Vintage butterfly brooches and jewellery display

 Showing my vintage butterfly brooches and bug jewellery

My display for the last few months has been all my butterfly brooches with some other bug jewellery like dragonfly and a large vintage silver moth brooch in filigree. Not for sale as my own collection.

Other butterfly jewellery I have had over the years.

Vintage silver butterfly brooch with abalone shell. My latest addition. Love the different colours in the shell. Has now been added to the above display

Barcs butterfly brooch circa 1980s. Pretty enamelled butterfly with the stamp Barcs on the reverse. Sold a long time ago.

Enamel butterfly clip on earrings. Small in size but pretty. Unfortunately a victim of the fire in the warehouse. 

Enamel butterfly scarf clip circa 1980s/1990s. Pretty scarf clip unsigned I think. Sold a long time ago.

Black fabric lace butterfly brooch vintage of unknown age. This large lace butterfly had a brooch mechanism sewn to the back. Not sure if I still have this or it had perished in the fire.

1960s vintage red butterfly brooch. These brooches can still be found in all sort of colours and shapes. Well worth collecting as still inexpensive. Found at souvenir shops across the UK in the 1960s and 1970s. 

Vintage butterfly brooch with faux pearls and faceted stones.

Vintage butterfly brooch with black faceted stones.

Vintage butterfly brooch with clear faceted stones. The above three brooches originally came from America. All unsigned and in excellent condition.

Large fabric butterfly brooch multi coloured. Circa 1960s/1970s of age. Another sew on patch that has been turned into a brooch by adding a brooch mechanism to the back.

Vintage green butterfly brooch 1970s. See above information on these enamel jewellery pieces.

Vintage dragonfly brooch in blue and brown enamel c 1990s. Was trying to just add butterflies, but on seeing this in my data base. I couldn't resist. I think this was sold a long time ago. 

Vintage enamel bee brooch. Again another bug that I saw in my data base. A bee brooch circa 1990s. Yes already sold a long time ago.

Dragonfly brooch in green enamel and quite large. Brought from a shop in the mid 2000s. I liked the modern Art Deco look. Unfortunately the clip broke on the back shortly after. Still have this somewhere. One day will reuse it.

Pair of vintage enamelled butterfly brooches 1960s. They are on the base of the display . Quite large pair in the bright colours. The enamel is clear over a base coat which can include silver and glitter in similar brooches.

Hope you like my butterflies and bugs. Have a great Sunday. Bye for now.

Vintage Christmas jewellery display - From past to present

Vintage Christmas jewellery displayed - With past to present pieces.

Showing the Christmas jewellery display I did for this last Christmas. It had vintage jewellery mixed with new jewellery that I had brought recently. I change the display regularly to match the seasons and just because.

With just 13 pieces of jewellery with a Christmas design on. Having lost a lot of other pieces in the fire. I will have to keep a look out this years for more. 

This is a Christmas necklace with cute retro Christmas images on either side. Made to look old but only about 5 years or so old. It is made of paper mache varnished.  

A cameo necklace with Christmas bells on in off white and red. It is just one that I made a few years ago. I haven't painted this one but may do in the future. As the colours are a bit drab and plain. 

A small Christmas tree pin. It doesn't look well made but is stamped Avon on the back. Obtained this one about 10 years ago and then it was pre-owned. 

Avon jewellery signature on the reverse of this Christmas tree pin which is in enamel and decorated with clear diamante.

A teddy bear necklace with a Santa hat on. Another Avon jewellery piece. This was identified by the box it was in. Pave crystal clear diamante with red enamel finish. Pretty Christmas necklace although too young for me to wear. Great for display though. 

This Christmas pudding brooch is unwearable because the pin clasp does not close. But suitable for display. It was in my bag of broken jewellery. So I used it for display. Looks to be a copy of an original which the Chinese jewellery manufacturers love to copy because of the marking on the back. 

Another Christmas brooch but this is a 1950s/1960s vintage wreath brooch with a working bell. The enamel on this was very worn originally. So I painted it up. It is nice and heavy well made and the bell still rings.

The next few pieces of vintage Christmas jewellery are from the late 1970s to early 1980s. I wore them at Christmas on my uniform as a nurse/midwife. It was allowed then and was something I looked foreword to doing. Alongside my hospital and registered general nursing badges. This is a bright enamelled candy cane pin.    

Another one I wore on my nursing uniform was this Father Christmas boot brooch. Again in bright enamel colours with clear diamante accents. 

Lastly this Avon vintage bell brooch. Think this was the first years vintage brooch in around 1979 that I brought new to wear on my uniform. Will have to show my nursing badges at some point that I have somewhere. Signed Avon on the reverse with silver glitter enamel and now slightly faded red enamel.                                                   

This delightful reindeer brooch I brought new about 10 years or more ago from a women's clothing shop. Bright metallic green enamel on a deer head design. Well made and one I wear often. 

This Christmas tree brooch was brought from a car boot sale. I liked the blue bead bauble design. Unsigned but has a 1980s style. 

A recent purchase from a table top sale. From the 1960s/1970s and has a lovely old fashion winter scene - snow with a horse and cart. This type of vintage brooch were made over a long period. Not only by manufacturers but the `back can be removed and you can add your own picture. The "glass" is in fact plastic with a brass frame and clasp. 

 A brand new piece of Christmas jewellery by Anne Stokes. Christmas present surprise dragon pin brooch. This large enamelled brooch has 2 pinch back pin fastenings on the back. Unsigned but came with an identification card and also a soft dragon toy in the same design. 

Still have lots of vintage to new jewellery to display and show this brand new years. So keep a look out for more blog posts. 

Mizpah Grouse bird foot brooch

 Mizpah grouse bird foot brooch with an amber glass rhinestone

Picked this vintage grouse foot brooch up at a local car boot sale recently. Haven't seen one in ages that hasn't been damaged with claws missing. Once very popular in the pre 1980s to Victorian period. This is a real birds claw and the birds were bred for game purposes. Hunting this bird for sport and for food was once very popular. The bird's claw was then preserved to use for jewellery. Traditionally wearing this grouse brooch is said to bring you good luck when hunting and was a favourite for wearing as a little reminder of Scotland. 

 

This vintage brooch is in a silver metal and has a large amber faceted rhinestone. The stone is prong set into the end of the jewellery. It has a ring on the bird claw and is stamped "Mizpah" on the reverse with the two heart symbols with an arrow through. Difficult to photograph as the "fur" got in the way. The pin is now a bit wobbly in shape and is fastened under style.

Mizpah was a signature used by the Ward Brother's initially. The designs were brought out by the company who made Miracle jewellery in Birmingham. This company is now under the St Justin's company in Cornwall.