearl, 18k Gold
Edwardian 1910 Pair of Stick Pins In 14Kt Yellow Gold with Cat's Eye Moonstones
Located in Miami, FL
Edwardian belle époque stick pins
Very delicate pair of stick pins, created in England during the Edwardian belle époque period, back in the 1910. These pieces has been crafted in y...
Category
1910s English Edwardian Vintage Brooches
Materials
Moonstone, Cat’s Eye, Gold, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique Diamond, Platinum And Gold Crown Brooch, Circa 1915
Located in London, GB
An antique diamond crown brooch, set with Edwardian and old-cut diamonds, mounted in yellow gold with platinum settings, circa 1915.
Category
1910s British Edwardian Vintage Brooches
Materials
Diamond, Gold, Platinum
Art Deco Jelly Belly Cat Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Charming, collectible Art Deco Jelly Belly Cat Brooch from the 1930's. Originally gold, it has worn to a rhodium finish so essentially silver toned. Lucite clear belly. 1930's USA. U...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Brooches
Materials
Rhodium, Gilt Metal
Opal brooch gold Australian Natural Crystal Opal Art Nouveau Paris
Located in Berlin, DE
An exceptional piece - Art nouveau Opal Brooch from original catalogue of french jeweller Edouard Aimé Arnould, circa 1910
opal origin - Australia...
Category
1910s French Art Nouveau Vintage Brooches
Materials
Crystal, Opal, Gold, 18k Gold
Art Deco brooch - 3.1 ct diamond - Old cut - Antique jewelry - Platinum 1930
Located in Antwerp, BE
This exquisite diamond geometrically-designed Art Deco brooch is crafted out of platinum. This precious metal has only just been introduced in the jewellery industry during this peri...
Category
1930s European Art Deco Vintage Brooches
Materials
Diamond, Platinum
Art Deco brooch in platinum and Diamonds 2 to 3 Carats 1910 1920
Located in Paris, FR
Barrette brooch in platinum setting 25 old-cut and half-cut diamonds between 2 and 3 carats of diamonds.
Dog head hallmark for Platinum
French Work from the 1910s 1920s
Length: 8.5 c...
Category
1910s French Vintage Brooches
Materials
Diamond, Platinum
Tiffany & Co. 1938 Art Deco Dress Clips Brooches 14Kt Yellow Gold With Sapphires
Located in Miami, FL
Pair of deco clips designed by Tiffany & Co.
A beautiful pair of squared dress clips, created in New York city at the Tiffany Studios during the late art deco period, circa 1938. T...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Brooches
Materials
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold, Gold
Art Deco 1930s Oval Diamond Filigree 18k White Gold Brooch
Located in Pamplona, Navarra
This Art Deco diamond is the epitome of Deco style. The symmetry, the geometry, antique diamonds, everything about this brooch is what Art Deco jewelry is known.
The brooch featur...
Category
1930s Unknown Art Deco Vintage Brooches
Materials
Diamond, Sapphire, 18k Gold, White Gold
Massive Jugenstil Amber Drop Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Massive Jugenstil Amber Drop Brooch from the early 20th Century. Constructed of 830 grade silver with natural amber centers and drops in a hand raised floriform brooch. Scandanavian Art Nouveau...
Category
1930s Danish Art Nouveau Vintage Brooches
Materials
Amber, Silver
1930s Antique 2.85 Carat Diamond and Platinum Bow Brooch
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A stunning antique 1930s 2.85 carat diamond and platinum brooch in the form of a bow; part of our diverse antique jewelry and estate jewelry collections.
This stunning, fine and impressive antique diamond brooch has been crafted in platinum.
The brooch has been modelled in the form of a three-dimensional tied ribbon bow.
The two platinum settings composing the bow loops are embellished with forty-two pavé set transitional modern brilliant round cut diamonds, in addition to a further six diamonds to the interior.
The cut tails of the bow are ornamented with a further forty-three pavé set transitional modern brilliant round cut diamonds, paralleling the flowing nature of the ribbon.
Both the bow loops and tails settings incorporate scalloped pierced decoration, enhancing the texture of the article.
The bow's knot features six transitional modern brilliant round cut diamonds, completing the design.
The brooch secures to the reverse with a hinged pin and clasp.
This stunning antique bow brooch is hallmarked to the reverse with the mark for platinum (PLAT).
This antique diamond bow brooch...
Category
1930s Unknown Vintage Brooches
Materials
Diamond, Platinum
Belle Epoque 2.50 Ct Diamond Emerald Plaque brooch
Located in Napoli, IT
This beautiful Belle Epoque wide brooch is 1910 ca
Skillfully hand crafted of solid 18 Kt gold warm rose color topped by silver
Beautiful past artwork expressed in a large oval plaqu...
Category
1910s European Belle Époque Vintage Brooches
Materials
Diamond, Emerald, 18k Gold, Silver
Imperial Romanov Crest Brooch
Located in Litchfield, CT
Circa 1910s, 14k, Russia. Decorated with the Romanov Imperial double eagle, brooches like this one could only be made for members of the Royal fami...
Category
1910s Russian Vintage Brooches
Materials
Diamond, Blue Sapphire, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage Glass Paste Starburst Brooch 1930s
Located in Wilmslow, GB
A Vintage Glass Paste Starburst Brooch. Crafted around the 1930s this delightful pin features a gigantic solitaire crystal surrounded by an array of ch...
Category
1930s Vintage Brooches
1930s Buccellati Diamond Platinum Brooch
By Buccellati
Located in Bay Harbor Islands, FL
1930's Buccellati brooch set with 72 mix cut diamonds weighing approximately 6.2 carats.
Signed 'M. Buccellati'.
72.91 mm x 31.08 mm
Metal Type: Pla...
Category
1930s Italian Vintage Brooches
Materials
Diamond, Platinum
Antique Edwardian Diamond and Onyx Bell Brooch with Pendant Fitting c. 1914
Located in Stamford, CT
The nuance of onyx shading makes the workmanship of this bell pendant / brooch artistic and masterfully created. Under the front lip of the bell is a shadow of rectangular onyx while...
Category
1910s European Edwardian Vintage Brooches
Materials
Diamond, Onyx, Platinum
Platinum Aquamarine Diamond Edwardian Brooch Pin
Located in Palm Beach, FL
Aquamarine, diamond and platinum brooch from the Edwardian period. The beautiful handcrafted, elongated oval-shaped mounting displays a pierced cut-out design with filigree accents ...
Category
1910s Edwardian Vintage Brooches
Materials
Aquamarine, Diamond, Platinum
A Pair Of 10 Carats Diamond Clip Brooches Mounted In Platinum. Circa 1930
By Mauboussin
Located in London, GB
A pair of diamond clip brooches, each of swirling circular design. Claw and pave'-set with brilliant cut diamonds, accented by a channel-...
Category
1930s French Vintage Brooches
Materials
Diamond, Platinum
CoutureChanel Antique Byzantine ThePurpleHeart PearlAmethystQuartz GoldMedallion
By Chanel
Located in Chicago, IL
During the ArtDeco period when Gabriel "Coco" Chanel was at her peak as a Parisian couture fashion-designer in the early 1930s, this antique one-of-a-kind handcrafted gem-fringed and gilt-chain medallion brooch with trombone clasp was commissioned to accessorize one of her clothing designs. Marked only "FRANCE" like some early 1930s Chanel couture jewelry (without a brand stamp until the 1950s), its artistic origin is most likely from ornate organic-form sketches by her favorite parurer Fulco di Verdura. The Sicilian duke began creating fabric patterns for Chanel in 1927, which shortly expanded to fine jewelry beginning with custom pieces for herself. These include the iconic Byzantine-influenced gem-adorned cuffs referencing the Maltese military-cross, which the French designer can often be seen wearing in circa-1930s photos.
This bright yellow-gold brooch suits goldsmith Verdura's early anti-Art-Deco aesthetic that was considered a radical departure from 1920s silver-tone jewelry, which otherwise featured linear geometric designs or figurative representation. The softly-shaped deconstructed gem-bouquet mixes amethyst and rose-quartz beads with natural Keshi pearls and intricate tiny gilt leaves, which are wired to a Baroque-motif open-work frame that dangles another gem surrounded by a thick gilt-rope halo. Notably, Verdura is credited with re-introducing since Victorian times the rope motif to jewelry.
Since 1930, Verdura's unique style was influenced by travels with Chanel to explore Byzantine art, Baroque architecture, and exotic flora-and-fauna among his native Italian aristocratic estate. The legendary fashion-editor Diane Vreeland and American entertainment-stars were among the first Chanel clients to acquire couture real-gem-adorned jewelry made by Verdura, while one of the two brooches treasured by Vreeland was titled "Theodora". See our photo of the Byzantine mosaic of Empress Theodora, whose image wearing many teardrop pearls above her chest and surrounded by a golden halo seems to be the inspiration for this brooch.
As one of the most important modern-design collaborations, Chanel's close relationship with Verdura lasted largely-undocumented years in Paris, until he launched his first outside jewelry venture with a Hollywood designer-boutique after emigrating to the United States in 1934. By 1939 as a financially-backed in-demand goldsmith, he founded the namesake jewelry-company Verdura in NYC. After he retired in 1973, the brand continued to operate without him with different owners.
Given the duo's designs that played with historic and military references, Chanel's couture commission for this purple medallion may have been sparked in the early 1930s when the internationally-new...
Category
1930s French Byzantine Vintage Brooches
Materials
Amethyst, Pearl, Quartz, Gold, Gilt Metal, Yellow Gold
Art Deco Platinum Diamond Bar Brooch/Pin
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Art Deco Platinum Diamond Bar Brooch/Pin. This absolutely gorgeous pin features seventeen round diamonds, nine graduate diamonds are bezel set across the center and eight are bead se...
Category
1930s Unknown Art Deco Vintage Brooches
Materials
Diamond, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum, Gold
Pair of Coro Art Deco Enamel Lady Clips
By Coro
Located in New York, NY
Extremely Rare pair of striking Coro Art Deco Enamel Lady Clips from the 1930's. Large in scale with enameled flower accents and pave stones in hair.
2" x ...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Brooches
Materials
Base Metal, Enamel
Art Deco Yellow Gold Emerald Diamond Brooch Pendant
Located in Palm Desert, CA
Art Deco 18 Karat Art Yellow Gold Emerald Diamond Brooch Pendant. This absolutely stunning piece features two emerald-cut green emeralds, a step-cut diamond and one hundred thirty ro...
Category
1930s Unknown Art Deco Vintage Brooches
Materials
Diamond, Emerald, Yellow Gold, Gold, 18k Gold
Edwardian 18kt. yellow gold and silver open-winged insect brooch
Located in Braintree, GB
Antique Edwardian 18kt. yellow gold and silver open-winged insect brooch set with diamonds, multi - coloured enamel and rubies.
X - Ray tested positive for 18kt. gold and silver.
Dimensions -
Length x width x depth: 1.5 x 2 x 0.8 cm
Weight: 2.7 grams
Rubies -
Cut: Round faceted
Quantity of stones: 2
Approx. Total carat weight: 0.02 cts.
Treatment is not indicated.
Diamonds -
Cut: Round brilliant
Approx. Quantity of stones: 13
Main stone carat weight: 0.07 carats
Surrounding stones: 12 x 0.03 cts.
Total carat weight: 0.43 Cts.
Clarity: VS1
Colour: F - G
Condition: Pre - owned, with minor signs of usage, good condition overall.
The Symbolism
Insects in jewellery...
Category
1910s British Vintage Brooches
Materials
18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Silver
Art Deco Surrealist Enamel Lobster Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Art Deco Enamel Lobster Brooch in the Surrealist style. Large scale in gilt metal with vibrant red enamel. Channel your inner Schiaparelli with this brooch perched in unusual places....
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Brooches
Materials
Enamel, Gilt Metal
Couture 1930s CocoChanel LinaBaretti SatinBlackCamellias PaveCrystals Gold Set
By Chanel
Located in Chicago, IL
This rare signed couture set of pave-crystal and gold-plated brooch and earrings from the Art Deco period is marked in the manner of one-off costume jewelry commissioned...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Brooches
Materials
Crystal, Gold, Gold Plate, Silver
Antique Diamond and Emerald, Gold and Platinum Bar Brooch
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique bar brooch in 9 karat yellow gold and platinum, featuring a natural emerald and old cut diamonds; part of our antique ...
Category
1910s Unknown Vintage Brooches
Materials
Diamond, Emerald, 9k Gold, Yellow Gold, Platinum, Gold
14K White Gold Art Deco Brooch/Pendant, .20tdw, 4.7g
Located in Laguna Beach, CA
Art Deco brooch and pendant in 14k white gold setting.
Stamped 14k on the hinge and weighs 4.7 grams.
There are three round-transition cut diamonds, .20 total carats, i, j, k color r...
Category
1910s Art Deco Vintage Brooches
Materials
Diamond, 14k Gold, White Gold
Edwardian 0.40 Carat Sapphire and 0.19 Carat Diamond Yellow Gold Bar Brooch
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A fine and impressive antique 0.40 carat sapphire and 0.19 carat diamond, 14k yellow gold and 14k white gold set bar brooch; part of our Edwardian jewellery collections.
This fine and impressive antique sapphire diamond bar brooch has been crafted in 14k yellow gold with 14k white gold settings.
The Edwardian brooch is embellished with ten channel set square faceted cut blue sapphires, alternating in two arrays with fourteen impressive pavé set Dutch cut diamonds, all in a linear formation.
The antique bar...
Category
1910s Vintage Brooches
Materials
Diamond, Sapphire, 14k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
Art Deco Diamond & Sapphire Platinum Filigree Brooch
Located in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
8.90 Pennyweight
Brooch measures: 18 X 28MM
Old European Cut & Single Cut Diamonds = Aproximatly 3.75ctw
Round Faceted Blue Sapphire = 2.46 Carat, 7 x 5.47MM, Royal Blue Col
Category
1930s Art Deco Vintage Brooches
Materials
Diamond, Sapphire, Platinum
Victorian garnet stone brooch
Located in Chorzów, PL
An old garnet brooch from the early Victorian era from Great Britain
made of 0.375 gold
Very good condition / patina resulting from time
width: 4cm
Category
1910s British Victorian Vintage Brooches
Materials
Garnet, 9k Gold
Art Deco Diamond, Coral, Black Onyx And Platinum Brooch, Circa 1935, 1.02 Carats
Located in London, GB
A French Art Deco diamond, coral, black onyx and platinum brooch, with an open, circular centre, set with buff top black onyx, in a channel setting, with bow wings, grain set with ei...
Category
1930s French Art Deco Vintage Brooches
Materials
Coral, Diamond, Onyx, Platinum
Trifari Art Deco Clips, KTF by Alfred Phillipe
Located in New York, NY
Trifari Art Deco Clips, KTF by Alfred Phillipe from the 1930's. High Art Design with faux pate de verre amazonites and crystals in the Cartier style set...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Brooches
Materials
Rhodium
Cartier Antique Diamond Bow Brooch, circa 1910
By Cartier
Located in London, GB
Cartier antique diamond bow brooch. Set to centre with a cushion shape old mine diamond in an open back millegrain setting with a weight of ...
Category
1910s Vintage Brooches
Materials
Diamond, Platinum
Diamonds Lovers Knot Pink Pearls Brooch 18K White Gold, 1930
Located in Herzelia, Tel Aviv
A Vintage Diamond And Pearl Brooch in 18 Karats White Gold. Designed as a lover's knot set with old cut Diamonds suspending two Pink Pearl drops. One Pearl is slightly more pink in s...
Category
1930s European Vintage Brooches
Materials
Diamond, Pearl, White Gold
Antique French 5.00Ct Diamond and Platinum Brooch Art Deco Circa 1910
Located in Jesmond, Newcastle Upon Tyne
A stunning, fine and impressive antique French 1910's 5.00 carat diamond and platinum Art Deco brooch; part of our diverse antique diamond brooches collection.
This stunning, fine a...
Category
1910s French Vintage Brooches
Materials
Diamond, Platinum
Marcel Boucher Royal Scepter Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Charming and rare Marcel Boucher Royal Scepter Brooch from the 1950's with early MB mark. From the series created in 1953, the year of Elizabeth II's co...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Brooches
Materials
Gilt Metal
Trifari Regence Tremblant Pave Floral 18th Century Clip Brooch, Alfred Philippe
Located in New York, NY
Rare Trifari Regence Series Tremblant Pave 18th Century Clip Brooch set in rhodium from the 1930's by Alfred Philippe. 2 pave set flowerheads are set o...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Brooches
Materials
Rhodium
Art Deco Coro Enamel Bee Duette
By Coro
Located in New York, NY
Charming Art Deco Coro Enamel Bee Duette from the 1930's. Pave and enamel bee clips are designed to be worn on a brooch together or separately as clips. 193...
Category
1930s American Art Deco Vintage Brooches
Materials
Enamel, Gilt Metal
Old Victorian brooch with garnet stones
Located in Chorzów, PL
Old brooch with 4 faceted garnets
Origin : Great Britain, early 20th century
Brooch made of 0.375 gold
item weight: 3.3g
Creates a beautiful addition to a shirt, hat or jacket
Category
1910s British Victorian Vintage Brooches
Materials
Garnet, 9k Gold
MiriamHaskell 1930s FrankHess TripleSeashell RussianGilt Flora WoodLeaf Brooch
Located in Chicago, IL
This early Miriam Haskell lacquered-shell and brass-decorated clip brooch was created by Frank Hess, her first designer since 1926. The 1930s brooch features three seashells supporti...
Category
1930s American Baroque Revival Vintage Brooches
Materials
Gold, Base Metal, Brass, Gilt Metal
Vintage Austro Hungarian Aquamarine Diamond 18 Kt Platinum Brooch
Located in Napoli, IT
This impressive vintage brooch is 1935 ca.
Hand crafted of solid 18 Kt gold and Platinum bearing Austro Hungarian hallmarks
Artful designed as a marvelous rare flower with long curly...
Category
1930s Austrian Retro Vintage Brooches
Materials
Aquamarine, Diamond, Platinum, 18k Gold
Antique Australian Opal Bar Brooch, Circa 1910 - 1915
Located in ADELAIDE, SA
This Australian made 15k yellow gold antique double square bar brooch with a central twisted gold piece. Adorned with scroll & granulation work, fitted with a steel pin. Featuring a ...
Category
1910s Australian Vintage Brooches
Materials
Opal, 15k Gold
Antique and Vintage Brooches
Antique and vintage brooches, which are decorative jewels traditionally pinned to garments and used to fasten pieces of clothing together where needed, have seen increasing popularity in recent years.
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.
At one time, brooches were symbols of wealth, made primarily from the finest metals and showcasing exquisite precious gemstones. Today, these jewels are inclusive and universal, and you don’t have to travel very far to find an admirer of brooches. They can be richly geometric in form, such as the ornate diamond pins dating from the Art Deco era, or designer-specific, such as the celebrated naturalistic works created by Tiffany & Co., the milk glass and gold confections crafted by Trifari or handmade vintage Chanel brooches of silk or laminated sheer fabric.
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 on 1stDibs, including gold brooches, sapphire brooches and more.
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Floral Diamond Sapphire Ruby
Crescent Pin
Large Diamond Brooch Art Deco
Silver Bird Brooches
Trifari Costume Jewellery
Victorian Gold Emerald Brooch
Vintage Equestrian Jewellery
Vintage Equestrian Jewelry
14k And Coral Brooch
En Tremblant Jewelry
Antique Cameo Brooch Pin
Crescent Pins