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Jewelry Type: Fashion Jewelry
Period: 19th Century
Victorian Aluminum and Amythest Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Victorian oval domed, repousse and engraved aluminum and amythest crystal brooch. Gilt metal oval wire work surrounds the focal faceted amythest crystal and the aluminum body of the brooch.
19th Century aluminum jewelry...
Category
Antique 1880s English Victorian Brooches
Materials
Crystal, Gilt Metal
Victorian Sterling Silver Lovely Lady Portrait Brooch Pin
Located in Wallkill, NY
Stunning Victorian Brooch Sterling Silver Great Floral Motif on this piece Victorian
measuring 1.74" x 1.38
This is out of a massive jewelry collection from a Westchester county...
Category
Antique 1880s Unknown Victorian Brooches
Materials
Sterling Silver
Victorian Onyx and Seed Pearl Buckle Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Timeless Victorian Onyx 14 kt Gold and Seed Pearl Buckle Brooch from the late 19th Century. 2.75" x .5".
1880's USA. Excellent condition.
Category
Antique 1880s American Victorian Brooches
Materials
Onyx, Pearl, Gilt Metal, 14k Gold
Victorian Horse Head Stickpin
Located in New York, NY
Victorian Horse Head Stickpin designed as a miniature staff. The finely detailed horse's head is sterling with a rose cut diamond eye. The hilt below h...
Category
Antique 1880s American Victorian Brooches
Materials
Diamond, 14k Gold, Sterling Silver
Massive Etruscan Framed Victorian Shell Cameo
Located in New York, NY
Massive Etruscan Framed Victorian Shell Cameo from the mid 19th Century. Beautifully carved cameo of young maiden with ornate Etruscan work borde...
Category
Antique 1850s American Victorian Brooches
Materials
14k Gold
1860's 14K Gold Victorian Whitby Jet Brooch Bar Pin MCNY
Located in Wallkill, NY
A Victorian Jet mourning bar pin with 5 hanging jet balls hanging from a 14K gold bar. Acquired from the Museum of the City of New York. It measures 2.3" long. Balls measure 7.88mm d...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Unknown Victorian Brooches
Materials
14k Gold, Yellow Gold
Massive Victorian Tortoiseshell Door Knocker Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Massive Victorian Tortoiseshell Door Knocker Brooch from the mid 19th Century. 3 large graduated hoops of hand carved tortoiseshell dangle from...
Category
Antique 1860s British Victorian Brooches
Materials
Gilt Metal
Rare Moonstone Man in the Sun Stickpin
Located in New York, NY
Rare Man in the Sun carved Moonstone Stickpin in 14k gold with fine detailing. A corrugated
gold "sun" frames the carving and within, a red foil is ...
Category
Antique 1880s American Victorian Brooches
Materials
Moonstone, 14k Gold
19th Century YorkshireTerrier Brooch
Located in New York, NY
French Victorian repousse gilt terrier brooch with black and brown patina and handblown brown glass eyes. 1890's France. Excellent condition.
L 1.50"
W 1.50"
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Brooches
Materials
Gilt Metal
Victorian Enamel Gold Flower Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Lifelike enamel floral brooches were extremely popular throughout the 19th Century. Made mostly in Newark, NJ during the last quarter of the 19th Century, these hand enamelled flower...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Edwardian Brooches
Materials
14k Gold
Sterling Paste Victorian Playful Monkeys
Located in New York, NY
Charming paste on sterling playful monkeys from the late 19th Century. One with green eyes is perched on a bar while the other (ruby eyes)can be placed in any position.
Excell...
Excell...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Victorian Brooches
Materials
Sterling Silver
Unusual Victorian Snake Stickpin
Located in New York, NY
Highly unusual handmade Victorian snake stickpin in 14K gold with lovely detailing. A fully formed snake is wrapped around a pear shaped faceted rock cr...
Category
Antique 1870s American Victorian Brooches
Materials
Rock Crystal, 14k Gold
Victorian Lock and Key Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Victorian Lock and Key Brooch brooch from the late 19th Century. A gladiator's profile is set into the key in different colored metals with a dangling padlo...
Category
Antique 1880s American Victorian Brooches
Materials
Gilt Metal
Victorian Bird Gothic Arch Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Victorian parcel gilt brooch with game birds, butterflies and vines set onto a lush oxblood silk velour base. Extremely unusual and possibly made to accent hunting garb. Realistic a...
Category
Antique 1860s French Victorian Brooches
Materials
Gilt Metal
Exceptional Edwardian Paste Corsage Ornament
Located in New York, NY
Exceptional Edwardian Corsage Ornament set in silver with pastes. Lovely design with central motif held by 3 sets of paste and faux pearl set swag chains, hanging off sword hilt...
Category
Antique 1870s French Edwardian Brooches
Materials
Silver
19th Century Amythest Pendant Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Late 19th Century antique Amythest drop brooch in cutwork silver with gold floral applications. Set with a large octagonal, high cabochon amythest with an amythest pear shaped drop.
The silver settings are set completely with tiny flat cut diamonds...
Category
Antique 1880s Unknown Victorian Brooches
Materials
Amethyst, Diamond, 14k Gold, Silver
Early Scandanvian Enamel Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Long sterling and enamel brooch with drops and dangles in deep cobalt blue and pearlescent white enamel. From the early part of the the 20th Century. ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Danish Art Nouveau Brooches
Materials
Sterling Silver
Rare Victorian Iridized Cut Steel Crab
Located in New York, NY
Incredibly contemporary looking crab brooch made of iridized cut steel. This brooch is highly unusual because of its coloring and construction. Spike shaped beads cover the back and ...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Victorian Brooches
Materials
Steel, Cut Steel
Early 19th Century Silesian Wirework Bow Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Silesian Wirework Bow Brooch from the Georgian period, circa 1830's. Intricately woven iron wire is formed into a bow formed brooch with drop and gut...
Category
Antique 1830s French Georgian Brooches
Materials
Other
Extraordinary 19th Century Paste Spray in the Naturalist Style
Located in New York, NY
Massive paste set spray of a life like orchid spray from the mid 19th Century. Set in sterling with hand set and hand cut pastes, period jewels of this size are rare and extraordinar...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Victorian Brooches
Materials
Sterling Silver
Charming Victorian Jeweled Lizard Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Charming mid Victorian Jeweled Lizard Brooch set with tiny vibrant green pastes (to emulate demantoid garnets) and oversized ruby glass "eyes" set in gol...
Category
Antique 1860s British Victorian Brooches
Materials
14k Gold, Sterling Silver, Vermeil
Victorian Cherub Brooch, 1880s
Located in New York, NY
Charming Victorian brooch from the late 19th Century. A cherub perched in the clouds is transfer printed onto porcelain and is set into a twisted and textured 14K gold surround. A mo...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Victorian Brooches
Materials
14k Gold
Charming Enamel and Seed Pearl Malard Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Charming Enamel and Seed Pearl Malard Brooch from the late 19th Century.
Beautifully detailed with enamel and seed pearls. Wonderfully realistic foliage with cat tails.
Central belly...
Category
Antique 1890s Hungarian Victorian Brooches
Materials
Pearl, Sterling Silver, Enamel
Victorian Etched Gold Buckle Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Victorian Etched Gold Buckle Brooch with lovely hand engraving detailing throughout with bead work border, mounted in 14k gold. Excellent condition. 1890...
Category
Antique 1890s American Victorian Brooches
Materials
14k Gold
Victorian Tortoise Cherub Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Charming Victorian cherub brooch hand carved in tortoiseshell. Late 19th Century work with fine detailing and high relief 3D modeling. There ar...
Category
Antique 1880s British Victorian Brooches
Victorian French Jet Multi Layer Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Large Victorian French Jet Multi Layer Brooch from the late 19th Century. Large scale with Maltese cross base, topped with layers of faceted pear shaped je...
Category
Antique 1880s French Victorian Brooches
Materials
Gilt Metal
Whimsical Gilded Gold Hardware with Enamel "Turtle" Brooch
Located in New York, NY
This wonderful whimsical polished gilded gold vermeil hardware "Turtle" brooch is accented with bold green enamel as well as faux emerald eyes. The length measures 1...
Category
Antique 1880s American Artisan Brooches
1980s Gold Tone Faux Pearls Brooch
Located in Capri, IT
1980s Gold Tone Faux Pearls Brooch
Category
Antique 19th Century Italian Brooches
Large Whimsical 925 Sterling "Swirl" Pendant
Located in New York, NY
Wonderfully whimsical 925 sterling "Swirl" pendant measures 1 6/8 inches in length, width is 1 7/8 inches, depth is 1/2 inch. Made in Italy.
Category
Antique 1880s Italian Artisan Brooches
Art Nouveau Maiden Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Art Nouveau sterling high relief brooch of a maiden with head wrap. Whiplash ribbons of silver form the frame capped in tiny lily of the valley buds. Highly unusual subject matter. M...
Category
Antique 1890s American Art Nouveau Brooches
Materials
Sterling Silver
19th Century Aesthetic Sterling Sword Pin
Located in New York, NY
19th Century Sterling brooch in the Aesthetic style with a large sword piercing 2 ancient warrior "coins". Suitable for men or women. Sterling Silver with ...
Category
Antique 1870s American Aesthetic Movement Brooches
Materials
Sterling Silver
Victorian English Silver Filigree Basket Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Large Victorian English Sterling silver Filigree Basket Brooch from the late 19th Century. Elaborate wire work forms the central basket motif an...
Category
Antique 1880s British Victorian Brooches
Materials
Sterling Silver
Victorian Spur Motif Stickpin with Diamonds
Located in New York, NY
A platinum "Spur" with mechanical gold accents and 3 rose diamonds sits atop a thick 14k gold stickpin. Heavy gauge quality stickpin for a gentleman of means from the period.
Charming western motif is highly unusual but beautifully rendered in precious metals and stones. Probably a special commission in the late 19th Century...perfect for a 21 Century urban cowboy...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Victorian Brooches
Materials
Diamond, 14k Gold, Platinum
Victorian Angelskin Coral Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Unusual angelskin coral brooch form the late 19th Century of a Neoclassical maiden flanked by 2 grotesque figures. Beautifully hand carved with ...
Category
Antique 1870s Italian Victorian Brooches
Materials
Coral, Sterling Silver
Victorian Turquoise Bar Pin
Located in New York, NY
Victorian bar pin with calibre set turquoise in 14k gold. Nice Etruscan work decoration. 1880's USA. Excellent Condition.
Length 2 3/16" x Width 5...
Category
Antique 1880s American Brooches
Materials
Turquoise, 14k Gold
Victorian Paste Set Monkey
Located in New York, NY
Charming paste set monkey dangling from a bar. Completely set in sterling with handmounted pastes circa 1880s. Unusual novelty piece from the Victorian era.
Excellent condition.
Excellent condition.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Victorian Brooches
Materials
Sterling Silver
French Art Nouveau Blond Horn Rose Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Large French Art Nouveau honey colored horn and metal brooch, depicting an unfurling rose highlighted with cold paint and stained color details.
The design of each unique piece is ...
Category
Antique 1890s French Art Nouveau Brooches
Victorian French Jet Articulated Bow Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Victorian french jet bow brooch from the late 19th Century.France. the looped bow composed of square and round french cut jets,the bow tails are articulated terminating in faceted j...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Victorian Brooches
Materials
Gilt Metal
Japanese Shakudō Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Beautifully detailed Japanese 19th Century Shakudō brooch. L 1.50", W .75".
Excellent condition.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Japanese Brooches
Materials
Mixed Metal
Theodor Fahrner Jugendstil Amethyst Sterling Silver Brooch Pin
Located in Montreal, QC
Rare Art Nouveau Sterling Silver Fahrner oval Brooch, center set with two amethysts, surrounded by embossed lily foliage designs. Signed: TF in circle for: Theodor Fahrner and 935; c...
Category
Antique 1890s German Art Nouveau Brooches
Materials
Amethyst, Sterling Silver
Victorian Seed Pearl and Turquoise Bug
Located in New York, NY
Victorian Seed Pearl and Turquoise Bug crawling up a staff capped with a solitary pearl. Beautifully rendered in 3D with realistic insect anat...
Category
Antique 1870s British Victorian Brooches
Materials
Natural Pearl, Turquoise, Sterling Silver
Jugendstil Silver Brooch Pin Fine Estate Jewelry
Located in Montreal, QC
Beautiful Jugendstil Brooch in silver; hand hammered center, embossed floras and ovals border; marked: 800; approx. diameter size: 2”; Jugendstil - An art movement embracing life! An...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century German Art Nouveau Brooches
Materials
Sterling Silver
Victorian Rock Crystal Faceted Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Cool Victorian Rock Crystal brooch with large faceted stone cubes set within large silver prongs. Very contemporary in look for an brooch over 125 years old...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Victorian Brooches
19th Century "Secret Lover" Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Extraordinarily cool 19th Century "Secret Lover" Brooch with locket fitting.
Most likely French in manufacture, this exquisitely crafted brooch is the work of a master jeweler of the period. The detailing is extraordinary and can only be appreciated with the aid of a loupe.
A photo or ivory miniature of a loved one (possibly secret) was inserted into the locket from the back. A mechanical fan...
Category
Antique 1870s French Brooches
Materials
Freshwater Pearl, Turquoise, 14k Gold
Rare Victorian Man in the Moon
Located in New York, NY
Rare and Unusual Victorian Man in the Moon gold brooch from the late 19th Century. Victorians with fascinated with the idea of travel to othe...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Victorian Brooches
Materials
Diamond, 14k Gold
Victorian Paste Butterfly
Located in New York, NY
Lovely sterling butterfly brooch done in the Victorian era of clear and colored pastes. A large faux ruby forms the body and clear pastes stud the w...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century American Victorian Brooches
Materials
Sterling Silver
Unusual French Galleon Brooch
Located in New York, NY
French Galleon brooch from the early 1900's. Beautifully constructed of mother of pearl sails and hand carved sterling with amazing details. Extremely o...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Brooches
Materials
Sterling Silver
Rare Victorian Mining Brooches
Located in New York, NY
Extraordinary novelty brooches from the mid 19th Century. When new mines were opened to the public in the 19th Century, souvenirs were often sold to commemorate these visits. These rare artifacts of these visits were sold as expensive souvenirs and are set in gold with the various gems and ores mined at those locations.
The gold and silver ore brooch has a double glass vial with gold terminals is likely American in origin. The opal chips floating in liquid glass vial is also capped in gold terminals. Origin probably Australia.
Cool, amazing and rare, great for men or women.
19th Century Gold and silver ore brooch. $2750
19th Century Floating opals...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Victorian Brooches
Materials
Opal, Sterling Silver, 14k Gold
Victorian Gold Anchor Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Unusual "anchor" themed brooch from the late 19th Century. Made of 15ct pink gold, Gucci style links suspend the anchor from a bar pin. 11.3 grams.
2" x 3.5". Excellent condition.
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Victorian Brooches
Materials
15k Gold
Revivalist Enamel and Sapphire Swan Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Late 19th Century pendant brooch made in the Renaissance Revivalist Taste of enameled silver set with a large central sapphire and smaller sapphire accent stones. Hungarian in origin...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Hungarian Victorian Brooches
Materials
Sapphire, Gold Plate
Large Victorian Cameo 14k yellow gold pendant
Located in New York, NY
This large Victorian Cameo is set with a 14k backing and loop. The cameo is scrupled from natural Abalone into a beautiful youthful woman of extreme beauty.
The cameo me...
The cameo me...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Unknown Victorian Brooches
Materials
14k Gold
Etruscan gold with lapis ball Roma Brooch, 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
Etruscan revival brooch in 14K gold with lapis ball drops. Revivalist jewelers from the mid to late 19th Century looked to ancient models and techniques to replicate in the modern Vi...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Italian Victorian Brooches
Materials
Lapis Lazuli, 14k Gold
Unusual Victorian Tremblant Horse Brooch
Located in New York, NY
Unusual silverplate brooch from the late 19th Century.
A series of jockeys are mounted on springs and they move within the glass enclosed vignette. Extremely unusual and charm...
A series of jockeys are mounted on springs and they move within the glass enclosed vignette. Extremely unusual and charm...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century British Victorian Brooches
Materials
Gilt Metal
Antique Victorian Large Pinchbeck Stag and Photograph Swivel Brooch
Located in London, GB
Antique Victorian pinchbeck swivel brooch, featuring a carved stag on one side, and a photograph of a Victorian gentleman on the other side, with g...
Category
Antique Late 19th Century Victorian Brooches
Antique 19th Century Silver Gilt Suite
Located in New York, NY
Antique Suite of Spanish origin, Brooch and Earrings of handmade silver gilt metal with ruby pastes. Back closing pierced ear wire. 1880's Spain.
Broo...
Category
Antique 1850s Spanish Victorian Brooches
Materials
Gilt Metal, Silver
Antique gilt target brooch, hairwork, Mourning
Located in NEWARK, GB
An attractive antique Victorian era gilt mourning brooch.
Designed in the target style it is crafted in a rich golden gilt metal with a lightly domed front and beading around the ou...
Category
Antique 19th Century British Victorian Brooches
Materials
Gilt Metal
Antique Victorian cameo brooch, gilt brass
Located in NEWARK, GB
A beautiful antique Victorian era cameo brooch.
Very finely carved from bullmouth shell it features a beautiful Bacchante and the detailing is really very well done, certainly a mor...
Category
Antique 19th Century British Victorian Brooches
Materials
Brass, Gilt Metal
Victorian Gold, Silver, Pearls, Turquoise Brooch
Located in New York, NY
An elegant antique brooch from the late Victorian era, skillfully modeled as a bird on a perch, made of silver and gold, set with seed pearls, natural turquoise and bright red semi p...
Category
Antique 19th Century Unknown Victorian Brooches
Materials
Pearl, Turquoise, Gold, Silver
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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