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  • Straw Hat

    This brooch is small and made of gold. The flowers and ribbon decoration are enamel. I don’t know where the brooch was made but I think it’s almost certainly continental. I have seen a similar type of work where gold is twisted to give the impression of basket work in Italy. That was a gondolier’s…

  • Garnet Star

    This brooch belonged to my mother who would have been 91 this month. I remember her wearing it on numerous occasions; it was one of her favourites especially for an evening out. It is made of Pyrope Garnet a blood red garnet and almost certainly from Czechoslovakia and late 19th century. Pyrope garnets were used…

  • Feather Fur Clip

    I don’t often buy Fur Clips, they are difficult to wear and strictly speaking they are not brooches. As their name suggests they were designed to be worn on fur coats and stoles and usually have two sharp pins that would have been pushed directly into the pelt. But this one with is curve like…

  • Cherubs & Angels

    This brooch can also be worn as a pendant. I am not sure where it was made, possibly in France. It is made of silver and the stones are garnet with split pearls. There are eight little cherubs or angels. I bought it from my friends Sue & Alan at Scarab Antiques who often have…