Fashion Jewelry Brooches
Vintage 1980s German Art Deco Brooches
Gold Plate
Antique 1880s European Late Victorian Brooches
Garnet
20th Century North American Art Deco Brooches
Crystal
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Brooches
Rhodium
21st Century and Contemporary Brooches
Gilt Metal
Vintage 1960s German Art Deco Brooches
Gold Plate
Late 20th Century Modernist Brooches
Gold Plate, Silver, Sterling Silver
Late 20th Century American Modernist Brooches
Diamond, Gold, 18k Gold, White Gold, Yellow Gold
2010s Italian Aesthetic Movement Brooches
Vintage 1980s German Art Nouveau Brooches
Gold Plate
21st Century and Contemporary Modernist Brooches
Gold Plate, Silver, Sterling Silver
1990s French Brooches
Gold Plate
Vintage 1920s American Art Nouveau Brooches
Bronze
2010s Italian Aesthetic Movement Brooches
Vintage 1950s British High Victorian Brooches
Rhodium
2010s Italian Contemporary Brooches
Gold Plate
Vintage 1950s Unknown Modern Brooches
Antique Early 1900s French Art Nouveau Brooches
Silver
Late 20th Century English Brooches
Crystal
Vintage 1950s American Baroque Revival Brooches
Gold Plate, Base Metal, Gilt Metal
1990s French Romantic Brooches
Vintage 1960s French Artisan Brooches
Bronze, Gilt Metal
Vintage 1980s French Modernist Brooches
Vintage 1950s French Medieval Brooches
Agate, Bronze
Vintage 1970s German Art Deco Brooches
Gold Plate
1990s French Brooches
Gilt Metal
Vintage 1960s German Brooches
21st Century and Contemporary American Art Deco Brooches
Garnet, Silver, Sterling Silver
Vintage 1940s American Artisan Brooches
10k Gold, Gold Plate, Brass, Bronze, Gilt Metal
Vintage 1940s Brooches
Crystal, Sterling Silver
20th Century French Brooches
Gold Plate
Vintage 1940s Brooches
Diamond, 18k Gold
Vintage 1940s American Retro Brooches
Vermeil, Sterling Silver
Vintage 1970s Brooches
Crystal, Gold Plate
Vintage 1980s French Artisan Brooches
Silver Plate
20th Century French Brooches
Crystal, Gold Plate
Vintage 1980s French Brooches
Gilt Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Spanish Artisan Brooches
Quartz, Gold Plate, Bronze
2010s Italian Brooches
Crystal, Gold
Vintage 1930s American Romantic Brooches
Crystal, Rhodium
21st Century and Contemporary Modern Brooches
Crystal, Gold Plate
20th Century French Brooches
21st Century and Contemporary Brooches
Vintage 1950s American Artisan Brooches
Gilt Metal
Vintage 1950s American Artisan Brooches
Brass
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Brooches
Rhodium, Base Metal
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Brooches
Rhodium
Vintage 1980s Brooches
Early 2000s French Art Deco Brooches
Sterling Silver, Enamel
2010s French Brooches
Crystal, Gold Plate
20th Century French Brooches
2010s Italian Brooches
Vintage 1930s American Romantic Brooches
Crystal
Vintage 1940s American Modern Brooches
Crystal, Rhodium
20th Century Brooches
Vintage 1950s French Modernist Brooches
Vintage 1950s French Retro Brooches
20th Century Brooches
14k Gold
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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