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Antique Brooches

An excellent selection of antique brooches dating from the Georgian eras, Victorian brooches and the early 1900s Edwardian era up to 1920. AntiquesAvenue offers interesting costume jewellery, silver and gold Victorian brooches too.

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Antique brooch gold garnet swordAntique brooch gold garnet sword

 What a striking piece of antique jewellery, this brooch is in the shape of a sword and is set with Garnet gemstones into gold which tests as 9 carat but which is not hallmarked. This brooch dates from the Victorian era and fastens with a simple C catch. It measures about 4.5 cms long

Price: £85.00
Antique ruby crescent moon broochAntique ruby crescent moon brooch

A really beautiful antique crescent moon brooch set with real rubies. This brooch is made of yellow metal which tests are high carat gold about 22 carat but is not hallmarked. It is set with 11 nice real ruby gemstones . This antique brooch will date from the Edwardian ear and fastens with a simple c catch. It measures up  to 0.4 cm wide and 4 cms long. It is in really excellent condition

Price: £325.00
Victorian brooch 9 ct gold spiderVictorian brooch 9 ct gold spider

 How cute, a wonderful Victorian brooch set with a huge spider. Insect or bug jewellery of all kinds was very popular during the Victorian era and this brooch would have been very fashionable at the time. The spider measures about 2.3 cms diameter and the brooch is about 6.5 cms long. The brooch is impressed as 9 ct gold and there is an attached safety chain.

Price: £150.00
Antique Brooch Victorian 15ct GoldAntique Brooch Victorian 15ct Gold

 A quality piece of antique jewellery. This gold brooch is in the Victorian Aesthetic style which was popular at the time it was made. This brooch is fully hallmarked as 15 carat gold and can be dated to 1893. This gold brooch measures about 4 cms long. This brooch comes in a card antique jewellery box which is a little worn but nice to have to keep this piece of antique jewellery in.

Price: £80.00
Georgian locket brooch pendant or charmGeorgian locket brooch pendant or charm

 A very versatile piece of antique jewellery. This mourning locket can be worn as a locket, pendant or charm. This piece of jewellery is heavy gold filled that is a layer of gold over base metal.  The back of the locket has a brooch fastening and a loop where it can be attached to a chain or charm bracelet.

This locket has a row of pearls surrounding the central locket compartment which contains a plait of hair. The locket measures about 1.6 cms diameter

Price: £85.00
Antique gold brooch Victorian hallmarksAntique gold brooch Victorian hallmarks

 A very pretty antique brooch, it is made of 9 carat gold and has a pattern of fern leaves and flowers. This type of decoration is typical of the later 1800s and this brooch is hallmarked  the Victorian era. The brooch measures about 4 cms long and fastens on the back with a simple C catch.

Price: £65.00
Antique Jewellery 9 ct gold diamond broochAntique Jewellery 9 ct gold diamond brooch

 A lovely piece of antique jewellery. This brooch is made of 9 carat gold ( has hallmarks) and is set with two diamonds and three blue stones. This is quite a fancy brooch and has lots of detail. As is normal with Victorian brooches this fastens with a simple C catch, it measures about 5 cms long

Price: £75.00
Victorian Etruscan revival broochVictorian Etruscan revival brooch

This brooch is typical of the Victorian Etruscan Revival with rope twist and beads. It is heavily gold plated. This was probably adapted from a larger piece sometime during the victorian era as the reverse shows

Age:Victorian

Approx Size:1 inch diameter

Approx Weight: 5.9 grams

Condition:
This looks wonderful from the front. From the reverse you can see that a pin has been attached when it was adapted from something larger

Vintage Jewellery Sale: Reduced from £24

Price: £20.00
Antique silver sword broochAntique silver sword brooch
An old antique silver brooch in the shape of a sword. This brooch is stamped on the reserve as sterling silver. It measures about 5 cms long and fastens on the back with a simple C catch.
Price: £25.00
Antique suspension brooch silver gilt amethystAntique suspension brooch silver gilt amethyst

Antique suspension brooch silver gilt amethyst
A lovely old suspension brooch dating most likely from the early 1900s. It is made of silver which has a light gold wash. This suspension brooch is set centrally with a real amethyst gemstone
Material:Silver and amethyst Size: 5 cms long, amethyst is 1.2 cms long Age:Early 1900s Condition: Excellent antique condition

Price: £40.00
Victorian 9 ct gold suspension bow broochVictorian 9 ct gold suspension bow brooch

 A quality victorian suspension brooch in the form of a bow. This brooch is to be used for hanging a watch, fob or charm from .  This victorian suspension brooch is made of gold and is marked as 9ct, it will date from the later victorian era or possibly the early Edwardian times. It measures about 3 cms wide. Notice there is a loop of chain behind the brooch - The brooch could  be altered so that the suspension is up to a couple of cms longer.

Price: £60.00
Victorian locket brooch registration lozengeVictorian locket brooch registration lozenge

An unusual antique locket brooch  made of heavy gold plating. The back has a glass covered locket compartment which is currently occupied by a picture of a victorian gent ( glass damaged). The brooch is unusual as it is stamped twice with a victorian registration lozenge.
The hinge has an ancient repair- this brooch looks good from the front - it measures about 3.5 cms long

Vintage Jewellery Sale: Reduced from £25

Price: £18.00
Victorian crescent moon brooch pearl European goldVictorian crescent moon brooch pearl European gold

 A superb crescent moon brooch dating from the later 1800s or possibly into the very early Edwardian era. This brooch carries European gold hallmarks and is set with three small pearls. The brooch has a galleried side in gold. This piece of antique jewellery measures about 2 cms diameter

Price: £90.00
Victorian pebble brooch, antique agateVictorian pebble brooch, antique agate

 A wonderful piece of Victorian pebble jewellery. This brooch has a central panel of an almost golden agate which has a contour pattern. The agate is set into a heavy gold filled frame and the brooch measures about 5.3 mm wide ( quite large). This brooch dates from the Later Victorian era or possibly a little into the Edwardian times.

Price: £35.00
Victorian secret compartment lapel pin broochVictorian secret compartment lapel pin brooch

 A rare piece of antique jewellery. Dating from the Victorian era, this lapel pin has a secret. you can remove the front of the pin and behind is a tiny compartment just big enough for a tiny piece of a lovers hair. When the front is replaced you cannot tell that this is anything other than an ordinary Victorian lapel pin. It is made of rolled gold. The head measures 0.9 cms diameter

Price: £30.00
 Victorian Silver Brooch HM 1880
This Victorian Brooch is made of sterling silver and has a floral and scroll design. The brooch has full silver hallmarks which date this nice piece of antique jewellery to 1880.
Price: £35.00
Antique garnet star broochAntique garnet star brooch
This antique star brooch is set with real garnet gemstone which are rose cut in the antique manner. This star brooch is made in two layers so that you can see a smaller star inside the larger outer star. This brooch fastens with a secure C catch on the reverse.
Price: £75.00
Antique jewellery 9ct gold chain brooch boxedAntique jewellery 9ct gold chain brooch boxed
Antique Jewellery is always special when it comes in and original box like this gold brooch. This brooch is in the shape of a chain and it is stamped as 9ct on the reverse.
Price: £80.00
Antique portrait brooch in gold frameAntique portrait brooch in gold frame
Here is an antique porcelain portrait of a young lady which has been set more recently into a gold frame. Porcelain plaques like this were made in Europe in the later 1900s and are very popular mounted as brooches.
Price: £48.00
Antique Scottish brooch silver agateAntique Scottish brooch silver agate
This antique Scottish brooch is set with a large banded agate cabochon into silver. There is a ting of Scottish thistles decorating the edge of the silver. This brooch fastens on the reverse with a strong C catch typical of jewellery from the Victorian era. There is also a small hanging loop on the back which could be used to attach the brooch to a chain so that it was worn as a pendant.
Price: £48.00

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Antique Brooches from the Georgian, Victorian and Edwardian eras can be substantially different from those found in more recent years. One of the main difference we can find is in the materials used. This is due to changes in the manufacturing process for brooches, new discoveries of materials, running out of the availablility of some materials and simple changes in tastes of what we like out brooches to be made from. Here is a look at some of the materials which you can find in antique brooches which are not so common today:

1. Coral Brooches. This was a most popular brooch material in the Victorian era, it had a broef revival in the art deco ear but is not used to make brooches today. Coral could be carved in to a cameo and set into a brooch or just simply a branch of coral set into the frame. Nowadays coral reefs are protected and the raw material is not readily available. .

2. Ivory Brooches. Quite rightly , elephants are now a protected species but they were not quite so lucky in the Victorian era when they were hunted down for their Ivory tusks. AntiquesAvenue does not sell Ivory brooches. I suggest that if you really want to own an Ivory brooch that you buy it from a reputable source which will provide you with a certificate stating that it si a genuine antique piece. This way you can help to ensure that no more elephants are hunted for pure vanity.

3. Jet Brooches. Most jet came from Whitby on the North East coast of England.. It was carved and polished into beads, cameos, cabochons and simple geometric paterns to form brooches. These brooches were of course " Jet black" in colour and were extreemly popular following the death of Prince Albert when Queen Victoria set fashion of deep mourning. Jet is no longer available in the quantities it was back then .

4. Pinchbeck brooches. Pinchbeck is a material which was used as a cheaper substitute for gold in Brooches and other types of Jewellery. It was bright and shiny and didnt fade in colour unlike other gold substitutes. Technologial advancement  and discoveries of new sources of gold meant that pinchbeck was no longer used to make brooches . Pinchbeck is  popular to collect nowadays.

5. Human Hair. Hair was once very popular in locket brooches. The hair may have been from a lover or someone departed. Georgian and Victorian locket brooches can still eb found today with the original hair contents .The hair is often plaited into intricate patterns and may have tiny pearls placed in it. Nowadays taste has changed. A necklace locket with a snip of a babies hair may be quite acceptable but it it would be very strange to see someone wearing a hair brooch.

Can you think of any more materials which we no longer see in brooches? How about Gutta Percha or Tortoiseshell? Let me know and I will expand this list of antique brooch materials soon.