If brooches had their great period of glory, it is true that it has disappeared a little from our coats and jackets in recent years. And yet here they are again, the vintage brooches that are pinned on the caps, jackets, lapels of these gentlemen. Small and discreet or large and imposing, it is a jewel that offers multiple forms and asserts the character of its owner. It will be the key element of the suit of these gentlemen, finished the small pocket it is the turn of the vintage brooches to be under the spotlight. Ladies, don’t worry: you too, wheat or flower sprays, rosettes, enamelled gold and stones, all brooches can adorn your outfits and complete your adornments. What could be prettier on a winter wool coat or on the lapel of a blazer jacket? Vintage brooches bring you style, and are sure to get noticed.
Art Deco diamonds line brooch in platinum 850. Bar brooch decorated with a line of twenty-threeold-cut diamonds , arranged in fall: they join in the centre on a more important diamond. The diamonds are set in grain on a platinum setting in a frame worked with a pearl frieze. Antique brooch from the Art Deco period (circa 1925/1930), French jewel.
Dog’s head hallmark and illegible and badly inscribed goldsmith’s hallmark
Dimensions : 5 mm x 77 mm
Total estimated weight of diamonds : 2.06 carats
Note : sold in its antique box. The clasp and its security works.
Condition : scratches from use
Diamond Art Deco clip brooch in platinum and 18 karat (750) white gold. Triangular-shaped lapel clip, combining the typical lines of Art Deco with the beginning of the curves typical of the Retro period, with scrolls at the top. This lapel clip is set with 51 rose-cut diamonds. Brooch or lapel clip, circa 1930-1940, France.
Dog head hallmark, eagle head hallmark and trace of numbering on reverse, “Déposé” on clasp, Peyret & Cie workshop hallmark (active between 1906 and 1980).
Edwardian diamond pearl arrow brooch in 18 karats rose gold and silver. Brooch featuring an arrow with 22 diamonds on the tip and tail, and a fine pearl on the shaft (diameter approx. 4.9 mm). Antique brooch, late 19th – early 20th century.
Partially inscribed owl hallmark (French State hallmark for 18 karat gold).
Dimensions: 10 x 52 mm Estimated total diamond weight: 0.11 carat
Edwardian crescent moon brooch in 18-karat gold (750) with diamonds. Art Deco brooch in the shape of a crescent moon, set with 20 rose-cut diamonds in a platinum setting. This brooch probably was part of a set of convertible jewelry. Brooch made around 1920/1930.
Owl hallmark (French state hallmark for 18-karat gold)
Turquoise and diamond brooch in 18 karat (750) gold and platinum. Antique brooch set with three turquoise cabochons linked by two platinum scrolls each set with 13 rose-cut diamonds (26 in total). Art Deco brooch, circa 1925, France.
Partially inscribed eagle head hallmark (French state hallmark for 18 karat gold) and goldsmith’s hallmark.
Dimensions: 11 x 46 mm
Estimated diamond weight: 0.20 carat
Diameter of the central turquoise: 7 mm
Note: the fastening system works
Condition: scratches from use
Antique Victorian Marianne brooch in 18 karat (750) rose gold and silver. Antique brooch decorated with an enamelled portrait Marianne (French symbol) wearing a Phrygian cap topped with a laurel wreath. The portrait is set off by a surround of rose-cut diamonds in a silver setting. Antique brooch, late Victorian period, circa 1880.
AA hallmark, owl and swan hallmarks (French State hallmarks for 18-karat gold and silver)
Art Deco onyx jabot pin in platinum. Pin set with two cabochon-cut onyxes surrounded by 30 rose-cut diamonds. The jewel adopts a geometrical shape and colors typical of the Art Deco period. French Art Deco jabot pin, circa 1930.
Dog head hallmark
Total dimensions: 98 mm x 15 mm Dimensions of one design: 15 mm x 26 mm
Estimated diamond weight : 0,15 carat
Condition : fine traces of glue below onyx, scratches from use
Enamel American flower brooch in Tiffany & Co’s style in rose and yellow gold 14 karats. Antique brooch representing a sweet pea with pink petals enamelled and matt. The representation of the flower is very naturalistic. On the flower, a diamond is set by six claws in yellow gold. American work, in the style of Paul Farnham for Tiffany & Co, circa 1890.
Scallop shell and trefoil hallmark
Size: 58 mm x 16 mm
Estimated diamond weight: 0.05 ct
Note: the clasp is in rose gold 9k
Condition : scratches from use
Victorian portrait diamonds brooch in silver and rose gold 18 karats (750). Antique brooch with a lady’s portrait painted on ivory and protected by a glass. The portrait is surrounded by a pink gold border and a silver decoration forming a knot and foliage, set with 54 rose-cut diamonds. Late 19th century antique portrait brooch, Victorian period.
Owl and swan hallmarks
Dimensions : 35 x 25 mm Dimensions of the portrait : 21 x 18 mm
Art Deco Tutti Frutti clip brooch in 18 karat gold (750) and platinum (900). Brooch taking the form of a crescent moon, decorated with flowers stylized by petals carved with sapphires, rubies and emeralds, the pistil represented by single cut diamonds. This brooch is composed of fourteen rubies, seventeen sapphires, nine emeralds and fourteen diamonds. Art Deco brooch, in the style of Cartier Paris Tutti Frutti jewelry, circa 1925
Eagle head hallmark, dog head hallmark and illegible goldsmith’s hallmark.
Dimensions : 25 x 32 mm
Estimated weight of sapphires : 2.55 carats
Estimated weight of rubies : 2.10 carats
Estimated weight of emeralds : 0.90 carats
Estimated weight of diamonds: 0.28 carat
Brooch Art Nouveau woman in pink gold 18 karats. Oval brooch worked in openwork, with decoration of woman in profile surrounded by irises flowers. The elegant lady is adorned with a necklace of five rose-cut diamonds and an earring with a similarly cut diamond. The woman is treated to a gentle movement effect and lets the irises slip through her fingers. Art Nouveau brooch, circa 1910.
Eagle head hallmark and illegible goldsmith’s hallmark.
Dimensions: 26 x 36 mm
Note: the attachment system works. There is a fastener on the reverse side, probably to hold a last element, now missing.
Condition: oxidation, scratches from use
Austrian poppy flower brooch in 14 karat white gold. Retro brooch forming a poppy with pink agate petals, tinted. The heart of the flower is made of onyx centered with an old cut diamond. The leaves are finely executed in nephrite jade. The agate, onyx and nephrite have been carved by hand. The white gold stem is set with five rose-cut diamonds. Austrian vintage jewel of the 1940s/1950s, Vienna, signed R.T.
Austrian hallmark for 14 karat gold, mark “585”, R.T. goldsmith’s hallmark
This work is similar to the Austrian Hugler’s House of the same period.
Dimensions: 47 mm x 21 mm
Estimated diamond weight: 0.05 carat
Note: the clasp and its security are working Condition : scratches from use