Vintage Brooches fresh in stock

I'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 for Christmas

Of all the types of vintage jewellery you can give as a Christmas gift this year an antique or vintage brooch just has to be one of the most versatile and one with the widest range for you to choose from.

There are antiuqe brooches suitable for most folks too from the youngest baby to the oldest grannie. And dont forget the men too, just call the brooch a badge, a lapel pin or a tie pin and you could find a brooch suitable for most men.

Here are a few I think would go down well as presents:

A brooch for a young girl:

Shell cameo brooch fairy & swan 800 silver vintage

An unusual hand carved shell cameo featuring a fairy holding a swan. She is set into an 800 grade silver frame ( impressed 800)
Age: mid 1900s
Approx Size: Just over 3 cms long

( conversion note: 1 inch = 2.54 cms) Approx Weight: 5.9 grams
Condition:  Excellent


A Brooch for Grannie:
vintage brooch enamel violets flowers



A pretty vintage brooch in the shape of a bunch of violets. The flowers on this vintage brooch have been enameled in shades of violet and green. The brooch measures about 4.7 cms long and fastens with a roll over catch. A lovely piece of vintage costume jewellery


Discount on Brooches:
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Vintage gold brooches, a good investment?

Have you seen the price of gold recently? It seems to be going up every day. You will be amazed at what a vintage gold brooch you purchased a few years ago is worth today. The average price increase for gold over the last five years has been well over 15%. This is particularly favourable to the prices of houses, stocks and shares or the interest you can make on your money in the bank. Now I dont know if this increase will continue or not and I am certainly not qualified to give investment advice. I am just looking at what has happened in the past and posing the question: Are vintage gold brooches a good investment?

We do not buy vintage gold brooches purely as an investment of course, most of the joy of owning vintage jewellery has to do with the craftsmanship, the design and the pure joy of wearing a piece of style or history.
But what, just if, this lovely old brooch you are admiring was to go up in value too? Wouldnt that be wonderful.

So what factors should we look for in a vintage gold brooch?
As with all vintage jewellery these are important ( in no particular order):
1. Condition
2. Style
3. Maker / designer
4. Age
5. Size/ weight
6. Materials
7. Price

I will look at each of these over the next week or so and examine what makes a vintage brooch desirable. For now lets look at a couple of vintage gold brooches which might just be an excellent investment as they are hallmarked gold:
vintage brooch black Opal oval gold 1980s

There is a super oval black opal set into this 9 carat gold brooch. The hallmarks date it to the 1980s. The opal is a doublet. A very collectable piece of vintage jewellery
Approx Size: 2.2 cms long ( conversion note: 1 inch = 2.54 cms)

Approx Weight: 3.2 grams
Country of origin: England


Vintage brooch gold pearl garnet 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

Vintage Silver brooches

AntiquesAvenue.co.uk is featuring Vintage Silver Jewellery at the moment and so I thought I would show you some of the Vintage silver brooches available.

silver turquoise bird and flower brooch

A very pretty piece of antique jewellery. This brooch is made of silver ( stamped 900) and set with tiny turquoise cabachons . There is a seed pearl at the center of each floewr and the bird has tiny red glass eyes. What a wonderful vintage brooch to wear or to collect.

This measures about 4.5 cms long and fastens with a simple C catch. It dates from the Edwardian era and is a very exceptional piece of vitnage jewellery

Castlecliff - huge 1940s cocktail era flower brooch silver


A stunning Castlecliff brooch dating from I believe the 1940s. This is made of silver ( sterling is impressed on the reverse). It is huge measuring about 9.5 cms long and 5.5 cms wide. This is in excellent wearable condition.
Castlecliff were an American Jewellery company. Here is what I have been able to find out about them:

Founded By Clifford Furst And Joseph Bobley In New York City, Castlecliff Was A Highly Respected Name In The Jewelry Industry, And Its Beauty Was Just As Highly Prized By Women Then As It Is By Those Lucky Enough To Find A Piece Now.



Sold In Only The Finest Departments Stores, Castlecliff Was Impeccably Produced In Bold Yet Startlingly Intricate Designs


vintage brooch silver enamel rose

This Vintage brooch is really wonderful. The leaves, stem and buds are made of silver enameled and with inset marcasites. The rose flower is actually made of a hand carved early plastic. The silver is fully hallmarked and can be dated to 1963. There are a few minor signs of age to this brooch but still a very attractive piece of vintage jewellery.

This lovely piece of vintage jewellery measures about 8 cms long.