Brooches & Pins
Vintage 1960s Silver Mother of Pearl Brooch
$ 390.00
Sometimes I buy something because it’s beautiful, sometimes it’s because I think it’s a good value or it’s an important example of its kind. Other times I buy things simply...
Antique Victorian Silver Amethyst Pearl Bug Brooch Pin
$ 780.00
Bugs, moths and butterflies, beetles and spiders, they have all been featured in art and design for millennia, sometimes jewelers even crafted jewelry of the carcasses and wings of actual...
Victorian Starburst Diamond Pendant Brooch 3cttw 15k Gold Silver Set
$ 9,650.00
I’m always on the lookout for wonderful diamond starburst pieces and they are certainly getting harder and harder to come by, so I was delighted to find this lovely brooch/pendant.This...
Antique Victorian Citrine Pearl Brooch Pin 15k Gold
$ 750.00
– Sold OutIf I’m being honest, I bought this brooch to have my jeweler turn it into a ring. Only, every time I come across it I think, no, not yet. So,...
Antique French Enamel Limoges Silver Brooch Pin
$ 780.00
A brooch like this is one of those fanciful creations that celebrates the energy of the season and the colors of summer time. It’s crafted for the sole purpose of...
Art Nouveau Garnet Pearl Gold Bar Brooch
$ 650.00
In England Boxing Day is the day after Christmas, the day that the staff of a manor would be given the day off after serving the family on Christmas Day....
Art Deco Paste Silver Monkey Brooch
$ 880.00
In the low light of candles and dim early electric bulbs would have caused this wonderful brooch to glitter like diamonds. The fabulous movement of the bottom chimp would have...
Early Victorian Gold Hair Memorial Brooch Thistles 15k
$ 3,480.00
Golden thistles and leaves frame this amazing mourning brooch. The inner locket contains hair which is beautifully arrayed using the workmanship of the artist of this time. This kind of...
Antique Art Deco Connemara Marble Marcasite Clip
$ 540.00
Have you been to Ireland in the Spring? If you are bold and daring, rent a car and drive up into the Connemara Mountains. Drive through the hills to the...
Antique Arts and Crafts Turquoise Gold Brooch Locket
$ 1,450.00
I fell under the warming spell of this very, very Arts and Crafts style brooch. It’s a locket, but it’s never been a pendant, it was most certainly made as...
Edwardian Fox and Crop Brooch 15k Gold Platinum Mans
$ 1,450.00
If you were off to the hunt in Edwardian England you’d definitely be wearing an Ascot. If you were wearing an Ascot you’d definitely be rocking a pin just like...
Golden Basket of Flowers Gemstone Brooch Watch Hanger
$ 560.00
Before the wrist watch was invented (for soldiers in World War I), there was the pocket watch. And just like the electronic of today are always aiming to get lighter,...
Antique 3cttw Diamond Brooch in 18k Gold
$ 6,580.00
The Metropolitan Opera house opened with a performance of 'Faust' on October 22, 1883 on Broadway in New York City. The opera house had been formed and built by the...
Antique Victorian Silver Horseshoe Brooch Ivy Riding Crop
$ 340.00
The horse's elegance and grace, it stature and gait, the sheer beauty of its form make it an ideal candidate for decorative items such as jewelry and is the reason...
Antique Gold Black Onyx Pearl Memorial Brooch Pin 18kt
$ 780.00
Alas, poor Mary Corben, she perished on the last day of January in the year 1878. I don’t know much about her but we can tell a few things from...
Edwardian Faith Hope and Charity Sweetheart Brooch Pin Silver
$ 250.00
Symbolism was powerful to the Victorians. With strict rules of society and culture they had to express themselves in non-verbal ways, like through art, music and literature. When it came...
Mid-Century Silver Stylish Carnelian Brooch
$ 490.00
How wonderful is this beautifully detailed brooch? I love the swoops and wonder if it is a design indicative of plenty. Are those flowers? Ears of Corn? Wheat? Something plentiful...
Vintage Art Deco Moonstone and Marcasite Dress Clip
$ 850.00
What is it, you ask? Well, I’ll tell you. It’s something whose time has come and gone and definitely needs to come again. It’s a dress clip. Made to be...
Large Victorian Memorial Brooch Pin Banded Agate Black Enamel 15k Gold
$ 1,850.00
If being locked in quarantine this last year plus has shown me anything, it’s that you have to get out and taste the world when and while you can. I...
Art Nouveau Woman in Profile Silver Brooch Pin
$ 300.00
I found this stunning girl in the markets of Paris. Her flowing, wavy hair adorned with a freshly picked flower, she sits in a pierced frame formed by the nature...
Antique Art Nouveau Silver Woman Brooch Pin
$ 390.00
It happens every time, I’m on my way to Europe and I have a little chat with myself about what I should buy, garnet rings, diamond bands, gold earrings, I...
Antique Victorian Amethyst Pearl Brooch Pin Gold
$ 920.00
This mid to late Victorian brooch was lovingly handcrafted in 9 karat gold and is set with a stunning, deep purple rectangular cushion cut amethyst. Bezel set, with a fine...
15k Gold Victorian Opal Brooch Pin Clover Leaf Lucky
$ 650.00
A map of the British Empire done in 1890 might reveal a few clues as to why the Brit's were so enamored with Revival Styles. Spread out across the globe,...
Art Nouveau Jugendstil Silver Brooch Pin Woman in Profile
$ 450.00
I found this stunning beauty in a small stall on Portobello Road in London, but she was undoubtedly made in Germany right around 1900-1910. Almost never signed, the German Jungendstil...
Victorian Memorial Enamel Gold Brooch Pin Inscribed 1879 'Dear Helen'
$ 750.00
Some people really don’t like hair jewelry. I get it, and if you’re one of them, then maybe this brooch isn’t for you, it’s okay. I personally kind of love...
Silver Victorian Scottish Penannular Agate Citrine Brooch Pin
$ 790.00
This style of closure is called a Penannular brooch. The form dates back to the Iron Age, but this one dates to the Victorian Era, around 1880. They were very...
Antique Silver Moonstone Skonvirke Brooch by William Fuglede
$ 1,500.00
Like Jugenstil in Germany, Skonvirke was the name of the movement in Denmark which paralleled the Art Nouveau and Arts and Crafts movements in England and France, and like Jugenstil,...
Victorian Gold Agate Scottish Circle Brooch Kilt Pin Badge
$ 2,200.00
The first sales call I ever went on with my Dad was to an amazing and historied antique jewelry store in Georgetown. The owner was a lovely and extremely well...
Antique Scottish Agate Prince of Wales Brooch Silver Victorian
$ 423.60
– Sold OutThe wife of King Edward III was Pillippa of Hainault. Her family name was Ostrevent, or ostrich. Together they bore a Son, Edward IV, know as ‘the Black Prince’. The...
Scottish Silver Agate Rutilated Quartz Brooch
$ 890.00
Spectacular and truly one of a kind, this 1870's Scottish agate brooch features an amazing rutilated quartz center stone that will excite any lover of Scottish "pebble" jewelry. The depth...
Antique Rose Gold Faceted Amethyst Safety Pin
$ 620.00
One of the things that I love best about antique jewelry and for that matter, antiques in general, is that before plastic and a disposable economy, people made things to...
Victorian Scottish Granite Silver Brooch Dated 1867
$ 880.00
It’s not all that common of a job, the one that I have, and so often times when people ask me what I do, they are fascinated by the answer...
Antique Victorian Moonstone Silver Scorpion Brooch
$ 405.00
– Sold OutSome things demand to be different. Why play it safe when doing the exact opposite is so tempting? And accessible? Try this scorpion brooch on for size, I’m quite certain...
Antique Jugendstil Levinger & Bissinger Silver Enamel Brooch Red Gold
$ 650.00
I don’t often see jewelry done in red enamel so when I do come across lovely items like this one, I do tend to buy them. This little Belle Epoque...
Victorian Diamond Ruby Pearl Playing Kittens Brooch 15k Gold Silver Set
$ 2,550.00
If you feel that life is getting you down, I highly recommend kittens. Watching them play and frolic, their sheer joy in discovering the simplest of things, a fly, their...
Large Victorian Scottish Inlaid Pebble Brooch Sterling Silver
$ 1,190.00
This stunning Scottish citrine and agate brooch was made during the 1880's. It features a glittering, golden brown citrine set gracefully at the center of a intricately patterned circle of...
Victorian St. Andrews Cross Scottish Brooch Pin
$ 2,480.00
This fantastic Victorian Scottish Agate St. Andrew’s Cross Brooch was hand crafted during the 1880’s. Saint Andrew, also called Saint Andrew the Apostle, was one of the Twelve Apostles of...
Victorian Scottish Pebble Brooch Pin Silver Bow Agate
$ 680.00
This wonderful Victorian Scottish Agate Brooch was hand crafted during the 1880’s. It is set with nine beautifully cut and polished agates that show off the best of nature’s design...
Antique Silver Sweetheart Brooch Pin "Best Wishes" Edwardian
$ 320.00
The Victorians loved all things romantic and sentimental and this definitely carried over into the Edwardian era. Loaded with symbols of God, nature and love, these fabulous silver message brooches...
Antique Victorian Sweetheart Brooch Pin Mizpah Silver Gold
$ 280.00
This beautiful Victorian double shield brooch bears both the symbols for Faith, Hope and Charity, and is also hand engraved with an old biblical phrase found in Genesis 31:49 commonly...
Antique Edwardian Ruskin Pottery Silver Brooch by Charles Horner
$ 380.00
Charles Horner was born in England, in 1837. Between his knack for innovative design and his wonderful marketing skills, he founded a thriving business in the 1860s that produced silver...
Antique Victorian Banded Agate Pearl Stick Pin
$ 1,080.00
I was on a bit of a mission last time I was in London; I wanted to find a few really fine stick pins. See, wedding season is coming, and...
Antique Victorian Turquoise Garnet Gold Snake Brooch Pin
$ 1,280.00
The serpent has been connected to humanity for as far back as we look. Adam, Eve, Ra, the ancient Romans and Africans, all held a place in their art and...
Antique Victorian Cameo Brooch of Jupiter
$ 1,560.00
Jupiter, literally ‘Sky-Father’ was the King of all Gods, In the myths of the Romans he was the supreme god who ruled all of Heaven and Earth. He loomed large...
Antique Silver Butterfly Brooch Pin Blue Wings
$ 460.00
Is there anything better than a summer day on vacation? Some of my most treasured days have been spent laying in hammock with a good book at the lake shore,...
Antique Connemara Marble Gold Scottish Harp Brooch Pin
$ 950.00
O ye'll tak' the high road, and I'll tak' the low road, And I'll be in Scotland a'fore ye, But me and my true love will never meet again, On...
Victorian Cameo Brooch Pin 15k Gold Pearl Diamond Frame
$ 3,450.00
She packed the last pair of gloves into her chest and closed the lid, flipped the clasps and turned the key in the lock. She had room to add some...
Victorian Scottish Pebble Brooch Pin Agate Bloodstone Silver
$ 690.00
I’m not entirely certain why, but when the weather starts to turn chilly, I feel my Scottish roots start to stir. Maybe it’s the color of these fantastic Scottish pieces...