French Brooches

Line Vautrin Talosel Cornucopia Brooch An exceptional creation by the legendary artist Line Vautrin, this Talosel brooch embodies both artistry and innovation. Designed in the form o...

This charming enamel lapel pin was produced as promotional material for Cartier-branded cigarettes, rendered as a miniature pack complete with the red Cartier logo and gold "Cartier"...

Rare and Beautiful Authentic Hermès Brooch Pattern: 3 maillons Chaine d'Ancre (3 anchor chain links) Made of 18K yellow gold Vintage Item "HERMÈS PAIRS" and serial number engrav...

Few names in French Art Nouveau jewelry carry the quiet distinction of André Rambour. Active in Paris between 1891 and 1906, Rambour exhibited during the movement's defining years al...

Paco Rabanne Paris designed this rare fox brooch in the 1970s. The design features a stylized, leaping fox in a modernist aesthetic that reflects the brand's space-age, futuristic in...

Cilea Paris designed this impressive, floral-inspired resin brooch. The hand-made, artisanal, lightweight piece features a dimensional lunaria flower with a textured pattern, adorned...

A beautifully made vintage flower brooch by Tiffany & Co., created in France circa 1960 and crafted in richly textured 18-carat yellow gold. The brooch is designed as a stylised...

Iconic jewelry by the House of Goossens. A couture brooch from the Stones collection, highlighting the precious alchemy of rock crystal and the inimitable craftsmanship of Goossens. ...

RARE FRENCH 18 KARAT GOLD DEMI-PARURE BY P. DUHAMEL, PARIS — Circa 1840–1860 A magnificent and exceptionally rare French demi-parure in 18 karat yellow gold, comprising a hinged bang...

This gorgeous Line Vautrin Talosel geometric brooch is encrusted with clear and blue mirrored glass, featuring iridescence in a tridimensional, modernist shape. The rare piece was cr...

Beautiful enameled butterfly brooch from Christian Dior Boutique, circa Spring 2002. Rare and collectible. Christian Dior was famously at the helm of the fabulous John Galliano at th...

This is a lovely gold tone letter “D” and bee pin brooch. It is designed by Christian Dior in 1990s. The piece features shiny clear crystals. Signed with “Dior” Size: 5.2x5cm IMPO...

A stunning sun brooch created by French designer Edouard Rambaud, Paris. The piece features a carved and textured design with a gilt metal in mat finishing. The brooch has a security...

An exceptional late 19th-century French transformable brooch designed as a naturalistic branch of dog rose, finely set throughout with rose-cut diamonds. Details: Late 19th century,...

This vintage CHANEL Camellia brooch is crafted of black cotton twill. Stamped made in France. Diameter measures approximately 9 cm. Condition: Excellent vintage condition with minim...

Romantic Edwardian 18th Century Revival Portrait Brooch of vermeil silver set with varisized seed pearls. The charming hand painted portrait surround has hand chased flowers and a ro...

A striking late 19th-century diamond floral spray brooch, acquired from Bonhams Paris, designed as a large naturalistic flower with cascading leafy sprays, curling stems and diamond-...

Chanel Red stripy cotton Camelia brooch featuring a flower shape, a back bar-pin closure, a logo plaque. Circa 2000s Made in France Good vintage condition. Made in France. Diamete...

An elegant and beautifully crafted French mid-century diamond brooch, executed in platinum and 18 karat yellow gold as a sculptural cascade of finely twisted gold ribbons, gracefully...

Fabrice, Paris designed this stunning geometric brooch. The rare piece features a massive open donut design with a high-gloss silvered metal frame composition embellished with carved...

Vintage Pansy Art Nouveau Brooch Enamel and a center Diamond. very beautiful piece. From the late 1800's Weight is: 9.60 grams 14k yellow gold Size is: approx 1.25' inch Diamond is ...

Massive Chanel Cross Brooch in shades of emerald, ruby, topaz and amythest poured glass cabocheons with faux baroque round and pear shape pearls. I...

Step into the world of rare artistry with this stunning Line Vautrin geometric Talosel brooch—a masterpiece of Parisian craftsmanship. Its striking rectangular shape is adorned with ...

Some flowers never fade, they're cast in glass to last forever. Pâte de Verre in pink and green, Swarovski crystals with gilded brass. This Pâte de Verre Pink Flower Brooch...

This vintage CHANEL Camellia brooch is crafted of burgundy knitted wool. Stamped made in France. Diameter measures approximately 7 cm. Comes with original camellia box and tag/card. ...

CHANEL - A Collection from the 1960s, under the artistic direction of Coco Chanel. Iconic jewelry from the Coco era. Silvery metal brooch decorated with multicolored glass paste and...

CHANEL Oversize brooch Year: 1970s Made in france Pearls and Gripoix multicolor: center: green around: amber, amethyst, red, blue Golden metal Measures: diameter mm. 75 Very good con...

Van Cleef & Arpels Wood & Diamond Nerval Flower Brooch A Iconic VCA brooch featuring wood and round cut diamonds in a flower motif. Measurements: 2" long Signed Van Cleef...

This antique amuletic bronze framed pendant cages a dozen 7mm-diameter single-cut rock crystals that each feature a table-cut decagon crown, deep pavilion, 21 facets and uncut girdle, while the culets range from off-center to blunted. They are tightly set within four linked rings to overlap at the same angle in a sparkling single row. Seeming to retain a little of its original yellow-gold gilding on just the interior, the frame that surrounds each of the four sections of three crystals enables them to reflect pale yellow and lime light when the pendant is viewed from certain angles. Each crystal can be manually rotated. Suggesting French heritage, the medieval Frankish culture in northern France made jewelry in similar segmented or open-work shapes of wheels or whorls, which were worn as gem-decorated disk-shaped brooches or gold-caged rock...

An 18 karat gold and diamond rose flowering brooch and matching earrings created by Cartier of France. The set has a Florentine finish to the petals with 15 full cut diamonds in the ...

Givenchy Vintage Unisex Gripoix Amethyst Ruby Sapphire Purple Red Navy Blue Trio Cabochon Rectangle Crystals Long Bar Elegant Modernist Brooch, Gold Tone Very good condition. Very l...

CHANEL - A ready-to-wear Collection circa 1989 under the artistic direction of Karl Lagerfeld. Golden-metal keyring with a matching enameled plate bearing the House contact details....

Large Yves Saint Laurent Starburst Brooch of gilt bronze in the Cocteau style by Maison Goossens. Central crystal is a rose cut pyramid. YSL Rive Gauc...

De Nicola Gripoix Glass Anglo Indian crest shape brooch. Composed of pink ruby, emerald and sapphire hand poured glass enamels. A large focal sapphire ca...

Chanel brooch pin from the Spring/Summer 2005 collection, featuring the iconic Chanel N°5 perfume bottle design, crafted from translucent acetate and...

Celine gold-tone round “Caleche” key ring featuring a gold-tone chain, a round silver-tone with a gold-tone center with a logo “Caleche” pitted all around. Circa 1980s. In good vint...

This Tiffany & Co. diamond and ruby snake barrette mounted in platinum and gold was created in the Edwardian era. The undulating, arched shape designed as two snakes with ruby eyes pursuing each other's tails is set throughout with old European and transitional-cut diamonds, with a broad, optimally flexible gold clip closure on the reverse, mounted in platinum-topped gold. Rarely surviving from a period of bygone glamor, yet a thoroughly modern way to wear diamonds in the hair, this elegant Tiffany jewel is a timeless classic. Item #: BO-22433 Artist: Tiffany & Co Country: France Circa: 1905 Dimensions: 3.00" length. Materials: 66 transitional and old European-cut diamonds (approximate total weight 2.40 carats, VS clarity and G-H-i color grade); 4 round-cut rubies (approximate total weight 0.04 carat; Platinum-topped 18K Gold Gram Weight: 14.20 Signed: Tiffany & Co. Macklowe Gallery Curator's Notes: Hair ornaments for men and women have an important place in the long history of jeweled adornments in Asia and Europe, but in the 20th century these traditions faltered, perhaps with the fall of monarchies and their crowned heads. More recently, in 2026, ornamenting the hair has attracted renewed interest among jewelry designers such as Van Cleef & Arpels, Jessica McCormick...

This vintage 1950s brooch/necklace was crafted by Henry Perichon, who was a very inventive and renowned mid-century French jewelry designer, who signed his pieces "Henry", as seen on...

A starfish, cast in glass, carrying a century and a half of craft. This Pâte de Verre Starfish was made by a former artisan of the Atelier de Gripoix, trained in the same savoir fai...

This Art-Deco period French carved, lathe-worked, sculpted and red-painted black-galalith figural brooch depicts a pair of long-limbed dogs, which may be gazelle hounds, wolfhounds, ...

Cartier “Le Baiser du Dragon” Diamond & Ruby Pin — 1990s An exceptional piece from Cartier’s iconic Le Baiser du Dragon collection, crafted in the 1990s and executed with the pr...

Coco Chanel Medieval style brooch, quatrefoil in form of ruby pate de verre with multiple handmade faux pearls. This style of brooch was one of Chanel's "Fords" of bijoux fantasie m...

Art Nouveau style brooch of aqua poured glass. Silver gilt with pate de verre pear shaped drop.
Christian Dior, unsigned.
Excell...

Between the first ad campaign that couturier Elsa Schiaparelli (1890-1973) commissioned from internationally admired Paris-based multimedia artist Marcel Vertes (1895-1961) for her blockbuster perfume "Shocking" in 1937, and in 1940 when they left France after launching her perfume "Sleeping" shortly before the Nazi occupation during WWII, the illustrator-cum-ceramist distinctly handmade--while traditional materials for couture costume jewelry were scarce in Paris--this whimsical red-glazed ceramic brooch. It depicts a duck holding an umbrella dripped with dashes of turquoise and black glaze to appear wet. Significantly, the trombone clasp of the pin, the long-pronged gilt frame, and the text stamped on its back plate "Made In France" match a similarly sized glazed ceramic brooch of a decoratively chained bear that was published in the book Bijoux (page 146). The author Deanna Farenti Cera dated that likewise unbranded unsigned brooch to 1938 when it was commissioned for one of Schiaparelli's themed fashion shows "Circus". The invitation to that show, which was illustrated with circus characters and performing animals by Vertes' Parisian peer Christian Berard, included a domesticated white duck--notably not holding nor wearing a fashion accessory. Unusually, Schiaparelli had commissioned couture umbrellas from other artisans in the 1930s--a couple of which were acquired by TheMet museum. Another relevant Met acquisition of one of the designer's couture evening gowns, which it dates to Summer 1940, features three large glazed-ceramic fasteners in a contrasting color matching our brooch. The like findings, materials, construction, text, object and palette aside, accessory-adorned ducks were among the figurative animals commissioned by Schiaparelli for that last collection before the Germans dominated Paris by June 1940, which is evidenced by the photo of the dated gilt hatpin depicting a bejeweled bird head with a bill that appears in the book by Patrick Mauries about another Schiaparelli-associated French parurier Lina Baretti (pages 124-125). See our other listing for one of Baretti's uniquely feathered designs, which likewise has a pronged gilt frame with trombone clasp like ours, but whose partridge subject best suits an earlier Schiaparelli collection for Fall 1938 titled "Pagan". For us, distinguishing our brooch from other one-of-a-kind ceramic pieces created for Schiaparelli couture...

Rare Byzantine Crest Brooch of rectangular and square cut gem colored and crystal foiled stones. This incredibly massive brooch is mounted on a signatur...

This is one of the oldest pieces of Christian Lacroix Paris Jewelry we have ever had. This stunning brooch, created in 1987, is part of Lacroix's inaugural jewelry collection. The ra...

Amazing, Unique Piece by Tiffany & Co. Features Round/European Cut Diamonds and Rubies Sculpted Seal Brooch on Drum with Ball on Nose Reverse/Underside of Setting has intricate h...

Massive Multi Colored Byzantine Crest pendant brooch made by Maison Gripoix, France. Poured glass with rhinestone encrustations forming a large crest ...

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...

Christian Dior logo brooch in gilded metal. Conjoined initials come from the iconic Dior logo brooches of the 1950s.
Striking scale. ...

A sophisticated expression of Tiffany & Co.’s celebrated craftsmanship, this elegant pin brooch is exquisitely crafted in 18K yellow gold and showcases the captivating beauty of ...

Antique Victorian/Napoleon III 18K yellow gold serpent/snake brooch - fine and elaborate chased gold finish to the body with chain and tassel details - hand made featuring blue ename...

This charming brooch with a miniature painting depicting amor was created in 1870 ca. The miniature painting shows cupid holding a light in his left hand. In his right hand he is hol...

Clovers are another motif Chanel has revisited many times since the 1930s. This elaborate dimensional brooch derives from the Gripoix workshops in Paris. Dozens of rhinestone pegs de...

Antique Butterfly Brooch 18ct Rose Gold French Stamped Circa 1880 This exquisite Victorian-era butterfly brooch is a true work of art. Crafted from 18ct rose gold, it features a n...

Wonderful Art Deco Diamond and Emerald brooch from the 1930's, set in platinum by Ostertag, France. This lovely design is very reminiscent of Coco Chanel's logo who was his neighbor in the period, where he was located at 16 Place Vendome. Conjoined "C" motifs are are laid with a ladder of diamond baguettes edged with round stones terminating in 2 large diamonds (over 1 carat each) on one end and large fluted Columbian teardrops with tiny pave ball caps on the other. Really exceptional quality and design from 1930's France. Ostertag pieces are exceptionally rare and have the highest quality gems and workmanship c/o the Rubel Freres...

This stunning French Jewelry designer, Henry Perichon (aka Henry), gilt bronze brooch has an undeniable medieval revival feel. The bronze metal frame features antique Medieval design...

Candy colors Swarovski Crystal brooch. 1 of 2 especially for isabelle K Jewelry made in Philippe Ferrandis atelier in Paris. Philippe Ferrandis has been a parurier in Paris since 1986. He creates two collections a year, always different and spectacular inspirations. The elegance, glamour and quality of her creations seduce bold women. Philippe Ferrandis attaches great importance to the choice of materials he uses...

Art Nouveau Aquamarine and pearl brooch set in silver and gold - featuring a bezel set emerald shape Aquamarine to the center (approx. 4.02...

Roger Jean- Pierre cjewled depose cluster clip brooch of faux pearls with smoke and pink crystal faceted beads. The melange produces an almost flori form design. Brooch clip is ver...