1930s Brooches

A beautiful brooch and clip on earring set in sterling silver and Amethyst. It is a geometric design of overlapping silver angles in 2 different textures with a center round amethys...

A 1930s Antique Art Deco Sapphire Brooch. There is something instantly compelling about a piece that feels decisive. This brooch has that un...

DETAILS • unsigned • gold silver tone with rhinestones • vintage designer brooch MEASUREMENTS • CONDITION • very good vintage condition with minimal signs of wear Sku...

A charming vintage brooch dating to 1930, designed as a finely rendered pansy crafted in 14 karat gold and adorned with rich royal blue and white enamel. At the center rests a sparkl...

Exceptional Art Deco Mazer Pendant Brooch from the 1930's. High Art Deco design with step faceted faux aquamarines and sapphires set within an intricate pave and baguette dangle sett...

Antique Egyptian Revival sacred Scarab Beetle Brooch made of Gilt / Fold Filled Silver decorated with 15 natural Rubies, 11 natural Sapphires , 28 natural Diamonds, one Citrine and a...

Art Deco Sapphire Baguette Duette Brooch from the 1930's. High Art Deco design with pave crystal and sapphire baguettes and ovals. Clips separate off frame to form 2 dress clips for ...

This wonderful Duette clip brooch was created in France in the late 1930s. Condition Report: Excellent The Details... This Duette clip brooch is made from silver tone metal. It i...

Charming Art Deco Lucite Cat Brooch from the 1930's. Cat is hand carved and reverse painted with highlights on ears and polka dot bow tie. Hand painted glas...

Massive and Amazing Art Deco Paste Brooch, super dimensional, the finest of its kind from this period. Wonderful quality, hand made and set in sterling silver with faux emeralds and diamonds...

Extraordinary Marcel Boucher Early Orchid Brooch from the late 1930's. Dimensional and large brooch with amazing design and signature square cut faux ruby stones used primarily by Boucher. This brooch is designed in pieces and assembled like fine jewelry with extremely tight pave rhinestone work with tapered baguettes. Collector quality, the finest in period faux jewelry, a brooch of this high quality rarely comes to market. High rhodium original finish. 3" x 3.25" in height. Unsigned. 1930's USA. Born in Paris, Marcel Boucher worked as a jewelry designer for Cartier, who brought him to the United States. In the 1930s, he took a job with Mazer Bros...

Rare Ciner Sterling Deco Paste Duette from the 1930's. Large in scale, beautiful quality made in sterling silver with hand set pastes in typical High Style Art Deco Design. Clips sep...

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...

Charming, collectible Art Deco Jelly Belly Cat Brooch from the 1930's. Originally gold, it has worn to a rhodium finish so essentially silver toned. Lucite clear belly. 1930's USA. U...

Bakelite Art Deco Coconut Brooch from the 1930's of hand carved and patinaed green and brown bakelite. 3.5" long x 2.5" wide. 1930's USA.

Miriam Haskell early Turquoise Pate de Verre Wrap Lariat from the late 1930's. These lovely lariats have clip fittings on the ends, which were originally designed to be attached to d...

Charming Coro Art Deco Jeweled hand brooch from the 1930's. A gilt metal hand with large paste "diamond" ring and "ruby" cuff. Signed Coro. 2.5" x 1".

Pair of KTF Trifari Alfred Philippe pave and tricolour fruit salads art deco shield shaped dress clips. The matched pair of rhodium plate base metal, crystal...

Trifari Art Deco exquisite carved glass fruit salad flower basket brooch c 1930s Embellished with a collection of jewel tone carved glass flowers in emerald green, sapphire blue & ru...

Leitão & Irmão Sapphire Pair of Clip Brooches in 19.2kt Yellow Gold, Portugal, late 1930s. A refined expression of Portuguese modernity, this pair of sapphire-set clip brooches by L...

Early Boucher Channel Set Brooch in sterling with rhodium plate finish. Faux rubies are channel set in a wreath form with sprays of pave baguettes. Marked ...

Unusually decorated with small partridge feathers like the yellow-gold gilt necklace commissioned by Elsa Schiaparelli (1890-1973) that is featured on the front-and-back covers and centerfold of the French costume-jewelry hardcover book, Lina Baretti Parures, authored by Patrick Mauries, this unique pave-crystal yellow-gold gilt metal partridge-on-a-branch brooch is further distinguished as an unsigned Parisian-couture piece for Italian-born Schiaparelli with its combination of embossed text "Made In France" and "Modele Depose", along with the trombone clasp often used in the early 20th Century for custom-made French small brooches. The book centerfold on pages 90-91 shows a closeup of the feathered necklace created by French-born Corsican Baretti, whose intricate decoration often mixed ready-made textural or shiny materials like velvet, cork, metal wire, rhodoid, raffia or feathers with custom-made metal, plastic or glass by specialized Parisian workshops such as Maison Gripoix. The Baretti-book caption about the attributed necklace notes: "Collier realise pour Elsa Schiaparelli. Liege, soie, cannetille, perles de verre et plumes de perdix. Chaine en metal." While none of the captions date this necklace--which could have been from the same commission as our brooch--Baretti created one-of-a-kind jewelry for Schiaparelli from the 1930s to the early 1950s until the fashion designer retired. Our brooch was most likely made for a fashion-show debut of one of Schiaparelli's themed clothing collections in the late 1930s for which she commissioned many costume-jewelry paruriers including Baretti. See our photo of a Schiaparelli 1930s...

This exceptional pair of convertible clips represents the pinnacle of French Art Deco jewelry design, capturing the geometric sophistication, technical innovation, and refined glamou...

Between the first advertising campaign that legendary fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli (1890-1973) commissioned from internationally-admired Paris-based Hungarian-born 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 depicting a duck holding a "wet" umbrella dripped with dashes of turquoise and black glaze. Significantly, the trombone clasp of the brooch 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 the designer's couture evening gown, 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 also 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...

Beautiful and stylish Art Deco silver gilt three feathers brooch. Measuring length 6.5 cm / 2.5 inches by width 4.8 cm / 1.8 inches. The brooch is in very good condition, and tests f...

A jewel of wit, color, and Art Deco precision. This exceptional Cartier brooch captures a moment of stillness in sculpted stone. At its center, a finely carved lapis lazuli bird—ric...

Ciro beautiful sterling silver and rhinestones bow brooch. The brooch is stamped SCP England. SCP stands for Sterling Ciro Pearls. Measuring leng...

- Vintage item - Collectible costume jewelry piece from the early 20th century - 1.6" x 1.4" - Gold plated hardware - Red bakelite - Three dimensional salamander/lizard figural...

Beautiful Czech gilt metal floral brooch, with lovely multi coloured glass stones. Measuring length 5.5 cm / 2.1 inches by 4.4 cm / 1.7 inches. The brooch is in very good condition. ...

Mazer Tutti Frutti dress clips duette brooch of tricolor fruit salad flowers and leaves, set within fine crystal pave. Clips can be removed from frame to wear separately as a pair or...

This elegant brooch was created in the 1930s. Condition Report: Very Good - A tiny chip to the corner of the green glass stone. This is only apparent upon magnification and does not...

Lovely Art Deco Royal Crown Brooch, Coro. High quality manufacture set in rhodium metal with pave work, hand set with tiny emerald cabs and squares. Uns...

Rare Dujay Art Deco Fruit Salad Brooch from the 1930's, unsigned. Dujay had the highest quality manufacture of the period, in rhodium and pate de verre ...

Austrian diamond emerald and yellow gold frog brooch circa 1930. * ABOUT THIS ITEM: #P-DJ627C. Scroll down for specifications. Set throughout with ...

Beautiful Antique Art Deco 18K Gold Platinum Old Cut Diamond Ruby Sapphire Leaf Stick Pin. This beautiful Art Deco diamond ruby and sapphire stick pin is crafted in 18k yellow gold a...

Rare and Massive Marcel Boucher Art Deco Pave Lily from the 1930's. High rhodium finish with pave rhinestones with round, baguette and navette stones. Extraordinary design from the l...

This platinum brooch, a true masterpiece of fine jewelry, is adorned with 85 gleaming diamonds totaling 3.01 carats. At the heart of this resplendent creation sits a majestic G-color...

When Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel was at her peak during the Art-Deco period as a Parisian couture designer in the early 1930s and working closely with her favorite jewelry parurier Fulco di Verdura, for one of her clients, she commissioned this unique handcrafted gem-fringed medallion brooch with a yellow-gold circle rope of flexible thick chain that dangles from an unseen ornate open-work curvilinear yellow-gold base. Marked only "FRANCE" on the bar pin with a trombone clasp, like some early 1930s Chanel couture jewelry collected by TheMet museum, its artistry reflects the colorful organic-form starburst sketches of Verdura, which you can see from our photo of one of them. The Sicilian duke began creating fabric patterns for Chanel in 1927, which shortly expanded to executing fine jewelry beginning with custom pieces for the house founder. These included the iconic Byzantine-influenced gem-adorned cuffs referencing the Maltese-military cross, which the French designer can often be seen wearing in circa-1930s photos. Chanel reproduced some of Verdura's originals for her clients, but those variations featured faux gems. This softly-shaped abstract brooch design suits goldsmith Verdura's early anti-Art-Deco aesthetic that was considered a radical departure from 1920s silver-tone geometric jewelry, which otherwise featured linear designs or figurative representation. The deconstructed bouquet of gems mixes amethyst and rose-quartz beads with natural Keshi pearls and intricate tiny gold leaves, which are discreetly wired to a Baroque-motif frame that dangles a round gem surrounded by a chain halo. Significantly, Verdura was credited with re-introducing since Victorian times the rope motif to fine jewelry. Since 1930, Verdura's unique style was influenced by travels with Chanel to explore Byzantine art, Baroque architecture, and the exotic flora-and-fauna among his native Italian aristocratic estate. The legendary fashion-editor Diane Vreeland and American entertainment-stars were among the first Chanel clients to acquire couture real-gem-adorned jewelry made by Verdura, while one of the two brooches treasured by Vreeland was titled "Theodora". See our photo of the Byzantine mosaic of Empress Theodora, whose image--with an abundance of teardrop pearls and colorful gems above her chest, and with a gold halo surrounding her head--could have inspired the design of our brooch. As one of the most important modern-design collaborations, Chanel's close relationship with Verdura lasted largely undocumented years in Paris, until he launched his first outside jewelry venture with a Hollywood designer-boutique after emigrating to the United States in 1934. Within five years, as a financially-backed in-demand goldsmith in the States, he founded the namesake fine-jewelry company Verdura in New...

A pair of Art Deco diamond clip brooches designed as butterflies, in platinum. France. Each brooch is pavé-set with diamonds and formed with outspread wings, the surfaces articulate...

Amazing Early Marcel Boucher Flower Corsage Clip Brooch from the early 1930's. Massive scale and Collector Quality. Designed to be worn at neckline or w...

Trifari Calla Lily Brooch of fine crystal pave, large faux pear shaped pearl and vari size rectangular baguettes with intricate pave work. Designed by Alfred Philippe for Trifari. Do...

Rare, early Marcel Boucher Enamel Bird of Paradise from the 1930's. Enameled in tones of garnet red to firey orange with pave accents on the feathers. ...

Large and Important Marcel Boucher Retro Carp Brooch from the late 1930's. Exceptional design which is parcel gilt with rhodium and large marquise crystals in pastel pink. Unsigned b...

Striking Art Deco Ruby Crystal Abstract Flower, attributed to Eisenberg. Constructed like Eisenberg pieces with hand set cabochons and large ruby glass discs forming the center of th...

Rare Trifari Art Deco Fruit Salad Suite, KTF by Alfred Phillipe circa 1930's. A matching set with brooch and bracelet covered in faux ruby, emerald and sapphire fruits set in gilt me...

Spectacular and Rare Marcel Boucher Duette Brooch from the 1930's. Pair of pave crystal Art Deco clips are removable from pin "base" or can be worn as cl...

Rare Corocraft Blinking Flower Clip from the 1930's. This unusual series has a hinged panel on flowerhead that allows the flower to open or close. Unsigned but only Coro made this se...

Art Deco Platinum Weight 8.1g Jade Buddha with Rose Cut Diamonds and an onyx detail Jabot Pin

Trifari Alfred Phillipe dimensional Retro bow brooch. Made of gold washed sterling silver, crystal pave and faux emeralds. 1940's USA. Excellent Condi...

Circa 1930's. Platinum and 18 karat yellow gold swirl brooch set with approximately 3.50 carats of round and baguette cut diamonds, and approximately 6.53 carats of square emerald c...

An Art Deco diamond, sapphire, and white gold brooch, comprising nineteen old European cut diamonds, and thirty-six calibre cut blue sapphires, in 18 karat white gold. My favourite...

Charming Art Deco Coro Enamel Bee Duette from the 1930's. Pave and enamel bee clips are designed to be worn on a brooch together or separately as clips. 193...

Rare and collectible Art Deco Trifari Frog Brooch with faceted emerald stone "body" from the 1930's. Incredible expressive design with faux emerald caboch...

Art Deco diamond duette fur clip brooch in 18 karat white gold, designed as two interlocking half moons with a strong celestial influence. The brooch is constructed as a convertible ...

Art Deco Enamel Lobster Brooch in the Surrealist style. Large scale in gilt metal with vibrant red enamel. Channel your inner Schiaparelli with this brooch perched in unusual places....

French Art Deco natural coral flower bud clip brooch.The coral beads hand sewn in the form of flower heads,and set on gilt stems and realistic leaves. Clip back fitting for wear on ...

A beautiful historical antique 18k gold pin of four flowers accented by diamonds and enamel by Cartier. This pin is a rare pin by Cartier made in 1938 to commemorate the English Royal visit of King George to Paris. It was made in limited edition. The visit took place July 10-22, 1938. The pin features the English Rose, the Scottish Thistle, Ireland's Shamrock and the Welsh Daffodil to signify the United Kingdom held together by a red white and blue ribbon made with enamel. The colors are also French colors. This pin is illustrated in several Cartier books including "The Cartier Collection Jewelry...

Art Deco frosted crystal and diamond stickpin set in 14K white gold. The frosted crystal is back cut with a star motif centering a square bezel set di...

Early and large Miriam Haskell large floral corsage brooch circa 1930. Of French hand made and pressed pate de verre flower heads and daffodil leaves of...

This Art Deco ribbon brooch intertwines French-cut sapphires and brilliant diamonds in a graceful infinity loop. Its fluid geometry and refined symmetry evoke timeless elegance, capt...