Fashion Jewelry Brooches
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Brooches
Rhodium, Base Metal
1990s French Brooches
Mid-20th Century Austrian Brooches
Crystal
Antique Early 1900s Victorian Brooches
Coral, Yellow Gold
20th Century French Brooches
Vintage 1980s Italian Brooches
Crystal, Gilt Metal
Late 20th Century American Retro Brooches
Vintage 1950s American Brooches
14k Gold
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Brooches
Gilt Metal
21st Century and Contemporary American Brooches
Crystal
Mid-20th Century Brooches
Crystal
2010s American Modern Brooches
Crystal
Mid-20th Century Brooches
Crystal
1990s Modernist Brooches
Lapis Lazuli, Sterling Silver
20th Century German Retro Brooches
Crystal
20th Century French Brooches
2010s American Contemporary Pendant Necklaces
Sterling Silver, Silver
Vintage 1980s American Native American Pendant Necklaces
Coral, Turquoise, Sterling Silver
Vintage 1960s American Brooches
Silver Plate
Vintage 1970s American Art Deco Brooches
Late 20th Century Retro Brooches
Crystal, Gold Plate
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Brooches
Base Metal
Vintage 1960s French Brooches
Base Metal
Vintage 1980s Italian Brooches
20th Century Peruvian Artisan Brooches
Sterling Silver
20th Century Austrian Brooches
Crystal
20th Century American Artisan Brooches
Amber, Turquoise, Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary American Brooches
Crystal, Gold Plate
Vintage 1950s Modernist Brooches
Vintage 1970s Mexican Modern Brooches
Amethyst, Citrine, Sterling Silver
20th Century Unknown Brooches
18k Gold, White Gold
Early 20th Century Art Deco Brooches
Base Metal
Mid-20th Century Brooches
Sterling Silver, Enamel
Vintage 1940s American Art Deco Brooches
Gilt Metal
Vintage 1970s American Retro Brooches
Mid-20th Century Brooches
Gold-filled, Sterling Silver
20th Century French Brooches
18k Gold
Vintage 1980s American Native American Brooches
Sterling Silver
Vintage 1980s French Brooches
Gilt Metal
Antique Early 1900s Swiss Victorian Brooches
Agate, Vermeil, Silver
Vintage 1980s American Brooches
Vintage 1940s American Brooches
Base Metal
20th Century French Brooches
Vintage 1950s Retro Brooches
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Brooches
Rhodium, Base Metal
Vintage 1980s Brooches
Crystal, Gilt Metal
Vintage 1940s American Retro Brooches
Gold Plate, Sterling Silver
21st Century and Contemporary Brooches
Crystal
Vintage 1980s American Modernist Brooches
Gold Plate, Enamel
Antique Mid-19th Century American Victorian Brooches
Garnet, Pearl, Gold, 14k Gold
Antique 1880s American Victorian Brooches
14k Gold
2010s Modernist Brooches
Gold Plate
Vintage 1930s American Art Deco Brooches
Vintage 1960s American Brooches
Vintage 1950s French Retro Brooches
Crystal, Gold Plate, Bronze, Gilt Metal
Vintage 1940s American Retro Brooches
Crystal, Gold Plate, Rhodium, Base Metal, Gilt Metal
20th Century Retro Brooches
Crystal
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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