Brooch of the Month, October 2024

Meeting House

This is one of the more unusual brooches in my collection. As a rule, I avoid items which have writing as part of the design, my husband calls them ‘wrote on things’.  But there was just something about the history and design of this brooch which caught my eye. It is made in bronze which…

Owl Face

Owl Face

This delicate brooch is by the Norwegian designer Marius Hammer.   I found it in a gallery in a place called Ålesund on the NW coast of Norway.  They sold the most beautiful Norwegian enamels. Marius Hammer was born in 1847.  He was the third generation jeweller and goldsmith in the town of Bergen.  He trained…