Those of you who have been following my ‘Brooch of the Month’ posts will know I have a giant spreadsheet of all the brooches in my collection where I log various details about every brooch I own. I spent some…
USSR Building
This brooch is made of glass (the red background) with an overlay of chrome. On the back there is a rather poor-quality pin, reminiscent of a safety pin. The brooch was probably made as a souvenir from the Paris Expo…
Cupid
This little brooch is from the 1930s. It is not a valuable brooch, it is made of ‘white metal’, the term given to items not made of silver and decorated with enamel and marcasites. The enamel is not of particular…
Recycle Upcycle
What is special about this pair of brooches? On the face of it, nothing. So why have I chosen these two brooches to feature as a Brooch of the month? Well, let me tell you their story. They started life…
Florida
This month’s brooch is by the Florida artist Olive Commons. Olive was already an established artist when she moved to Florida with her husband Arthur in the early 1930s. The story goes that Olive’s new house had windows on all…
Flower Cart
This dainty brooch is made of silver with marcasite and enamel decoration. The little wheels spin round and the brooch is designed as a three-dimensional piece. The canopy of the cart comes out from the main part of the design….
