Artisan Brooches

Cilea Paris created this stunning giant resin flower brooch for the renowned Parisian fashion store Fabrice. The rare piece is entirely handmade, so each piece is unique. The importa...

Signed "Made in France", this couture poured and lampwork glass flower-like spray brooch has its artisan-wired construction concealed by a decorative gilt filigree scalloped back-pla...

Massive huge scale semiprecious flower brooch designed by RO DO c 1980s The avant-garde brooch is sheathed in luminous 24k gold plated matte metal Embellished with a myriad of semip...

Add a sweet touch of sparkle with this charming pear-shaped brooch by Craft Jewelry NYC. One half of the pear features a rich, golden enamel with subtle swirling patterns, while the ...

This striking gold-tone brooch by NGA showcases a bold Baroque Revival design, rich in ornate scrollwork and dramatic face motifs. At the center is a vibrant, ruby-red glass cabochon...

This elegant 1930s rhodium-plated circle brooch captures the refined glamour of early Art Deco costume jewelry. The open circular form is accented with four emerald green baguette-cu...

This vintage Sarah Coventry brooch showcases a dynamic swirling flower design centered with a luminous faux pearl cabochon. The radiating petals combine smooth, high-polish silver-to...

Add whimsical charm to your collection with this articulated teddy bear brooch, encrusted with clear crystal pave and finished with polished gold tone accents. Featuring jointed limb...

This charming ladybug brooch is crafted in sterling silver and set with a polished Baltic amber cabochon, creating a warm and whimsical statement piece. The body of the brooch showca...

This charming mid-century insect brooch dazzles with a striking mix of green and teal rhinestones, cleverly arranged to mimic the wings and body of a whimsical bug. Set in high-polis...

"Precious Mole" brooch with Tahitian Pearl Gold and Diamonds Discover our unique, entirely handmade brooch that combines elegance and originality. At the center of the creation, a ...

A beautiful mid-century brooch by Sarah Coventry, this gold-tone circular wreath pin is adorned with elegant botanical detailing and enriched with natural gemstone accents. A lumino...

This large floral spray brooch features a dramatic, multi-petal design rendered in silver-tone metal and densely set with faceted blue crystals. The composition is arranged as a radi...

This eye-catching floral brooch pendant is a statement piece of contemporary costume jewelry, crafted in a dazzling flower motif. The five large petals are meticulously set with doze...

This striking vintage brooch captures the drama and geometry of mid-20th century costume jewelry. Featuring a radial design, the brooch is set with four large pyramid-cut amber glass...

Kenneth Jay Lane Black Enamel Alligator Brooch with Faux Pearls and Crystal Accents Make a bold, playful statement with this vintage Kenneth Jay Lane alligator brooch—a dazzling piec...

This charming mid-century beetle brooch is a playful example of 1950s figural costume jewelry. Crafted in gold-tone metal, the brooch features a translucent Lucite shell overlaying a...

Charming Trifari Enamel and Jeweled Butterfly Brooch from the 1960's. Green glass cabs set in wings within enamel frames with crystal paste accents. 1960's USA. 2" x 1.5".

Lisner Gold Tone Cameo Style Brooch with Faux Pearl and Turquoise Accents, Mid-20th Century This signed Lisner brooch features an oval cameo-style cente...

14k yellow gold diamond "Sea Horse" pin, containing 1 round full cut diamond eye weighing .10pts. Specifications: GEMSTONE: 1 round Diamonds carat total weight: .10pts. ...

Charming Marcel Boucher Enamel Shrimp Brooch from the 1960's. Pearlized enamel body with faux grey pearls. Signed Boucher. 2" x 2".

Signed Napier Gold-Plated Patriotic Bear Brooch with American Flag and Rhinestone Eyes This playful vintage brooch by Napier features a textured gold-plated teddy bear clutching an e...

Striking Trifari Aurora and Sapphire Jeweled Crest from the 1960's. Fantastic design with a mixture of deep sapphire pastes and Aurora crystals. 1960's USA. 3" x 2.5".

This Florenza brooch from the 1950s beautifully captures vintage elegance with its intricately carved glass cameo in a deep tortoise shell hue. The rich, high-relief profile of a cla...

Chamber Nautilis sea shells in sterling bezels designed by Betsey Fuller c 1986 The handmade artisan sea shell brooch & clip on earrings are made with luminous pearlized organic sea ...

This vintage Cadoro brooch features a circular, floral-inspired design crafted in gold-tone metal and set with clear rhinestones surrounding a central faux pearl cabochon. The compos...

Louis Comfort Tiffany Opal and Filigree Stick Pin. Cabochon opal bezel set within a filigree frame of platinum openwork, set on a yellow gold 18k shaft. T...

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 gorgeous estate brooch features a beautiful arrangement of round brilliant-cut white diamonds and baguette-cut sapphires set in platinum with an 18k white gold pin and safety ca...

Unusual Sterling and Gold and Niello Jabot Brooch by Studio VL. A 19th Century jabot stickpin brooch suspends a Mid Century sterling sputnik charm. Works really well on a lapel or t...

Vintage Gold Tone Malachite-Style Glass and Crystal Floral Brooch with Red Accents, 1970s–1980s This striking floral brooch is crafted in rich gold tone metal and designed with a bol...

Celebrate the holiday season in style with this festive Christmas tree brooch, designed in radiant gold tone metal and adorned with vibrant rhinestones. The tree is accented with spa...

Charming Mid Century French Jeweled Berry Fruit Brooch from the 1950's. Hand made settings with iridescent crystals set within chrome yellow and green stones. 1950's France. 2.25" x...

Large and unique silver brooch with three antique bezel-set coins. The verso is set with a pin to wear as a brooch, and also a bale to string on leather ...

Mexican Sterling Silver Mother of Pearl Abalone Inlay Brooch with Bird Motif A unique piece, this superb oval 950 sterling silver brooch is represen...

Attractive artisanal Gem Set Brooch from the 1950's set in sterling silver. An unusual combination of watermelon tourmaline, aquamarine, fluorite and ci...

This vintage octagonal brooch features a bold geometric design executed in gold-tone metal and set with multicolored glass stones and rhinestones. The composition centers on a large ...

Christian Dior Charm Brooch from the 1990's by Galliano. Gold toned safety pin design with 3 dangling House charms of Dior perfume, Dior Bee and a Dior Bag. 1990's France. 2.5" x 3" ...

This chased 14k-gold almost-abstract whimsical ostrich bird with a shiny textural plume features prong-set round cabochons of turquoise and chalcedony with smaller colorful cut gems ...

Whimsical figural hang man crystal brooch c 1960 The unique figural brooch is designed with an andrognous figure that may be a man or monkey figure suspende...

Gilt brooch by Line Vautrin (1913-1997), circa 1945-46. The design is known as ...

This large retro floral spray brooch from the 1940s showcases a dramatic and sculptural bouquet rendered in sterling silver with 12K gold-filled accents. The design features high-rel...

Fantastic Vase brooch in 18 karat yellow and white gold mounted with diamonds, coral,emeralds,onyx,sapphires and citrine. Vase total weight 56.30 grams Diamonds weight 0.80 karat Em...

A Legacy of Exquisite Artistry Discover the timeless elegance of Buccellati, one of Italy’s most revered jewelry houses, renowned for its unparalleled craftsmanship, intricate design...

Phyllis 1/20 12K Gold-Filled Pink and Clear Rhinestone Starburst Brooch Pendant, 1950s This dazzling vintage brooch pendant by Phyllis is a mid-century showstopper, designed in a dr...

This dazzling 1950s floral brooch and clip-on earring set by Jomaz showcases the brand’s signature flair for dramatic costume design. The large flower brooch and matching earrings ar...

Charming Weiss Jeweled Pear Brooch from the 1950's. A large pate de verre "pear" is set within crystal leaves in vari toned yellow and peridot crystals. 1950's USA. 2.5" x 2".

Iconic Yves Saint Laurent Haute Couture Sequin Swarovski Butterfly brooch. Saint Laurent used this motif in many designs including hair pieces, acc...

Marguerite Stix Shell Stickpin set in 14k gold mounts in an amazing color. Stix is famous for her shell mounted jewelry for Cartier and this simple snail sh...

Between the first ad-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 or 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...

Carolee Lee "Limited Edition" 1992 Fountain Pen is encrusted with brilliant faux diamonds as well as black enamel set in polished gilded gold vermeil finished hardware. The br...

I am so happy to offer this magnificent Tiffany Schulmberger Thistle piece to all of you. As you may know I source anything I desire and this was 1 year in the making to source and ...

Unusual Schiaparelli Faux Pearl and Pave Ball Flower Brooch from the 1950's. Dimensional flower form with faux pearls studded with pave crystal spheres set in textured golden petals....

Make a dazzling, angular statement with this vintage clear rhinestone triangle brooch. This bold piece of costume jewelry features a striking, geometric triangular design. The surfac...

Elegant Austrian Aurora Mid Century Brooch from the 1950's. Large scale set with unusual bicolor fruit salad molded stones in greens and iridescent purple-blues. 1950's Austria, 3.25...

Schreiner Reverse Crystal and Faux Pearl Earrings from the 1950's. Reverse crystal settings with faux pearls and central citrine crystal. Clip back fittings, Unsigned. Approx .9". 19...

This mid-century brooch captures the playful elegance of 1950s costume jewelry with its twin floral design. Crafted in silver-tone metal, the pie...

This wonderfully elegant huge polished gold vermeil hardware detailed with intricate sculpted Filigree frames a beautiful natural Amber. The height measures 3 1/2 inches. The...

This vintage Craft signed brooch from the 1960s is a bold, sculptural take on floral design. Crafted in textured gold-tone metal, the brooch features flowing, ribbon-like petals that...

Exquisite mother of pearl massive crystal jeweled gilt metal fringe tassel brooch designed by Marena The opulent huge scale artisan brooch is adorned with a pair of large polished mother of pearl organic shaped tiles The mother of pearl tiles are juxtaposed with clusters of glittering aurora borealis small crystals Accented with erratic clusters of tiny glass enamel seed pearls. The large plaque...