Brooches & Pins
Victorian Diamond Ruby Pearl Playing Kittens Brooch 15k Gold Silver Set
$ 2,550.00
If you feel that life is getting you down, I highly recommend kittens. Watching them play and frolic, their sheer joy in discovering the simplest of things, a fly, their...
Large Victorian Scottish Inlaid Pebble Brooch Sterling Silver
$ 1,190.00
This stunning Scottish citrine and agate brooch was made during the 1880's. It features a glittering, golden brown citrine set gracefully at the center of a intricately patterned circle of...
Victorian St. Andrews Cross Scottish Brooch Pin
$ 2,480.00
This fantastic Victorian Scottish Agate St. Andrew’s Cross Brooch was hand crafted during the 1880’s. Saint Andrew, also called Saint Andrew the Apostle, was one of the Twelve Apostles of...
Victorian Scottish Pebble Brooch Pin Silver Bow Agate
$ 680.00
This wonderful Victorian Scottish Agate Brooch was hand crafted during the 1880’s. It is set with nine beautifully cut and polished agates that show off the best of nature’s design...
Antique Silver Sweetheart Brooch Pin "Best Wishes" Edwardian
$ 320.00
The Victorians loved all things romantic and sentimental and this definitely carried over into the Edwardian era. Loaded with symbols of God, nature and love, these fabulous silver message brooches...
Antique Victorian Sweetheart Brooch Pin Mizpah Silver Gold
$ 280.00
This beautiful Victorian double shield brooch bears both the symbols for Faith, Hope and Charity, and is also hand engraved with an old biblical phrase found in Genesis 31:49 commonly...
Antique Edwardian Ruskin Pottery Silver Brooch by Charles Horner
$ 380.00
Charles Horner was born in England, in 1837. Between his knack for innovative design and his wonderful marketing skills, he founded a thriving business in the 1860s that produced silver...
Antique Victorian Banded Agate Pearl Stick Pin
$ 1,080.00
I was on a bit of a mission last time I was in London; I wanted to find a few really fine stick pins. See, wedding season is coming, and...
Antique Victorian Turquoise Garnet Gold Snake Brooch Pin
$ 1,280.00
The serpent has been connected to humanity for as far back as we look. Adam, Eve, Ra, the ancient Romans and Africans, all held a place in their art and...
Antique Victorian Cameo Brooch of Jupiter
$ 1,560.00
Jupiter, literally ‘Sky-Father’ was the King of all Gods, In the myths of the Romans he was the supreme god who ruled all of Heaven and Earth. He loomed large...
Antique Silver Butterfly Brooch Pin Blue Wings
$ 460.00
– Sold OutIs there anything better than a summer day on vacation? Some of my most treasured days have been spent laying in hammock with a good book at the lake shore,...
Antique Connemara Marble Gold Scottish Harp Brooch Pin
$ 950.00
O ye'll tak' the high road, and I'll tak' the low road, And I'll be in Scotland a'fore ye, But me and my true love will never meet again, On...
Victorian Cameo Brooch Pin 15k Gold Pearl Diamond Frame
$ 3,450.00
She packed the last pair of gloves into her chest and closed the lid, flipped the clasps and turned the key in the lock. She had room to add some...
Victorian Scottish Pebble Brooch Pin Agate Bloodstone Silver
$ 690.00
I’m not entirely certain why, but when the weather starts to turn chilly, I feel my Scottish roots start to stir. Maybe it’s the color of these fantastic Scottish pieces...
Antique French Wolf Hound Enamel Wedding Set Brooch and Stud Silver
$ 1,280.00
When you’ve been buying jewelry for as long as I have, you might find that what excites you most is the unusual! When I came across this bespoke French wedding...
Victorian Silver Enamel Flowers Brooch Pin Daffodil
$ 360.00
Don’t worry if winter starts to feel long. Don’t fret when the sun goes down early and you feel like you’re only ever outside the dark. Don’t be concerned at...
Pair Georgian Silver Luckenbooth Brooches Pins Scottish Wedding Jewelry
$ 1,880.00
The ‘Luckenbooth’ gets it’s name from the locked booths that sold these iconic brooches along the Royal Mile near St. Giles Cathedral in Edinburgh, Scotland. These brooches were part of...
Scottish Victorian Shield and Garter Silver Brooch Pin
$ 650.00
The Royal Order of the Garter was founded in the fourteenth century by King Edward the Third. It was, and still is, the most prestigious order of Chivalry in the...
Georgian Black Enamel Pearl Diamond Memorial Brooch Pin in 15k Gold
$ 960.00
Long before cell phones, before cameras could be carried in a pocket or a purse, photographs were expensive and hard to come by; so people often didn’t have images of...
Victorian Night and Day 15k Gold Cameo Brooch Pin
$ 1,550.00
I don’t feel the need to flood my shop with cameos. I find them fascinating and very beautiful, but I feel like a stunning example or two is all I...
Victorian Silver Double Heart Flower Brooch Pin
$ 240.00
The amber glow from the sun at dusk was fading as he looked at her. They were on his back porch drinking tea and lemonade, doing nothing in particular. His...
Vintage Art Deco Silver Butterfly Wing Bar Brooch Pin
$ 320.00
It fluttered in the wind like a snowflake in December. It danced through the sky like a ballerina on a stage. The butterfly landed on her nose, only for a...
Art Deco Ruby Diamond Sapphire Pearl Brooch Pin Butterfly
$ 3,820.00
Hand crafted around 1910-20, this breathtaking butterfly brooch and pendant is done in 18 karat gold with the stones set in silver. It showcases 21 sparkling Rose cut diamonds, 4...
Large Victorian Scottish Pebble Brooch Pin Silver Malachite Blue John Agate
$ 960.00
I was in northern Scotland, browsing the Dornock Bookshop, when I decided that six more books were enough and it was time to go. I wandered the streets, admiring the...
Arts & Crafts Opal Gold Brooch Pin by Henry George Murphy
$ 5,800.00
The Arts and Crafts movement in England began as a response to the Industrial Revolution and the mechanization of the decorative arts. It bloomed into one of the most enduring...
Antique Murrle Bennett & Company Amethyst Silver Brooch Pearl Drop
$ 990.00
It was a hidden treasure, a diamond in the rough, a needle in a haystack, if you will. It was the end of my trip and although I’d had a...
Murrle Bennet and Co. Art Nouveau Turquoise Gold Brooch Pin Pearl Drop
$ 2,100.00
This stunning brooch was made by the firm of Murrle Bennett and Company, an Anglo-German firm started by Ernst Murrle and J.B. Bennett, which produced pieces for retail by the...
Antique French Diamond Pearl Crescent Brooch Pendant
$ 5,200.00
When I was a kid, I would beg and plead for my parents to take me to the movie theatre; some would say I was obsessed. I used to turn...
Antique Victorian Shakudo Brooch Pin in Box
$ 550.00
Shakudo is an alloy of copper and gold, developed in Japan. It is crafted from a mix of metals that are often in colors of copper, silver and dark gray....
Antique Victorian Garnet Butterfly Brooch Pin Bohemian
$ 580.00
You might be feeling blue, a little low. The clouds might be hanging drearily in the sky. Don’t fret, just put this on, feel it’s cheeriness; let its brightness seep...
Art Nouveau Murrle Bennett & Co. Opal Gold Pin
$ 540.00
A billowy scarf, a dress with an impossible neckline, a jaunty hat, a silk neck tie; these are just a few of the things that would be greatly improved upon...
Antique Large Art & Crafts Amber Chalcedony Brooch Pin
$ 680.00
Winter’s gloom was lifting and the green of spring was settling in. The days were growing longer and warmer and the sound of birds filled the morning. She was walking,...
French Griffin Rose Cut Diamond Gold Brooch Pin
$ 2,280.00
The eagle has long been thought of as the King of the Birds, out-sizing and out-majestic-ing all of the lesser flying flocks, for just as long the lion has been...
Art Nouveau French Ruby Diamond Dragonfly Brooch
$ 5,800.00
Nature often inspired Art Nouveau jewelry, and this sparkling dragonfly brooch is no exception! During this era of artistry, dragonfly motifs grew in popularity and ended up on dresses, rings,...
Antique Edwardian Silver 'Regard' Brooch Pin
$ 150.00
What a romantic brooch this is! The term ‘Regard’ was a common motif found in Victorian jewelry, as it was meant as a shortened version of the phrase “with my...
Victorian Silver Bird on Branch Brooch Pin Gold Accents
$ 190.00
The amber glow from the setting sun faded as he looked at her. The light glinted briefly off her brooch, affixed to her collar. She shivered in the breeze as...
Large Silver Victorian Horseshoe Brooch, c. 1880
$ 260.00
If you lived in Victorian England, horses wouldn’t have been merely a passion or a hobby, but rather a way of life, a fact of daily existence. Whether it was...
Rare Antique Middle Ages Silver Pins, French c.1460
$ 700.00
These rare survivors of the Middle Ages date to the mid 1400's. The two pins are unmarked but were most likely made in France and test as silver. They are...
Antique Murrle Bennett & Co. Arts & Crafts Art Nouveau Mother of Pearl and 15k Gold Brooch Pin
$ 1,280.00
If I’m very, very lucky, I get a whole day off in Europe. When it falls in London on a weekday I inevitably find myself at The Tower, ogling the...
Antique Scottish Pebble Bow Brooch, Victorian c. 1890, Agate and Sterling Silver
$ 939.00
There is an excellent book by Ginny Redington Dawes called ‘Victorian Jewelry: Unexplored Treasures’. It has the most wonderful photographs of Victorian jewelry, and especially of Scottish pebble...
Edwardian Diamond, Pearl and Platinum Pendant Brooch, Garland Era Convertible
$ 14,000.00
Provided that you were sufficiently wealthy, in possession of a proper pedigree, and on intimate terms with all the right people, you could pretty much live a life...
Antique Arts & Crafts Era Buckle or Sash Pin, 15k Gold with Amethyst and Blister Pearl
$ 1,250.00
Late Victorian and early Edwardian women’s fashions were all about the waist. Nipped and tucked had way different connotations back then, it wasn’t about doctors and surgery, it...
