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Brooches For Sale
Style: Napoleon III
Style: Byzantine
18k Gold Brooch: Eagle Holding a Diamond in Its Beak, Napoléon III
Located in VERSAILLES, FR
Superbe broche en or 18 carats représentant un aigle aux ailes déployées, il tient dans son bec un diamant mobile. Ce diamant est serti par 8 griffes sur une corbeille ajourée en or ...
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
Diamond, Gold
Pearl and Yellow Gold Pendent/Brooch
Located in Firenze, IT
Pendent-Brooch composed of an oval decorated with interlacing punctuated with white pearls. 18K yellow gold frame. French work. Dimensions: 3.30 x 3.00 cm. Gross weight: 7.53 g.
Category
1870s French Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
Pearl, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
French 19th Century Diamonds 18 Karat Rose Gold Snowflake Brooch
Located in Poitiers, FR
Brooch in 18 karat rose gold, eagle head hallmark.
Stylizing a flake, this rose gold brooch is adorned with rose-cut diamonds in star settings in the center and around the perimeter,...
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
Pendentif Broche Napoléon III en or, diamants et perles fines
Located in PARIS, FR
Pendentif-broche en or 18K (750°/°°) composée d'une partie centrale ronde dessinant une rosace sertie de diamants taille rose et de perles fines. Le bijou retient en pendeloque deux ...
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1880s European Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
Diamond, Natural Pearl, 18k Gold
19th Century Fine Pearl Diamonds 18 Karat Yellow Gold Pin Brooch
Located in Poitiers, FR
Brooch in 18 karats yellow gold, eagle head hallmark.
This small yellow gold safety pin is set with a cloverleaf motif represented by 4 rose-cut diamonds set in a millegrain clasp, a...
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Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Pearl, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Venus Agate Cameo Habille Brooch/Pendant, 1870
Located in Firenze, IT
Oval brooch/pendant in 18kt yellow gold, the center decorated with an onyx cameo depicting a Venus bust in profile wearing emerald and diamond highlight jew...
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1870s French Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
Agate, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Silver
French 19th Century Tiger Eye Fine Pearl Rose Gold Clover Pin Brooch
Located in Poitiers, FR
Pin in 18 Karat rose gold, eagle's head hallmark.
A charming pin brooch featuring a 3-leaf clover set with 3 clawed cabochon tiger's eyes and a fine half-pearl in the center. The fas...
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
Pearl, Natural Pearl, Tiger's Eye, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
Antique Brooch Diamonds Guilloché Enamel Eros Amor's Torches Love Token
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This charming pin has been created to be presented to a loved one as a token of love and passion. The beautifully chisselled frame is decorated with flower buds. On pidgeon blue ena...
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1860s French Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
18k Gold
18th Century Diamonds 18 Karat Rose Gold Silver Flower Brooch
Located in Poitiers, FR
Brooch in 18 karat rose gold and silver.
A lovely antique brooch representing a blooming flower with a large pear-shaped rose-cut diamond at its heart, and rose-cut diamonds at the p...
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18th Century French Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, Silver, Sterling Silver
Antique 18kt yellow Gold Brooch with ca 18.00 ct garnet
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
Offered: "Biedermeier" antique engraved brooch made of 18 KT yellow gold and set with an 18.00 crt cabochon cut garnet. The garnet shows signs of use but not noticeable. Beautiful pi...
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1890s European Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
Garnet, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
French 19th Century Sapphire Fine Pearl Enamel Silver Pendant Brooch
Located in Poitiers, FR
Pendant-Brooch in silver, ram's head hallmark.
Refined, this antique brooch features an arabesque design adorned with small sapphires and fine half-pearls...
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Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
Pearl, White Diamond, Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Enamel, Silver
French 19th Century Diamonds 18 Karat Yellow Gold Silver Snowflake Brooch
Located in Poitiers, FR
Brooch in 18 karat yellow gold, eagle head hallmark and silver.
Delightful antique brooch, it forms a flake set in the center with an antique brilliant-cut diamond and rose-cut diamo...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Silver, Sterling Silver, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow ...
Cameo Agate and Yellow Gold Brooch
Located in Firenze, IT
Brooch centering a cameo on bluish agate decorated with a profile of a woman wearing pearl jewelry. Frame in 18K gold With its original case. Good condition. Gross weight: 35.3 g
Siz...
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1870s French Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
Agate, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique French Gold Pearl and Malachite Cameo Brooch/Pendant
Located in Firenze, IT
Ruffled oval brooch, which can form a collar watch holder, in 18kt yellow gold centered with a cameo on malachite depicting Cupid in profile, his head turned, holding his loose bow, ...
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1870s French Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
Malachite, Pearl, Gold, 18k Gold
Chanel Massive Byzantine Cross Pendant Brooch by Maison Gripoix
Located in New York, NY
Massive Chanel Cross Brooch in shades of emerald, ruby, topaz and amythest poured glass cabocheons with faux baroque round and pear shape pearls. I...
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1980s French Byzantine Vintage Brooches
Materials
Gold Plate, Brass, Bronze, Enamel, Gilt Metal
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...
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1930s French Byzantine Vintage Brooches
Materials
Amethyst, Pearl, Quartz, Gold, Gilt Metal, Yellow Gold
Antique French Agate Cameo Brooch
Located in Firenze, IT
Brooch in 18Kt yellow gold decorated with a cameo on agate in the profile of a thinking woman, in a closed setting, surrounded by a line of double mesh. Dimensions: 40 x 30 mm - Gros...
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1850s French Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
Agate, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
14 Kt. Gold, Silver Brooch with 1.20 Ct rose cut Diamonds
Located in AMSTERDAM, NL
This magnificent antique brooch is in 14k yellow gold and silver. The brooch is set with a large rose-cut diamond of approx. 0.80 ct (a modern brilliant cut diamond of this size woul...
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1880s European Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
Diamond, Gold, 14k Gold, Silver
French 19th Century Diamond Fine Pearls 18 Karat Rose Gold Brooch
Located in Poitiers, FR
Brooch in 18 karat rose gold, eagle head hallmark.
Round in shape, this lovely antique brooch features a floral motif in the center, with a rose-cut diamond at the heart and petals s...
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
Pearl, Natural Pearl, Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold
French 19th Century Emerald 18 Karat Rose Gold Brooch
Located in Poitiers, FR
Brooch in 18 karat rose gold, horse head hallmark.
Charming antique lozenge- shape brooch, it is set with a star in the center of a round emerald. A chasing of the greatest finesse a...
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1850s French Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
Emerald, Rose Gold, Gold, 18k Gold
Camée Ancien En Agate, Profil De Femme, Monture En or 18 Carats Et Perles Fines
Located in VERSAILLES, FR
Magnifique camée en agate de couleur rose orangé gravé d’un profil de femme à l’antique sur une une monture en or 18 carats. La finesse de la gravure est exceptionnelle: la ciselure ...
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
Agate, 18k Gold
Boucles D’oreilles Et Broche En or 18 Carats, Émail Et Diamants, Napoléon III
Located in VERSAILLES, FR
Magnifique parure en or 18 carats constituée d’une superbe paire de boucles d’oreilles et d’une ravissante broche. Chaque pièce est ornée au centre ...
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
Diamond, 18k Gold
19th Century 3, 90 Carats Diamonds Bouquet Silver 18 Karat Yellow Gold Brooch
Located in Poitiers, FR
Brooch in silver and 18 karat yellow gold.
Magnificent antique brooch, it represents a bouquet of flowers and its leaves moved and set with antique- cut diamonds. In the center 2 ant...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Silver
French 19th Century Diamonds 18 Karat Rose Gold Silver Brooch Pendant
Located in Poitiers, FR
Brooch in 18 karat rose gold, eagle head hallmark, and silver.
Charming antique jewel with transformation, it represents a knot moved and decorated with rose- cut diamonds. A pin with a safety hook allows to wear this jewel as a brooch. This part is removable thanks to a small screw. A hook allows you to attach a tassel made of a lobster clasp adorned with a fleur-de-lis pattern set with rose-cut diamonds. This set is removable but can also allow to attach to the brooch another pendant to the lobster clasp or to slip a chain to wear the set as an antique pendant.
Height : 3,5 cm approximately, width : 3 cm approximately, thickness : 11 mm approximately.
Total weight of the jewel : 9,7 g approximately.
Authentic antique jewel - French work of the second half of the XIXth century.
Our opinion : An antique diamond...
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, Silver, Sterling Silver
Napoleon III French Jet Neoclassical Shell Brooch, France, Mid-19th Century
Located in Chatham, CA
Exceptional Napoleon III Neoclassical French jet (black glass) mourning brooch - the shell symbolizing eternal life - elegant design - matte finish - early original hand made 'c' catch and tube hinge and long pin...
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Mid-19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Napoleon 3 Diamonds Fine Pearls 18 Karat Yellow Gold Silver Brooch
Located in Poitiers, FR
Brooch in 18 karat yellow gold, and silver.
Sublime antique brooch from Napoleon III period, its mounting is formed of claws which retain fine baroque pearls, those located at the 4 ...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Pearl, Natural Pearl, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gol...
Gold Cameo Brooch Pendant
Located in Paris, FR
19th century oval brooch-pendant decorated with a cameo depicting a young woman in Renaissance taste. Gold openwork mounts, heightened with pearls.
1...
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1860s French Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
Coral, Gold
French 19th Century Diamonds 18 Karat Yellow Gold Dressed Enamel Brooch
Located in Poitiers, FR
Brooch in 18 karat yellow gold, eagle head hallmark.
Splendid round shape brooch, it is enamelled of a character topped with a helmet and whose departure of the dress is set with a l...
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
Broche Abeille En or 18 Carats, Argent, Diamants, Perle Fine, Vers 1850
Located in VERSAILLES, FR
Ravissante broche abeille en or 18 carat et argent d’époque Napoléon III, les yeux sont sertis de deux rubis taillés en cabochon, le thorax d’un diamant de taille ancienne pesant 0.4...
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
Diamond, Pearl, Ruby, 18k Gold, Silver
French, 19th Century Pearl Diamonds Yellow Gold Platinum Charles Templier Brooch
Located in Poitiers, FR
Brooch in 18 karat yellow gold, eagle's head hallmark, and platinum.
Hallmarked by the master jeweler Charles Templier, this lovely bar brooch is adorned with a double falling line o...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Pearl, Natural Pearl, Gold, 18k Gold, Platinum, ...
French 19th Century Diamonds 18 Karat Rose Gold Silver Bouquet Brooch
Located in Poitiers, FR
Brooch in silver, ram head hallmark, and 18 karat rose gold, eagle head hallmark.
Charming antique brooch, it represents a basket filled with flowers accompanied by their stems and t...
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
White Diamond, Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Rose Gold, Silver, Sterling Silver
Cameo Pearl Enamel Ruby and Yellow Gold Brooch
Located in Firenze, IT
Brooch with a cameo on agate in an oval decoration punctuated with rubies, white pearls and black enamel. 18K yellow gold frame. French work. Original box. Dimensions: 4.5 x 3.80 cm....
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1870s French Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
Pearl, Ruby, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
French 19th Century Fine Pearls Diamonds Shaking Brooch
Located in Poitiers, FR
Brooch in 18 karat rose gold and silver, owl and swan hallmarks.
Called shaking brooch, this sublime antique jewel is formed of a pattern in flower of rosehip taken up with step of screw and pivot on a brooch made up of 2 floral patterns dismountable by small screws located at the back. The whole of the pattern is decorated with rose- cut diamonds and antique...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Pearl, Natural Pearl, Platinum, Rose Gold, Gold,...
Edouard Rambaud Byzantine Dangle Cross Pin Brooch Amber Resin Drop
Located in Atlanta, GA
An elegant 1980s oversized cross-pin brooch created by French designer Edouard Rambaud, Paris.
Features a byzantine-inspired design with a gilt metal ...
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1980s French Byzantine Vintage Brooches
Materials
Gilt Metal
Ancient Ostrogothic Silver Eagle Headed Buckle, Byzantine Era, 6th Century A.D.
Located in New York, NY
Rare, large Ostrogothic silver eagle-headed buckle, circa 6th Century A.D.
A bold projecting eagle head profile set with a cabochon ruby color glass eye, the neck chased with linear ...
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15th Century and Earlier Byzantine Antique Brooches
Materials
Silver
French, 19th Century, Fine Pearl Ruby Black Enamel Napoleon 3 Set
Located in Poitiers, FR
Half set in 18 karat yellow gold, eagle head hallmark.
Magnificent set of Napoleon 3 antique jewelry, the brooch and the pair of earrings are adorned with an oval chiseled pattern. The applied motifs such as ribbons, are enamelled black and decorated with fine baroque pearls. Several cushion- cut rubies complete the decoration. The attachment system of the antique brooch is a pin with safety. The earrings are attached to the back of the earrings with a breakaway.
Total weight of the rubies of the brooch : 0,60 carat approximately.
Total weight of the rubies of the earrings : 0,30 carat approximately.
Diameter of the pearls : from 3/3,5 to 5/5,5 mm approximately.
Width of the brooch : 5,8 cm, height : 4,3 cm approximately, thickness : 17 mm approximately.
Height of the earrings : 3 cm approximately, width : 18.2 mm approximately, thickness : 9 mm approximately.
Total weight of the set : 22 g approximately.
Authentic antique jewelry set...
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1870s French Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
Ruby, Diamond, White Diamond, Pearl, Natural Pearl, Gold, 18k Gold, Yell...
French 19th Century Natural Pearl Ruby 18 Karat Yellow Gold Chimera Brooch
Located in Poitiers, FR
Brooch in 18 karat yellow gold, eagle head hallmark.
Splendid antique brooch, it represents a chimera in openwork decoration surrounded by a vegetal pattern. Its eye is a small ruby ...
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
Pearl, Natural Pearl, Ruby, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique French Coral and Pearl Brooch
Located in New York, NY
An wonderful Antique French Coral and Pearl Brooch
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1890s Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
Coral, Natural Pearl, 18k Gold
19th Century Natural Pearl Diamonds 18 Karat Yellow Gold Round Brooch
Located in Poitiers, FR
Brooch in 18 karat yellow gold, and silver.
Round in shape and openworked, this lovely antique brooch is adorned with natural pearls, each separated by two rose-cut diamonds. The clasp is a pin with hook.
Diameter : 19.2 mm, widest thickness : approximately 7 mm.
Total weight of the jewel : approximately 5.5 g.
Authentic antique jewel - Work of the XIXth century.
Our opinion : Lovely and discreet, a very pretty antique pearl diamond brooch...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
Natural Pearl, Diamond, White Diamond, Pearl, Silver, Sterling Silver, G...
French 19th Century Carnelian Cameo Enamel 18 Karat Yellow Gold Brooch
Located in Poitiers, FR
Brooch in yellow gold, 750 thousandths, 18 carats, horse head mark.
This antique brooch is decorated with a cameo on carnelian representing the left profile of a woman. The gold surr...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
Carnelian, Gold, Yellow Gold, 18k Gold, Enamel
Byzantine Style Emerald and Ruby Filagree Yellow Gold Bow Brooch Pendant
Located in Miami Beach, FL
Dramatic 18k yellow gold filagree bow brooch pendant featuring a leaf and scroll design accented with cabochon emerald and man made faceted rubies. The back has a "c" clasp and a hook so you can wear it as a pendant / enhancer as well. The rubies are synthetic and the emerald cabochons are cracked - I believe this piece was made during World War II and they used family stones and what they could get their hands on.
3.8" across by 2.35" wide
This piece is in the Byzantine Style. Below is the history of Byzantine Jewelry from Lang Antiques:
Byzantine jewelry was a full continuation of the Roman traditions which were kept alive behind the high walls of the new capital, Constantinople. The Roman techniques and styles continued to form the foundation of Byzantine goldsmith‘s skills who weren’t complete copycats; some innovations such as the use of Christian iconography and further specialisation of new and old techniques occurred. Production in the old jewelry centres of Alexandria and Antioch gave way to an increased production in Constantinople. Byzantine jewelry had a huge influence on the manufacturing of personal decoration in the rest of the Medieval world. The Carolingian (start 742 AD) and the later Ottonian courts (start 962 AD) were linked to the Byzantine empire and adopted their fashion resulting in the northern European Romanesque jewelry style.
In the Byzantine Empire jewelry...
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20th Century Byzantine Brooches
Materials
Emerald, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
18kt Gold Natural Pearl and Agate Cameo Pendant/Brooch
Located in Firenze, IT
Yellow gold brooch, adorned with a cameo on agate representing a richly dressed woman, topped with foliage and acanthus set with a pearl.
Dimensions: 5.5 x 3 cm.
Weight: 13.6g.
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1870s French Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
Agate, Natural Pearl, Gold, 18k Gold
French 19th Century Natural Pearl 18 Karat Yellow Gold Pin Brooch
Located in Poitiers, FR
Brooch in 18 karat yellow gold.
Elegant antique brooch, it forms in the center a cross pattern set with natural pearls, separated and surmounted by rose- cut diamonds. The thin clip ...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
Pearl, Natural Pearl, Yellow Gold, Gold, 18k Gold
19th Century Sapphire Diamond 18 Karat Yellow Gold Silver Transformation Brooch
Located in Poitiers, FR
Antique jewelry in 18 karat yellow gold, and silver.
Of shuttle shape, it is decorated in the center of a cushion- cut blue sapphire surrounded in radiation of antique- cut diamonds,...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow ...
Antique 1870 Flower Brooch Rose Diamond Oriental Pearls 14 Karat Red Gold
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This exquisite flower brooch is designed as a flower stalk with a flower in full bloom, two flower buds and leaves. The blooming flower is made out of twenty petals set entirely with...
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1870s European Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
Diamond, Oriental Pearl, Gold, 14k Gold, 15k Gold
French 19th Century Cameo Enamel 18 Karat Yellow Gold Brooch Earrings Set
Located in Poitiers, FR
Set in 18 karat yellow gold, eagle head hallmark.
This antique set consists of a cameo and a pair of earrings.
The oval cameo is on a shell and represents the right profile of a bear...
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
Antique Lyre Gold Brooch Apollos Instrument Flowers Diamonds Silver Glas
Located in Munich, Bavaria
This unusual musical brooch features a lyre, the instrument associated with Apollo. In Greek and Roman mythology Apollo is the god of spring, light, wis...
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1870s French Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
Diamond, 18k Gold, Silver
Gold Brooch with Agate Cameo and Pearls, 19th Century
Located in Paris, FR
Cameo on blue-gray agate featuring a young woman looking toward the left. The artist intricately sculpted the white vein of the agate to bring the delicate profile to life. The young...
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
Agate, Gold
Antique Diamond and Pearl Brooch
Located in Poitiers, FR
Brooch in 18 carat yellow gold and silver, owl hallmark.
Of an openwork leafy design set with rose cut diamonds, this brooch features a top central claw set oriental cream coloured ‘...
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1850s French Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
Natural Pearl, Pearl, 18k Gold, Gold, Silver, Sterling Silver, Yellow Gold
19th Century Enamel Diamonds Surround 18 Karat Yellow Gold Silver Brooch
Located in Poitiers, FR
Brooch in 18 karat yellow gold, and silver, own and swan hallmark.
Magnificent and rare antique brooch it is formed of an enamel representing a y...
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
Diamond, White Diamond, Silver, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
French 19th Century Diamond 18 Karat Yellow Gold Flowering Branch Brooch
Located in Poitiers, FR
Brooch in 18 karat yellow gold, eagle head hallmark and silver.
This magnificent brooch represents a flower and its foliage set with rose-cut diamonds. The...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
White Diamond, Diamond, Silver, Sterling Silver, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow ...
Mid-19th Century Gold Brooch-Pendant with Agate Cameo
Located in Paris, FR
Cameo on blue-gray agate featuring a young woman looking toward the right. The artist intricately sculpted the white vein of the agate to bring the delicate profile to life. The youn...
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1860s French Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
Agate, Gold
Georgios Collections 18 Karat Yellow Gold Emerald Ruby Diamond Pendant Brooch
Located in Astoria, NY
S.Georgios designer pendant enhancer is handmade in 18 Karat yellow gold. It is microscopically decorated with granulation work beads and wires and has a gorgeous unique velvet backg...
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21st Century and Contemporary Greek Byzantine Brooches
Materials
Ruby, Diamond, White Diamond, Emerald, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique French Agate Cameo Brooch
Located in Firenze, IT
CAMEO on agate decorated with a young woman in profile turned to the left, her hair richly chiseled, mounted on 750 / °° yellow gold, the metal pin. XIXth century. 3.7 x 4.5 cm. Gr...
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1890s French Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
Agate, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold
French 19th Century Coral Enamel Diamond 18 Karat Yellow Gold Brooch
Located in Poitiers, FR
Brooch in 18 karat yellow gold, eagle's head hallmark.
Formed from a flat gold disc and chiseled with floral motifs: pansy and rose, this lovely antique brooch is set in the center o...
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Late 19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
Coral, Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Enamel
19th Century Turquoise Diamonds 18 Karat Yellow Gold Silver Clip Brooch
Located in Poitiers, FR
Brooch in 18 karat yellow gold and silver.
Sumptuous antique clip, it is decorated in the center of an important cabochon of natural turquoise retained w...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
Turquoise, Diamond, White Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold, Silver, ...
French Napoleon III Garnet Diamond Natural Pearl Yellow Gold Clover Brooch
Located in Poitiers, FR
Platinium and 18 carats yellow brooch, eagle's head hallamark.
Rhombic shape, this lovely brooch is set on a gold plate delicately chiseled with a decoration of a clover with 3 leave...
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19th Century French Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
Pearl, Natural Pearl, Diamond, White Diamond, Garnet, Gold, 18k Gold, Ye...
Chatelaine in Gold and Semi-Precious Stones
Located in Paris, FR
Gold chatelaine with belt hook behind. Two smooth lapis lazuli blazons are set in think, chain-link rings and topped with a crown embellished with pearls and inlaid with small green and red stones. Below the lapis lazuli blazons is a black enamel motto which reads “Tout ou Rien” (All or Nothing). Three short chains are suspended from the blazons and the motto, each of which is divided by a bead of lapis lazuli. At the end of each chain is a functional pendant: a jasper seal, a gold and lapis lazuli key...
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1850s French Napoleon III Antique Brooches
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, 18k Gold, 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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