What a fabulous thread! Thank you Mistikat for starting it and for so many contributions. I've got a few myself and need to take some photos for sharing.
Bring Back the Brooch!
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Misti, could I come play in collection for about a week? I think it would take me about that long to see them all! Love, love, Love the Boucher trio!
That's a nice size, Junkenpo! Is it possible the flowers are chalcedony or lavender jade? Looks like they may be one or the other.
mistikat... your collection is definitely inspiring! Makes me want to go trawling in the few secondhand shops we have here.... so far everything I have except for the tiffany is from ebay or etsy.
The jade brooch has no marks on the back aside from the gold content stamp "585". I fell in love with the bells of the flowers... i'm thinking a lavender nephrite possibly, but I have no idea really, it could be chalcedony or agate or some other stone. It came in a Ming's box and brocade pouch, but it doesn't seem to be a Ming's style and wasn't sold as such.
All photos are natural lighting, indoors near a window, overcast sky
The mark is European, so I don't think it's Mings either - and as you say, not their style. Really really pretty!
Wow!!! Mistikat, I'm just amazed with your vintage brooches. They are all so beautiful. I'm going to have to get out my collection & take some pics. Most of mine are costume pieces but I do have a few vintage pieces that belonged to my grandmother. I'll try to get some pics & post them in a couple of days.
Was looking through old photos and found these...
I found a couple more pins... lol. The sterling parrot brooch, I still have. The golden 2-lovebird pin is now glued to a rock as a place marker for my Makalii and my Sunny at DH's family plot.
I found a couple more pins... lol. The sterling parrot brooch, I still have. The golden 2-lovebird pin is now glued to a rock as a place marker for my Makalii and my Sunny at DH's family plot.
All the brooches here are so lovely! Esp. mistikat's; your brooches all look like gorgeous works of art.
I love brooches too! I often wear a jacket or blazer at work because of the airconditioning and I usually add a brooch. Mine are costume.
I stock up on costume brooches whenever I return to Malaysia to visit my parents because the Muslim ladies there have to wear the hijab (veil or headscarf) and they love to adorn their scarves with pretty pins and brooches. So there are plenty of shops that sell pretty but cheap and affordable pins in many many designs. I've now got a whole box full!
I have a couple of pieces handed down from my mum. One is a nephrite bamboo brooch and one is of a spray of flowers with each flower being of a different semi-previous stone.
I stock up on costume brooches whenever I return to Malaysia to visit my parents because the Muslim ladies there have to wear the hijab (veil or headscarf) and they love to adorn their scarves with pretty pins and brooches. So there are plenty of shops that sell pretty but cheap and affordable pins in many many designs. I've now got a whole box full!
I have a couple of pieces handed down from my mum. One is a nephrite bamboo brooch and one is of a spray of flowers with each flower being of a different semi-previous stone.
Your collection is stunning. You must have so much fun taking them out and admiring them. Jewelry is such art.