Fashion Jewelry Brooches
Late 20th Century American Retro Brooches
Crystal, Gold Plate
Antique 1880s American Victorian Brooches
14k Gold
20th Century French Brooches
Gilt Metal
20th Century French Brooches
20th Century Brooches
21st Century and Contemporary French Brooches
Vintage 1980s American Artisan Brooches
20th Century French Brooches
18k Gold, Yellow Gold
Antique Mid-19th Century American Victorian Brooches
Garnet, Pearl, Gold, 14k Gold
Vintage 1980s Brooches
Vintage 1970s American Brooches
Vintage 1970s French Art Deco Brooches
1990s French Brooches
Vintage 1950s American Baroque Revival Brooches
Gold Plate, Base Metal, Gilt Metal
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Antique Late 19th Century Unknown Victorian Brooches
14k Gold
20th Century French Brooches
Vintage 1980s American Brooches
Gilt Metal
Vintage 1970s Italian Baroque Brooches
Coral, 18k Gold
20th Century French Brooches
Gilt Metal
20th Century French Brooches
Gold
21st Century and Contemporary French Contemporary Brooches
20th Century French Brooches
Gilt Metal
Vintage 1930s French Modern Brooches
20th Century Brooches
20th Century Brooches
Vintage 1980s American Artisan Brooches
Late 20th Century American Retro Brooches
Crystal, Gold Plate
Vintage 1960s French Brooches
Base Metal
1990s Italian Brooches
Pearl, Crystal, Gilt Metal
Vintage 1940s American Brooches
21st Century and Contemporary Italian Brooches
Base Metal
Vintage 1980s American Brooches
Crystal
Vintage 1980s Brooches
20th Century Brooches
20th Century Brooches
20th Century French Brooches
2010s French Brooches
20th Century French Brooches
Gilt Metal
Vintage 1980s German Art Nouveau Brooches
Gold Plate
20th Century French Brooches
20th Century Brooches
21st Century and Contemporary American Retro Brooches
Gold-filled
20th Century Brooches
Early 2000s Brooches
Vintage 1950s American Post-War Brooches
Crystal, Mixed Metal, Stainless Steel
Vintage 1920s American Art Deco Brooches
Diamond, Onyx, 18k Gold
1990s French Brooches
Gilt Metal
20th Century Brooches
20th Century Brooches
20th Century Brooches
Mid-20th Century Retro Brooches
Crystal, Enamel
Vintage 1980s Brooches
20th Century Brooches
Vintage 1930s Canadian Brooches
20th Century Italian Brooches
20th Century Brooches
20th Century Brooches
21st Century and Contemporary Brooches
Vintage 1980s American Brooches
Vintage 1960s Art Deco Brooches
Gold Plate, Gilt Metal
Antique and Vintage Costume and Fashion Pins and Brooches for Sale on 1stDibs
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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