Antique Butterfly Brooch

Circa 1890s, Silver over 18k, French Import hallmarks. This dazzling antique brooch features 2.40 carats of brilliant white diamonds in an unusual Gothic Revival star motif. Superb ...

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...

Circa 1960s, 18k, American. This utterly charming 1960s gingerbread men brooch is as rare as it is fun! Beautifully made in 18k yellow gold and set with s...

Circa 1950s, 14k, Vienna, Austria. This naturalistic sprig of holly has jade leaves and coral berries. Finely fashioned in fourteen-karat yellow gold, this brooch is a wearable size ...

Circa 1960s, 14k, by Mikimoto, Japan. A sublime example of Mikimoto jewelry, this elegant Sixties pop art brooch is set with perfectly matched Akoya pe...

Circa 1920-30s, Austria. This naturalistic Deco period brooch has lush carved jade leaves and ripening hardstone blackberries (rhodochrosite). Its charming colorful look is completed...

Circa 1880 The brooch consists of four openwork leaves forming a butterfly. The center is set with a sparkling old cushion cut diamond. The leaves are embellished with numerous old ...

France, circa 1890s The brooch is finely modeled as a butterfly. It is handcrafted in silver-topped 18K gold and is encrusted with rose cut diamonds, sapphires and rubies. The principal velvety blue...

Germany, c.1900 The finely modeled butterfly brooch is handcrafted in silver and 14K gold. The brooch is embellished with bright white old European and old mine cut diamonds, rubies...

Antique large Russian gold butterfly brooch in wire open work style yellow gold color centered with 2 rose cut diamond eyes with a hight of 5cm and 4cm wi...

Created in the 1880s, this diamond, pearl, and gem-set butterfly brooch is set in silver-topped 18K gold. The old mine-cut diamond and pearl body, with emerald eyes and ruby-tipped antennae, has curving rose-cut diamond wings edged with rubies and highlighted by round-cut sapphires, in a patinated silver-topped 18K gold mount. Beautifully modeled, with intense sparkle and colors, this small jewel conveys the preciousness and rarity of the graceful favorite of the insect world. Product details: Item #: BO-21096 Circa: 1880 Dimensions: 1.00" length x 1.50" width Materials: 1 old mine and 58 rose-cut diamonds (approximate total weight 0.94 carat); 1 natural freshwater pearl; 4 old round cut sapphires (approximate total weight 0.35 carat); 28 mixed old cut rubies (approximate total weight 0.60 carat); 2 old round-cut emeralds (approximate total weight 0.01 carat); Silver-topped 18K Gold Signed: 18 Macklowe Gallery Curator's Notes: Fashionable women of the late 19th century wore insect brooches in multiples. Multiple butterflies might adorn a dress or alternately secure an opulent veil in place. Although seen since the Renaissance in Western jewelry...

This charming little brooch in the shape of a butterfly has been made around 1830 out of polished steel nails rivetted onto a metal base.