Brooches | Pins

Victorian bar pins do not come any more simpler and minimalist in design than this. The body of the brooch is made from a solid rectangular block of black onyx in the shape of a square bar.

A Georgian cameo depicting John Milton circa 1830 proves to be an interesting find. Mounted in a mixed metal pin is an oval shell cameo, thought to be an unsigned shell cameo carved by Rome Italy cameo carver Giovani Dies. 

A mid 1900's WWII era United States Air Force Lieutenant Colonel's rank insignia; sterling silver oak leaf pin. 

A vintage mid 20th century Retro era rose gold filled swag link necklace. There are five beaded half round bar links that are shaped like a swag. 

A signed Modernist or studio handmade Greek Tragedy and Comedy necklace. Maybe with its 3 faces its symbolizing a Tragicomedy, a literary genre that blends aspects of both tragic and comic forms.

A mid 20th century hand made modernist or studio made brooch with a scarab gemstone. The color of the 12x9mm oval cabochon is hard to describe but it appears to be a brownish red granite or jasper.

This 18k Victorian Etruscan Revival brooch is from circa 1875 featuring a stunning cameo of Mediterranean Toree del Greco red coral set in 18-carat yellow gold. It is remarkable in its exquisite craftsmanship in three-dimension carved in high relief.

An original early 1900s Art Nouveau era Gibson girl portrait pin with a festoon chain. This finely detailed brooch features a young woman with up-swept hair in repousse, as the ideal Gibson Girl.

A Victorian rolled gold filled cameo aesthetic bar pin with Eastlake style leaves and vines intertwined on two rails. 

A mid 20th century, and possibly earlier, Modernist interlocking circles brooch with two lavender colored chalcedony cabochons.

An antique Art Nouveau sterling pin featuring butterfly wing with a reverse painted tropical palm tree and sunset over the beach scene. 

A vintage handcrafted open heart domed brooch in sterling silver. It is circa 1970s.