Early 20th Century Brooches

Unusual french paste bird stickpin set with rhinestones in sterling. Dyed feathers are for plumage, from the 1930s. Black enamel beak and claws. DOMESTIC...

Art Deco Platinum and 30.00 carats Diamond Double Clip Brooch. Bright polished platinum with sparkling diamond sprays create stunning, multi-dimensional, sculptural works of wearable...

An art deco brooch with a tad more color than usual thanks to the two dainty floral designs made of hand carved petal shaped amethyst. Beautiful calibrated color gems with diamond in...

Schiaparelli Haute Couture Harlequin Brooch, Spring 1939 Jean Schlumberger. The 12 Dictates. Some of which still reign true... 1. Since ...

Elsa Schiaparelli: "I gave to pink, the nerve of the red, a neon pink, an unreal pink, Shocking Pink" Yves Saint Laurent: Schiaparelli's pink was "an aggressive, brawling, warrior pink” Elsa Schiaparelli's "Shocking" Pink was a color which derived from a 17.27 carat rose colored Cartier diamond known as the Tete de Belier, belonging to her friend and client, Daisy Fellowes. Shocking Pink was used for the eponymous perfume "Shocking", which was launched in 1937. The packaging was designed by artist Leonor Fini and the bottle was based on Mae West's curvaceous figure. Her first shoe-hat, designed for her autumn 1937 collection, had a Shocking Pink heel. Salvador Dali loved the color so much he used it for one of his own works, “an enormous stuffed bear...

Haute Couture Schiaparelli Ostrich Dress Clips by Jean Schlumberger, Summer 1938. "Schiaparelli is above all the dressmaker of eccentricity. Has she ...

In the height of the Art Deco era, Hobe jewels manufactured jewels in an older,sweeter style. Completely handmade with colored crystals and a hand painted maiden portraiture, this br...

Large scale wheelbarrow clip by Alfred Phillipe for Trifari from the late 1930s. Glass "fruits" in faux moonstone and chacedony fill the paveed wheelbarrow with a cab sappire accent ...

Pin and clips selection of Bakelite and lucite from the 1930's-60s.
All excellent condition.

Carved Bakelite Sunflower clips in yellow and red,1930s, 1.75"each: $395 pr.

Clear Bakelite...

Charming selection of bakelite figural brooches with different treatments and techniques. All hand carved and hail from the Art Deco Period, American.
All Excellent condition.
Tyrolean hat...

Lucite and Bakelite were materials both treated in novel ways in the art deco period. Charming figurals led the way as evidenced by this trio, all hand carved, stained and painted.

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American Art Deco Early 20th Century Brooches