Fashion Jewelry Brooches
20th Century Brooches
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, Emerald, Silver, Sterling Silver
Vintage 1960s German Artist Brooches
Gold Plate
1990s French Brooches
Late 20th Century Brooches
Vintage 1970s German Artisan Brooches
Gold Plate, Silver Plate
Early 2000s French Modern Brooches
2010s Art Deco Brooches
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Brooches
Crystal, Rhodium
Late 20th Century Brooches
Late 20th Century Brooches
18k Gold
Vintage 1980s Brooches
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Brooches
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Silver, Sterling Silver
Early 2000s French Romantic Brooches
Vintage 1980s American Modernist Brooches
Late 20th Century Brooches
Late 20th Century French Brooches
Amethyst, Turquoise, 18k Gold
Vintage 1980s French Brooches
Late 20th Century Brooches
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Brooches
Enamel, Gilt Metal
Vintage 1930s Brooches
Late 20th Century Brooches
Late 20th Century Brooches
Late 20th Century Brooches
Late 20th Century Brooches
Early 2000s French Brooches
Pearl
Early 20th Century American Art Deco Brooches
Brass
Vintage 1980s French Brooches
Gilt Metal
Late 20th Century Brooches
Late 20th Century Brooches
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Nouveau Brooches
Emerald, Silver, Sterling Silver
20th Century Unknown Native American Brooches
Turquoise, Sterling Silver
Early 2000s Italian Modern Brooches
Brass
Vintage 1960s French Retro Brooches
2010s French Brooches
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Brooches
Base Metal, Enamel
1990s French Brooches
Vintage 1980s Italian Brooches
Vintage 1980s Brooches
Gold Plate
Vintage 1960s German Art Deco Brooches
Gold Plate
Early 2000s European Artisan Brooches
Gold Plate, Base Metal, Brass, Gilt Metal
2010s North American Retro Brooches
Moonstone, Quartz, Blue Topaz, Aventurine, Gold Plate
20th Century Brooches
Vintage 1980s Brooches
Gold Plate
Vintage 1940s American Retro Brooches
Vermeil
20th Century Brooches
20th Century Dutch Retro Brooches
Cultured Pearl, Gold
Vintage 1960s German Art Nouveau Brooches
Gold Plate
21st Century and Contemporary American Artist Brooches
Sapphire, Blue Sapphire, Silver, Sterling Silver
Antique Late 19th Century Victorian Brooches
Amethyst, Gold Plate, Silver
21st Century and Contemporary American Artist Brooches
Ruby, Silver, Sterling Silver
1990s French Brooches
Gold Plate
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brooches
Crystal, Gold Plate
Vintage 1930s Brooches
Vintage 1930s American Baroque Revival Brooches
Yellow Gold, Brass, Gilt Metal
Vintage 1910s Czech Brooches
Gold Plate
Vintage 1940s Art Deco Brooches
Vintage 1950s Brooches
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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