What are the different types of Vintage brooches?

From classic diamonds in platinum, to a simple bar or circle, to the endlessly fun and figural, our vintage brooches have come in nearly every shape and design you can imagine. We still manage to find ones that surprise us!

What do you do with antique brooches and pins?

Back in the day, “getting pinned” made a relationship official, and that’s exactly how we feel about our antique and vintage pins and brooches. Whether or not they’re currently trendy, we love them on lapels, sweaters, coats, hats, purses…just about anywhere they’ll stick.

What kind of clasp does a Victorian brooche use?

The pin is bent to fit snugly into the nook of the C clasp, securing it. Vintage brooches from the Victorian and Edwardian eras — about the mid-1800s to the early 1900s — are most likely to use C clasps.

What kind of jewelry was popular in Art Deco?

Vintage trombone clasps were very popular in Art Deco and Arts and Crafts jewelry designing periods. To maintain the high quality of Dover Jewelry’s gallery of vintage and antique brooches featuring diamonds, gold, platinum and gemstones, we thoroughly evaluate all the brooches that come into our showroom for authenticity and craftsmanship.

What kind of clasp does a Victorian brooch have?

This type of simple “C” clasp or catch can be found on brooches dating primarily to the 1890s although some carryover designs in the early 1900s incorporate this finding as well. It was used on everything ranging from small Victorian bar pins to large sash pins (see above).

What kind of pin is on a Georgian brooch?

Jabot Pin The Three Graces / Georgian Jewelry This type of brooch, usually long and vertically shaped, consists of a single central pin with two decorative ornaments at either end. The lower ornament, which either clicks or screws into place, is detachable allowing the connecting pin to be slipped through the garment.