Victorian Sterling Silver Heart Orange Blossom Shield Antique Love Token Brooch

This hand-crafted antique Victorian brooch was forged from sterling silver and features a sweet enameled yellow bird perched on a silver branch. During the Victorian era, bird watching and aviaries grew quite fashionable due to the work of ornithologist John James Audubon and his publishing of "Birds of America" in the mid-1800s. These trends led to an upswing of interest in bird-themed jewelry, Moreover, Victorians were fascinated with the secret language of love tokens, friendship gifts and mementos that could be discreetly communicated to lovers, friends and family. Birds often communicated love or fidelity. The bird and branch are set on a silver bar flanked with clover shapes, which symbolizes luck or protection for the wearer. The verso is stamped SILVER and the C-clasp is handmade. It's always exciting to find antique jewelry...

Lovely Art Nouveau sterling silver pendant and brooch featuring the profile of a woman. She is quite lovely, with flowing hair adorned with headband hair jewelry...

This booch is a stunning piece of jewelry that embodies the craftsmanship and elegance of a Taxco master silversmith. This vintage brooch is a wearable work of art, created by the ta...

Fantastic William Spratling "Lorenzo" sterling silver and amethyst brooch! The brooch features a stylized parrot profile set with a large cabochon amethyst. It is a substantial piece...

Absolutely stunning, avante garde work of wearable art by Taxco, Mexico master silversmith Antonio Pineda! In top quality 970 purity silver, this circa 1960s brooch is in the whimsic...

From the collection of Phyllis M. Goddard, widely respected collector, researcher and author of books on William Spratling's works. She featured the pin in her book "Spratling Silver: A Field Guide", 2003, pg. 40, figure 2-56. A beautiful set of matching earrings and brooch. Crafted of 980 silver using the repousse method into the design of stylized conch shell cross...

We love this unusual antique, Victorian era Scottish agate and silver cross brooch. It has such a design made up of smooth polished sections of various different agates including ba...

A pretty Victorian silver, paste and Rose gold brooch. It is an ellipse shaped brooch with a beautiful rim of sparkling paste stones, the centre has an applied rose gold panel engra...

Wonderful antique Victorian sterling silver hand engraved brooch in an ornate design. The brooch features a lovely scroll pattern gilded in rose gold. It is not stamped, but tests as silver. Measuring length 4.6cm / 1.8 inches by width 3.2cm / 1.26 inches. The brooch has scratching as expected. The pin has a slight curve to the end. We have given the brooch a light clean. This is a beautiful and decorative antique silver brooch...

Wonderful antique Victorian sterling silver crescent moon brooch with floral engraving, and featuring a lovely chain and rope twist design. The crescent moon and two end bars are gilded in rose gold. The brooch has English hallmarks, stamped with a lion, an anchor, and the date letter is 'S'. The makers mark is AJS for Arthur Johnson Smith. This means that the brooch is sterling silver, assayed in Birmingham, and is dated 1892. Measuring length 4.1cm / 1.6 inches by maximum width 8.5mm / .33 inch. The clasp works well. We have given the brooch a light clean. This is an adorable and beautiful antique silver brooch...

Vintage sterling silver brooch featuring three violinists dressed in Victorian clothing. Marked: Mexico 925 TT-45. Light scratches.

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...