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Vintage Brooches fresh in stock
Posted by: | CommentsI’d thought you would like to see the fresh stock of vintage brooches which have been added to http://www.antiquesavenue.co.uk/ this week. There are some wonderful brooches below are just three examples , A victorian brooch, an art deco brooch and a lovely trifari elephant brooch.
Look in the shop and you can also find wonderful original victorian scottish brooches, an amazing garnet lizard brooch and some wonderful scandinavian silver brooches. Later this week I am adding diamante brooches and a lovely old Ruskin arts and crafts cabochon silver example.
Antique brooch Dura Lily of Valley Victorian
This wonderful antique victorian brooch made of white metal ( tests as silver) and set with a Pietra Dura panel with a picture of a Lily of the valley. The leaves of the flower are made of malachite and the flowers in white agate. This really is a superb piece of antique jewellery.
Material: Silver and hardstones Size:5.5 x 4.3 cms Age:Mid Victorian Condition: Excellent
Crown Trifari elephant red crystal brooch
A really cute elephant brooch or pin made by Trifari with the Crown Trifari makers mark. This is gold toned metal set with cranberry coloured stones.
Size: 2.4 cms long
Condition: Excellent
vintage art deco enamel silver scarab brooch
Amazing original art deco scarab beetle brooch dating from circa 1920s. This is made of 800 silver mad decorated in red, green, blue and white enamel colours
Material:Silver and enamel Size: just under 3 cms long Age:Art Deco 1920s Condition: Excellent – no damage to the enamel Maker, Designer, Origin:European
Vintage Brooches fresh in stock
Posted by: | CommentsI’d thought you would like to see the fresh stock of vintage brooches which have been added to http://www.antiquesavenue.co.uk/ this week. There are some wonderful brooches below are just three examples , A victorian brooch, an art deco brooch and a lovely trifari elephant brooch.
Look in the shop and you can also find wonderful original victorian scottish brooches, an amazing garnet lizard brooch and some wonderful scandinavian silver brooches. Later this week I am adding diamante brooches and a lovely old Ruskin arts and crafts cabochon silver example.
Antique brooch Dura Lily of Valley Victorian
This wonderful antique victorian brooch made of white metal ( tests as silver) and set with a Pietra Dura panel with a picture of a Lily of the valley. The leaves of the flower are made of malachite and the flowers in white agate. This really is a superb piece of antique jewellery.
Material: Silver and hardstones Size:5.5 x 4.3 cms Age:Mid Victorian Condition: Excellent
Crown Trifari elephant red crystal brooch
A really cute elephant brooch or pin made by Trifari with the Crown Trifari makers mark. This is gold toned metal set with cranberry coloured stones.
Size: 2.4 cms long
Condition: Excellent
vintage art deco enamel silver scarab brooch
Amazing original art deco scarab beetle brooch dating from circa 1920s. This is made of 800 silver mad decorated in red, green, blue and white enamel colours
Material:Silver and enamel Size: just under 3 cms long Age:Art Deco 1920s Condition: Excellent – no damage to the enamel Maker, Designer, Origin:European
Vintage brooches, this Christmas’s gift for the future
Posted by: | CommentsYesterday I took a look at what types of vintage jewellery were suitable gifts for different sorts of people this Christmas. Today I will take a look at vintage silver brooches which would be suitable to give to a baby girl to be kept for the future ( and most definitely not to be worn or played with until she gets much older)
Suggesting that you give a vintage silver brooch to a baby girl may at first seem strange but this was certainly common practice in the Victorian and Edwardian eras. Just look at this one which was made specially :
Baby Brooch
Antique silver Baby brooch Victorian 1897 hallmark
antique brooch
Antique Brooch Edwardian silver Faith Hope Charity
I liek the symbolism on this brooch, what a nice though for a babys future. A pretty little Antique brooch dating from the Edwardian era – It has full hallmarks for 1903 and is decorated with the Symbols for Faith ( cross) Hope ( Anchor) and Charity or Love ( Heart). This silver brooch measures about 4.3 cms long and fastens with a simple C catch.
victorian silver name brooch
How about finding an antique Victorian brooch with babys name on it?
Victorian silver name brooch Annie
longcms Victorian name brooches are very popular today both with collectors and to be given as a gift to someone with the same name. This Victorian name brooch is Annie , it is made of fully hallmarked sterling silver and measures about 4
There are plenty more for you to look at over in my shop. Tomorrow I will take a look at a few antique silver Fobs for that special Christmas present for a baby boy.
victorian silver name brooch
Collecting leaf brooches
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These leaf brooches are made of gold, silver and of costume jewellery. They can be set with precious and semi precious stones and enameled in naturalistic leaf colours. Some leaf brooches are by designers, others are just very attractive but unnamed pieces of jewellery.
Lets take a look at a few:
Victorian Name brooch with leaves
This antique brooch dates from the Victorian era when name brooches like this were popular. Made of silver “Fanny” is entwined with leaves/ This is an unusually large antique name brooch being 6.4 cms long. As with most brooches of the victorian era, this fastens with a simple C catch
Victorian pebble brooch
This must be one of the best Victorian Scottish hardstone brooches I have ever seen. Queen Victorian set the fashion for silver brooches set with Scottish hardstones and agate and they were made in all shapes and colours. This one is in the form of a fern leaf and is set with banded agates that tone wonderfully with the silver setting. The fern leaf curls in two directions giving the appearance of movement to the piece.
On the back there is an impressed Victorian registration lozenge which would allow the piece to be accurately dated and a maker identified. The brooch measures about 7.3 cms long. One of the tiny agate panels is actually vacant but it tones so well with the brooch that is is difficult to see this.
Vintage gold brooch , leaf spray
A vintage brooch made of fully hallmarked nine carat gold in the shape of a spray of fern leaves ties up with a bow. This vintage brooch is a lovely piece of jewellery being set with three garnets and three pearls. This brooch measures about 4.2 cms long
Next time I will take a look at some special Scandinavian silver leaf brooches
Vintage Brooch for Bonfire night?
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A wonderful star burst silver brooch made by Anton Michelsen of Denmark. I presume that this vintage brooch was made during the 1960s / 1970s when start busts was high fashion ( just think of the star burst clocks which were made about that time. The start and central area have a light gold tint. This one even looks like a firework.
This vintage silver brooch measures up to 7 cms long
Vintage brooches with enamel are always colourfull. This vintage brooch is in the shape of an exotic flower and is enameled in shades of blue and set with diamante in the center and along the silver toned petals. It measures about 5 cms diameter and is in excellent condition. Big, bright and showy – ideal for a jumper or coat.
Victorian banded agate brooch Scottish hardstone pebble
Pebble brooches are made from Scottish hardstone pebbles and were popularised by Queen Victoria when she had a passion for all things Scottish. This pebble brooch is Victorian and is set with a particularly well figures piece of banded hardstone – I have included a picture with the light behind so that you can see how beautiful it really is. This antique brooch measures about 6 cms wide and is set in a gold tone frame. True bonfire colours in this antique brooch.
Vintage Brooches, Jewellery News
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Vintage Brooches blog is all about Antique and Vintage brooches but what about other types of vintage jewellery and antique jewellery? Now I have a new blog dedicated to all types of vintage jewellery please do take a look over at http://www.vintage-jewellery.info
I will still be bringing you the latest on vintage brooches from antiquesavenue here on this blog
Jewellery news update from Antiquesavenue.co.uk
I am currently featuring all types of jewellery to wear around your neck – pendants, lockets and necklaces. You can get a 15% discount on all neck jewellery until the end of the week , just mail me if you would like to take up this offer. The next feature coming later this week will be charms and charm bracelets
Vintage Brooch news
Ive been adding more lovely brooches including some special Scandinavian ones by some of the top Scandinavian jewellery designers.
Newsletter Update
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Vintage Brooches, Jewellery News
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Vintage Brooches blog is all about Antique and Vintage brooches but what about other types of vintage jewellery and antique jewellery? Now I have a new blog dedicated to all types of vintage jewellery please do take a look over at http://www.vintage-jewellery.info
I will still be bringing you the latest on vintage brooches from antiquesavenue here on this blog
Jewellery news update from Antiquesavenue.co.uk
I am currently featuring all types of jewellery to wear around your neck – pendants, lockets and necklaces. You can get a 15% discount on all neck jewellery until the end of the week , just mail me if you would like to take up this offer. The next feature coming later this week will be charms and charm bracelets
Vintage Brooch news
Ive been adding more lovely brooches including some special Scandinavian ones by some of the top Scandinavian jewellery designers.
Newsletter Update
Have you subscribed to antiquesavenue’s news letter? Its sent out once a month and includes all the recent updates form antiquesavenue jewellery , details of whats new , give aways and special offers. Subscribers to the newsletter received and exclusive discount during September. Just enter your e.mail address – I promise never to pass the details on and you can unsubscribe at anytime.
Vintage brooches, new selection at AntiquesAvenue
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