There’s a sweet gravity to Victorian sentiment jewelry. Messages of love, protection and parting; pressed into silver for safekeeping. This boldly scaled buckle brooch carries the single word Mizpah, drawn from Genesis: “The Lord watch between me and thee, when we are absent one from another.” A promise of return. A hope that distance would not diminish affection. Whether exchanged between lovers, friends, or family, pieces like this were worn as both comfort and declaration.

Made around 1880, this substantial brooch is crafted in bright polished silver, shaped as a wide oval buckle enclosing the deeply cut letters of MIZPAH set against an ornate foliate ground. The brooch measures 66.3 mm tall by 47.6 mm wide, with a depth of 5 mm, and weighs a generous 35.5 grams. The reverse is fitted with its original pin and early tube hinge. Unmarked but tested.

Bold in size yet tender in meaning, it is as powerful a token today as it was in the Victorian parlor.

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Item ID: BHA26768VA