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Brass Brooches
Brass brooches can be bought relatively cheaply although designer brooches can fetch far more than the actual worth of the metal. Brass is an alloy of copper and zinc and…
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Cloisonne Brooches
Cloisonne Brooches. Cloisonné is a way of enamelling an object, whereby fine wires are used to delineate the decorative areas (cloisons in French, hence cloisonné) into which enamel paste is…
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Bronze Brooches
Bronze brooches are some of the earliest brooches found. The Romans and Vikings would use them to pin garments. Bronze is ideal for enameling and engraving and many jewelry makers…
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Filigree Brooches
Examples and price guides of Merovingian brooches including a gold and garnet cloisonne brooch and some bird shaped brooches
Platinum and Opal Brooches
Price guide to antique and vintage platinum and opal brooches. Opal was rare and very valuable in antiquity. In Europe it was a gem prized by royalty. Until the opening…
Platinum Diamond Brooches
Price guide to antique and vintage platinum and diamond brooches.Archaeologists have discovered traces of platinum in the gold used in ancient Egyptian burials as early as 1200 BC. However, the…
Gold & Diamond Brooch, Mechanical Estate 14K
A gold & diamond brooch with mechanical movement at the back. Measures approx. 2" long. With approx 1.10 cts of high quality round diamonds. The back part of this lovely brooch…
