Fashion Jewelry Brooches
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Contemporary Brooches
Sterling Silver
Late 20th Century Contemporary Brooches
Crystal
1990s British Modernist Brooches
Gold Plate
Vintage 1960s American Modernist Brooches
Gold Plate
21st Century and Contemporary Polish Contemporary Brooches
Sterling Silver
Vintage 1980s French Brooches
Gold Plate
Late 20th Century American Brooches
Vintage 1980s American Brooches
Vintage 1950s American Victorian Brooches
Gilt Metal
1990s French Brooches
20th Century French Brooches
Antique Late 19th Century Victorian Brooches
Silver
Early 20th Century British Edwardian Brooches
Gilt Metal
Late 20th Century American Modernist Brooches
Crystal, Gold Plate, Enamel
Late 20th Century British Modernist Brooches
Gold Plate
Antique Late 19th Century Austrian Victorian Brooches
Sterling Silver
Vintage 1980s Brooches
20th Century French Brooches
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Brooches
Silver Plate, Gilt Metal
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, Pearl, 14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Vintage 1950s French Brooches
Mixed Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Brooches
Crystal, Enamel
Mid-20th Century American Retro Brooches
14k Gold, Rose Gold, Yellow Gold
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Brooches
Gilt Metal
21st Century and Contemporary French Brooches
Vintage 1980s French Brooches
2010s Brooches
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Brooches
Enamel, Gilt Metal
20th Century French Brooches
Gilt Metal
Antique 1870s British Late Victorian Brooches
Gilt Metal
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Brooches
Rhodium
Antique 19th Century Unknown Brooches
Moonstone, Turquoise, 14k Gold, Copper, Mixed Metal
Antique 19th Century Unknown Brooches
Onyx, Steel
Antique 19th Century Unknown Brooches
20th Century Unknown Brooches
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Brooches
Rhodium, Enamel
Vintage 1950s French Artist Brooches
Mixed Metal
Vintage 1950s French Artist Brooches
Mixed Metal
Vintage 1930s French Art Deco Brooches
Sterling Silver
1990s French Brooches
20th Century Brooches
Gold Plate
21st Century and Contemporary British Contemporary Brooches
Pearl, Other, Rhodium, Silver, Sterling Silver
20th Century French Brooches
Vintage 1930s German Art Deco Brooches
Lapis Lazuli, Onyx, Sterling Silver
Early 2000s French Modern Brooches
Gilt Metal
Vintage 1940s American Retro Brooches
Sterling Silver
Antique Late 19th Century German Victorian Brooches
Sterling Silver, Enamel
20th Century French Brooches
Antique 1860s Russian Brooches
Silver
20th Century French Brooches
20th Century French Brooches
2010s Asian Early Victorian Brooches
Diamond, Pearl, Sterling Silver
2010s Asian Early Victorian Brooches
Diamond, Sterling Silver
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Brooches
Crystal, Gilt Metal
2010s Asian Early Victorian Brooches
Diamond, Sterling Silver
Antique 19th Century European Brooches
Vintage 1970s French Modernist Brooches
Vintage 1950s French Artisan Brooches
Gilt Metal
Antique and Vintage Costume and Fashion Pins and Brooches
Antique and vintage costume and fashion pins and brooches are decorative jewels traditionally pinned to garments and used to fasten pieces of clothing together where needed. In recent years, these accessories have seen increasing popularity.
Costume jewelry is made of inexpensive materials and is typically designed to accessorize with current fashions. There has been no shortage of unique fashion brooches created over the years by jewelers and jewelry houses such as Trifari, Kenneth Jay Lane and others. Enthusiasts of Chanel — the founder of which loved costume jewelry but couldn’t resist designing jewelry with diamonds — are also going to find that the range of fashion jewelry that has been created at the company includes sophisticated Chanel brooches embellished with pearls and glass jewels.
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.
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 in the collection of costume and fashion jewelry on 1stDibs.
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