Archive for Brooches
Vintage Brooches Collections
Posted by: | CommentsIve something a little unusual to offer at the moment – several collections or lots of vintage brooches. All of these collections are made up of vintage costume jewellery, I have so many brooches at the moment I though that you would appreciate the opportunity to buy job lots at bargain prices over the cost the pieces would sell for if I sold them individually.
Brooch Collection
There are a wide variety of lots available, a red collection, a harlequin collection, a pink collection ( with a special butterfly brooch included). There is a blue collection which has some super pieces including a cute bug brooch. A collection of antique brooches, a floral collection and an animal collection. All of these vitnage brooches collections can be found now in the costume brooches selection of my shop at www.antiquesavenue.co.uk.
The brooches in these collections vary in date from Victorian ( can you see the entwined snake brooch in the picture above) up to the 1980s. The vast majority date from the 1930s to the 1950s.
Happy Hunting
Anne x
Wiener Werkstätte Jewellery
Posted by: | Comments
Back Stamp
Today I’ve come across a piece of vintage jewellery from Wiener Werkstätte one of the great names in design and production from the early 1900s. Pieces made by Wiener Werkstätte are very rare and desirable these days so I am very pleased to be able to show you this vintage brooch
Brooch
This brooch is made of base metal ( copper I think) and is enameled in black and which is a strong art deco style. Fastening on the back with a simple C catch and has an extended pin stem. There is also the full Wiener Werkstätte stamp as you can see here:
If you would like to find out more about Wiener Werkstätte there is a great article on wikipedia.
Vintage brooches fresh selection
Posted by: | CommentsBusy adding loads of Vintage Brooches to my Vintage Jewellery shop at the moment. As regular readers know antique and vintage brooches are one of my favourite forms of vintage jewellery, their shapes, forms, colours and materials are probably more varied than any other piece of jewellery.
Pinchbeck brooch
The brooches I have at the moment are mainly from the 1950s and before and include dragons, peacocks , Czechoslovakian pieces and of course lots of flowers. Adding this week and next is vintage costume jewellery brooches . There are glass and poured glass brooches, filigree with colourful glass stones and some bright enamels too. Here are a few group photos to feast your eyes on:
Here is where to find vintage brooches on antiquesavenue:
Antique and Vintage Brooches
Posted by: | CommentsThere’s a lot of fresh antique and vintage brooches on antiquesavenue this week. From Victorian through to the 1950s, there has to be a brooch for every taste. Here is a quick tour of these brooches
Victorian Amethyst Brooch
Victorian Amethyst Brooch
Here’s a genuine Victorian brooch set with a real amethyst and with a glass covered locket panel at the back containing a lock of hair. This brooch is made of gold toned metal and it also has a hinged loop so that it can be worn on a chain as a pendant.
This Victorian brooch measures about 5.5 cms long. At some stage during its life this brooch has been repaired and there are signs of this. Now the brooch is solid and wearable but offered at a bargain price due to the repairs
A very unusual Victorian cameo brooch. This cameo is carved from agate and I believe the gentleman in the picture is Napoleon. Agate cameos are much rarer than shell cameos partially because it is much harder to carve. Finding a cameo brooch where you can name the subject is also quite rare making this a very good piece of antique jewellery.
Art Nouveau Cameo Brooch
Art Nouveau Cameo Brooch
Here is a super and really rare cameo carved from Queen Conch giving a beautiful pale pink and white colour. The cameo depicts an art nouveau lady and an owl with its wings open . This is the first time I have seen this cameo. The cameo is set into a gold toned frame, in total the brooch measures about 5.2 cms long and about 4.4 cms wide.
Over the years this brooch has suffered a little with the frame being a bit wobbly ( there is one of 4 pins missing at the back) and the catch has been repaired at some point. The cameo its self has faired much better, the line you can see in the revers is from the original shell and does not go through to the design. There are two short tiny stress lines but the cameo really is sound in itself.
1950s moon glow Lucite Brooches
Moon glow Lucite brooches
A stunning pair of vintage brooches made of pink moon glow Lucite and dating from the 1950s. The brooches have moon glow Lucite beads and also matching pink aurora borealis beads. Each brooch has multiple tassels hanging down. These brooches measure up to 7 cms long and will make a real statement when worn especially if you wear both together.
Antique Brooches Love and Angel
Posted by: | CommentsI’ve two more wonderful antique brooches to show you , a sentimental Love brooch and Reynolds Angel. These are really good examples of genuine antique jewellery which can be found in excellent condition and at a reasonable price to collect or give as a gift which can be treasured for generations to come.
Victorian Love Brooch
Antique Love Brooch
Open Love Brooch
A superb example of Victorian sentimental Jewellery. This brooch is pretty but looks quite like a standard Victorian silver brooch until you realised that the front can be opened and inside is the message “With Love”. To me this is a love token given as a symbol of a hidden or forbidden love. Perhaps the lady was quite young and her parents did not approve of her chosen suitor. Alternatively this could have been given to a servant girl as many servants were forbidden from having “gentleman callers”. Whatever the history of this antique silver brooch it has clearly been treasured and kept safe. The hallmarks date it to 1895 but looking at the condition you could almost believe it was new
Reynolds Angel Brooch
Angel Brooch
A rare and beautiful antique brooch depicting one of Joshua Reynolds angel drawings. Reynolds originally painted his angel pictures ( actually a portrait of a little girl to which he added wings) during the 1700s. This was a popular image used in silver during the Victorian and Edwardian eras.
100 years of brooches
Posted by: | CommentsI know many visitors to AntiquesAvenue are fond of antique and Vintage brooches. Today I have been adding a few lovely brooches from the Victorian era and through the 1900s. Lets take a tour of 100 years of brooches.
Victorian bird brooch
Starting with this Antique Brooch a Victorian stunner ( ok its not on the site yet, I want to keep it for myself for a short while ) This exotic bird is set with turquoise, pearl and has a garnet red eye. The bird is silver and gold and he sits on a multi coloured gold branch and brooch. This brooch is quite an impressive size at 5.7 cms long. It dates from the later 1800s. Watch out for this beauty coming to AntiquesAvenue later this year.
The rest of the Vintage Brooches here in this blog entry are already on antiquesavenue.co.uk
Citrine Brooch
A real sunshine brooch, its set with three real citrines and sparkles a wonderful golden colour. Of course these citrines are set into gold .
Violin Brooch
An unusual brooch for a music lover, made of silver in the shape of a violin.
Spitfire brooch
How about this solid gold brooch made in the shape of a spitfire and dating from the 1930s – sure to be a hit with flying enthusiasts.
Gold owl brooch
Finally for today here is a lovely gold owl brooch with diamond eyes . This is jut a few of the antique and vintage brooches I have added today so do pop over to www. antiquesavenue.co.uk to look.
Vintage Costume Jewellery Brooches
Posted by: | Comments
I’ve a lovely collection to show you, lots of vintage costume Jewellery brooches and available as one lot so that you can keep a few and probably sell the rest at a profit . There are 25 brooches in this lot for £100 which makes them just £4 each including postage.
Every one of these brooches is in excellent condition. They include gold and silver toned brooches, leaf and flower brooches, a cat brooch. There are diamante brooches, glass set brooches and brooches in the shapes of rose.
Art Deco Brooch
Posted by: | CommentsBrooches were as popular during the Art Deco era ( 1920s and 1930s) and they are a popular vintage jewellery collectable During the art deco era brooches followed the fashion of those times and were made in art deco materials, shapes and colours.
Popular art deco materials include Plastics including Bakelite (very new at that time), Chrome, Silver, Platinum ( for the very rich), glass, Lapis Lazuli, marcasites and Rock Crystal. The colours of the time were bright and bold black, white, green, red, orange, yellow and blue. The precious gemstones Diamonds, Emeralds, Sapphires and Rubies clearly fit well with this colour palate as does Jade and black onyx.
Shapes were angular and geometric, just look at this art deco clip its geometric, yellow and made of plastic – a typical art deco brooch:
This vintage clip type brooch is a super piece of art deco jewellery. This is made of an early plastic not sure what might be Bakelite. As this is a clip type brooch it can be worn attached over the neckline or lapel of a piece of jewellery. This art deco clip measures about 5.8 cms long
The art deco brooch had a popular range of themes bold art deco geometrical shapes, travel ( airplanes and boats), Animals ( stylised gazelles for example). Other themes include the crinoline lady which is more 1930s than 1920s.
Here’s a typical art deco brooch made of silver, set with marcasites and with a stylised boat design:
vintage brooch silver marcasite art deco brooch
This silver and marcasite brooch will date from about the 1950s. This is in the shape as an art deco boat and it measures about 4 cms long
You can find these and more vintage brooches on AntiquesAvenue shop