Fashion Jewelry Brooches
Vintage 1960s Danish Modernist Brooches
Sterling Silver
Late 20th Century Mexican Modernist Brooches
Sterling Silver
Vintage 1950s French Brooches
Gilt Metal
Vintage 1940s American Retro Brooches
Gold Plate, Rhodium, Base Metal, Gilt Metal
Vintage 1980s American Brooches
20th Century Brooches
Silver
20th Century Retro Brooches
Crystal
Mid-20th Century Brooches
Crystal
Vintage 1980s American Artisan Brooches
Gold Plate
21st Century and Contemporary French Brooches
20th Century Brooches
Vintage 1930s Art Deco Brooches
Brass
Vintage 1950s Norwegian Brooches
Vermeil, Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Brooches
Crystal
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, Onyx, 14k Gold, Platinum
Vintage 1970s French Brooches
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Brooches
Crystal
Vintage 1950s American Brooches
Gilt Metal
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Brooches
Crystal
Vintage 1940s Mexican Artisan Brooches
Turquoise, Sterling Silver
20th Century French Brooches
Vintage 1980s Unknown Brooches
21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Brooches
Crystal
Mid-20th Century Brooches
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Antique Mid-19th Century Brooches
Cut Steel
20th Century American Retro Clip-on Earrings
Crystal
1990s French Brooches
Gilt Metal, Brass
20th Century American Retro Brooches
Crystal
Vintage 1980s American Brooches
Vintage 1940s French Artisan Brooches
Bronze
Early 2000s Italian Modern Brooches
20th Century Art Deco Brooches
1990s American Brooches
Vintage 1980s German Brooches
Gilt Metal
1990s French Brooches
Mid-20th Century Brooches
Crystal
Antique 1890s French Victorian Brooches
Cultured Pearl, Yellow Gold, Sterling Silver
Vintage 1980s American Brooches
Amethyst, Citrine, Peridot
Vintage 1980s American Brooches
Crystal, Gilt Metal
Vintage 1940s American Regency Clip-on Earrings
Sterling Silver, Enamel
1990s French Brooches
Vintage 1960s Danish Brooches
Sterling Silver
Late 20th Century Modernist Brooches
Agate, Sterling Silver
Late 20th Century Mexican Brooches
Silver, Sterling Silver, Brass
Early 2000s Brooches
Vintage 1950s French Brooches
Gilt Metal, Silver Plate
Vintage 1970s French Brooches
Vintage 1960s American Modernist Brooches
Gold Plate
Vintage 1950s Norwegian Brooches
Vermeil, Sterling Silver
1990s American Artisan Brooches
Vintage 1960s French Byzantine Brooches
Gold Plate, Bronze, Gilt Metal
Vintage 1960s Brooches
Pearl, Topaz, Turquoise, 14k Gold
Vintage 1950s Modernist Brooches
Antique Mid-19th Century American Victorian Brooches
Garnet, Pearl, Gold, 14k Gold
20th Century Brooches
Silver
Vintage 1950s American Brooches
Brass, Gilt Metal, Gold Plate
Vintage 1930s French Anglo-Indian Brooches
Silver Plate, Bronze, Enamel, Gilt Metal
20th Century American Retro Brooches
Gold Plate, Yellow 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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