 If you're in town then come and visit us at: The Antique Connection Mall 12815 Central NE Albuquerque New Mexico, 87123 USA See More | The BUTTERFLY is a symbol of life and the soul in many cultures. Their beauty and delicacy is breathtaking, and they come in a rainbow of colors that are heightened by the flutter of their wings. Nectar is their main food, and they pollinate flowers in their areas. Their lovely shapes are often used in jewelry and art, starting many centuries ago. And in some societies, the butterfly is the symbol of rebirth and rejuvenation. Note the butterfly hair ornament atop the lady’s hairdo in the vintage photo above. VICTORIAN malachite set in sterling silver butterfly brooch, hallmarked London 1810, 1-5/8". View View #V32085 | VICTORIAN pressed horn butterfly pin, 2". Circa 1870, the detail in this is so lovely. This same pin can be seen on page 121 of Helen Muller’s book "Jet". View #V25282 | ENAMELED lavender butterfly sash pin on gold tone metal, circa 1900. View #V20280 |
GA ITALY sterling and paste clear rhinestone) butterfly pin with red eyes, beautifully made, 2-1/3". This mark is for Giorgio Armani, the Italian fashion designer. It is in excellent condition. View #X7080 | VICTORIAN sterling silver locket and collar with etched butterfly design on the locket, 2" locket, 16" chain with 2" Y chain, complete fittings inside for two photographs. Note the links which are alternate shaped links and embossed balls, quite lovely. View View View View #V33730 | BUTTERFLY double clip pin with clear rhinestones set in pot metal, when the wings are squeezed, the pins open to be fastened. Marked on the back with the letters "EB" in a bell, circa 1930, 2-1/8" by 1-1/3′. View View View #Y1546 |
VICTORIAN paste and gray pearl butterfly brooch set in gold in original box, 2". View View View #V34679 | VICTORIAN cut steel butterfly belt buckle, 2-1/2". This would have adorned the sash or belt in a beautiful way, delicately and with style. View #V33733 | VICTORIAN sterling hinged bangle with arrow and butterfly, hallmarked for Birmingham, 1882, 6-1/2" by 1-1/4", very faint dimples by catch. View View #V34829 |
BUTTERFLY clip with aurora borealis set in gold tone, 2" by 1-1/2". Be sure to look at the photo of the back, which has unusual double clips. It’s not signed, but it is similar to the DeRosa patent number 2026934. Since the aurora borealis stone weren’t invented until about 1953, it has to be that age or newer. In order to wear this, you will need a fairly open-weave fabric so that the legs can be "woven" into it. And don’t miss the little red rhinestone eyes!
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| VICTORIAN butterfly sterling sweetheart brooch, round with flowers and leaves decorating it, beaded edge, 1" across and circa 1880.
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| EISENBERG unsigned clear rhinestone 2-3/4" double clip brooch. It is hinged at the center so that it can be worn with the wings in different positions, circa 1940. View View #E21238
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BUTTERFLY pin with clear pave rhinestones set in pot metal, circa 1930, 2-1/2" by 2" . View #Y20278 | STARET butterfly pin… that old classic from the 1940’s! It is unsigned, but I have had these in several color combinations, both signed and unsigned. It is 3 inches across with marvelous purple and clear rhinestones. View #S19255 | STARET blue and clear rhinestones butterfly pin in blue and clear rhinestones. It is 3" wide and circa 1940. View |
COROCRAFT sterling vermeil enamel and rhinestone folded wings pink butterfly fur clip, circa 1945, 2-1/3". View #C26656 | DEROSA sterling vermeil butterfly brooch with clear and red rhinestones circa 1945, 2-1/8". View #d32453 | BUTTERFLY pin with an unusual side view, circa 1930. View #Y5102 |
BUTTERFLY pin with charcoal gray rhinestones and green cabochons set in gold tone with a smooth back, a dramatic color combination, 2". View #Y5071 | BUTTERFLY cream, pink and black painted wings and a faceted square purple unfoiled rhinestone with clear rhinestone accents, 3" and circa 1940. We have only had three of like this over all these last 25 years, each a different color. View #Y40884 | BUTTERFLY brooch with beautifully enameled wings and rhinestone body in purple, red and green stones with clear rhinestone accents. View #Y19164 |
ENAMEL winged butterfly pin with aqua square rhinestone and clear rhinestone accents, circa 1940, 3". ViewView #Y25900
| ENAMEL winged butterfly pins with aqua and blue square rhinestone and clear rhinestone accents, circa 1940, 3". | ENAMELED cream and pink wings and cobalt blue and clear rhinestone butterfly 3" brooch and 1-1/2" screw back earrings, circa 1940. View View #Y28761 |
HOBE butterfly brooch with unfoiled pink, clear and citrine rhinestones set in gold tone filigree, marked on the back "Hobe", circa 1950, 2-5/8" by 1-3/4".
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| HASKELL Hess dress clip of stick coral, artificial seed pearls, green cabochon and beads and gilt filigree balls, circa 1940, 4-1/3". View View #H34220 | ALICE CAVINESS enameled sterling and marcasite butterfly brooch, marked on the back "Alice Caviness sterling Germany", 1-1/2". View #C35322 |
BAKELITE apple juice and butterfly wing 4" wide brooch with metal insets, probably European. View #B14517
| Both Top round pin is 1-9/16"; Bottom is 4". View View View This is the same piece seen in Christie Romero’s "Warman’s Jewelry", 3rd Ed, page 151. | BAKELITE apple juice and butterfly wing 1-9/16" brooch with metal insets, probably European. #B17835 |
BUTTERFLY England sterling butterfly wing and fairy 1-1/3" oval pendant on silver plate 18" chain, circa 1920. (Similar pieces seen in Christie Romero’s "Warman’s Jewelry, 2nd Ed, page 129.) View View #Q26196 | SILVER tone hinged butterfly wing bracelet marked "R" in square" and "patn 1994826", adjustable in size with a 1" front. View View #Y26179 | NB STERLING 2 1/4″ bar pin with a butterfly wing-backed center stone. #Q13392 |
LUCITE REVERSE carved and painted butterfly pin, a whopping 3 1/2", circa 1940. View #B13029 | PURPLE and pale yellow rhinestones very unique 1-3/4" butterfly brooch, 7-1/4" by 1/2" bracelet and 1-1/4" earrings, unusually layered and pronged. View View View #Y29395 | HOLLYCRAFT 1955 pastel rhinestone butterfly brooch in pink, yellow, aqua, lavender, blue and yellow, 1-5/8". View #L28967 |
VEGA opal brooch with butterfly and blue, yellow and green enamel, 2-1/2" by 3-1/2". View #X33546 | VEGA opal bracelet with butterfly and blue, yellow and green enamel, 6-1/4" and 2" wide at the front. #X33544 | VEGA butterfly brooch with burgundy, black, orange, yellow and green enamel, 4-1/4" by 2-1/2". #X33547 |
REGENCY multi-colored rhinestone butterfly pins, a wonderful set of three that are such fun to wear together! The rhinestones are in brilliant colors of aqua, red, pink, clear, yellow, white and peach, and they are all in a japanned black setting that sets them off perfectly. The largest brooch is 2-5/8" across, the middle sized one is 1-1/2" and the smallest is 1". The two small ones are signed, the large on is not. These are the very same pieces seen in Christie Romero’s "Warman’s Jewelry", 3rd Ed, page 203.
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| TRIFARI PIN & EARRINGS green glass cabochons and clear rhinestones make this wonderful butterfly almost come alive! The pin is 21/2 inches and the earrings are 1 inch. VIEW VIEW #T11471 | TRIFARI pink and green cabochon butterfly pin, circa 1965, 2-5/8" by 2-1/2". (Seen in Christie Romero’s "Warman’s Jewelry, 3rd Ed, page 211.) View #T23712 |
TRIFARI lovely brushed gold tone butterfly brooch with clear rhinestones, 2". View #T35010 | BUTTERFLY pendant purple, green, brown and blue cabochons set in gold tone, wearable length 19-1/2" by 3" butterfly. #Y35006 | BUTTERFLY matte gold tone sideways butterfly brooch with clear rhinestones, 2". View #Y35032 |
REGENCY aqua and green butterfly brooch. View #21091 | AQUA butterfly pin with foiled and unfoiled rhinestones and aurora borealis. View #Y4699 | FLORENZA purple rhinestones and aqua cabochons butterfly brooch with trembler wings. View #F20231 |
TRIFARI brushed gold tone butterfly 2-1/2" and 1-1/2" pins and sweater clip set. View View View #T10860 and #T10127 View View | TRIFARI butterflies set ad, circa 1938. | TRIFARI sterling vermeil butterfly 2-1/2" pins (2) and 1-1/4" earrings with rose cabochons and blue rhinestones, 1944. View |
BUTTERFLY red, rose and pink 3-1/3" butterfly pin/pendant with art glass center cabochon. View #Y24606 | LAVENDER silver tone butterfly pin with lavender rhinestones, 3". View #Y26404
| LILAC large mother-of-pearl floral and butterfly pin 4-1/2". View View #Y21881 |
DAVID-ANDERSEN sterling and guilloche enamel green, yellow and lavender butterfly, circa 1950. View #N26386 | DAVID-ANDERSON sterling and guilloche enamel green, yellow and lavender butterfly collection, circa 1950. | STERLING and guilloche enamel green and yellow butterfly, circa 1950. View #N26405 |
HROAR PRYDZ, NORWAY enameled brown and white butterfly pin, circa 1950, 2". ‘Oslo, Norway, Marked with a circle within a sideways "V", circa 1960. View View #N25896 | ENAMELED leaves, flower and butterfly pin, 3-1/8". View #Y23923 | FINN JENSEN sterling and guilloche cream and yellow enamel butterfly, mark is "925 SV" circa 1950. View #N26387 |
DAVID-ANDERSEN Norway sterling vermeil enameled "tiger" butterfly pin, circa 1950, 1-1/4". View #N26612 | DAVID ANDERSON Norway enamel on sterling vermeil butterfly pin, 1-1/4". View #N29828 | DAVID-ANDERSEN yellow Norway sterling vermeil enameled butterfly pin, circa 1950, 1-1/4". View #N26613
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PANETTA cream, aqua and black enamel butterfly brooch in gold tone, 2-1/3". #X34853 | STERLING Mexico abalone mosaic butterfly brooches, group of three. The top left is marked "Mexico 925 112" and 2" wide; top right marked "Mexico ster" 1-7/8"; bottom "Mexico" and an illegible number 2-1/2". Fun to wear together or separately. View View View View View View #N62703 | PANETTA butterfly brooch, two tone green enamel with clear rhinestones set in gold tone, 1-7/8". #X34724 |
REGENCY style but unsigned yellow and golden rhinestone butterfly brooch with orange and aurora borealis rhinestone accents, 1-7/8" by 1-7/8" set in gold tone metal. View #Y41194 | KJL Kenneth J Lane butterfly brooch with clear rhinestones set in a dark gray metal with aqua cabochons, marked "KJL" on the back and a dusky pink cabochon in the head, 2-1/2" by 2". View
View #X41269 | BUTTERFLY TREMBLER 18k brooch with diamonds, lapis and red corundum ruby, 2-1/2" by 2". The diamonds are sometimes called old style Polki diamonds and there is a row of pierced gold above them to allow light to pass in a lacy way. The enameling is aqua, green, pink and white. The back is a pierced gold plate to which the springs that make the wings tremble are attached. This trembler style is called "En Tremblant" in French, but this is not a French brooch. Total weight is about 39.18 grams or 1.25 ounces. View
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REGENCY blue and green pastel rhinestones set in gold tone butterfly brooch, 2". View #R26399 | MATISSE copper and enamel green butterfly brooch and earrings, brooch 2-1/8" earrings 1-1/8". This style can be seen in Burkholz "Copper Art Jewelry" page 15 and 135. #N61857 | CARNEGIE peach sherbet plastic winged butterfly with gold tone and clear rhinestones body, trembler wings on springs. View #C32349 |
STERLING vermeil, red cabochons and clear rhinestones butterfly brooch, 3-1/8" diagonal. View #Y25847 | BENEDIKT NY red and black rhinestones and faux pearl 2" butterfly pin. View #X22948 | REGENCY red and aurora borealis rhinestone butterfly brooch in japanned setting, 1-7/8". View #R33472 |
HASKELL CONTEMPORARY 2-3/4" pink and lavender glass seed beaded butterfly brooch with faux pearls. This is large and very three-dimensional, with more faux pearls layered between the two layers of the wings. #H19563 View View | DANIEL SWAROVSKI Paradise Astara light fuchsia lavender and lilac crystal winged butterfly pin, large size, gold plated sterling fittings, retired 2003, MIB with original box, pouch and booklet included, 3" by 2". #K21023 | HASKELL CONTEMPORARY 2-3/4" two-tone lavender glass seed beaded butterfly brooch with faux pearls. This is large and very three-dimensional, with more faux pearls layered between the two layers of the wings. #H19564 View View View |
SWAROVSKI jonquil and pink rhinestones butterfly pin. #K5432 | DANIEL SWAROVSKI Paradise Astara Light Emerald crystal two tone green winged butterfly pin, gold plated sterling fittings, retired 2003, MIB with original box, pouch and booklet included, 2" by 1-1/4". #K21024 | SWAROVSKI jonquil and pink rhinestones butterfly pin. #K6332 |
AQUA and lavender rhinestone butterfly brooch, 2-7/8". View View View #Y27418 | SWAROVSKI 2001 Limited Edition blue and clear rhinestones flower pin with butterfly on top, 3". View View #K26666 | BUTTERFLY, pink and aurora set in gold tone butterfly brooch, 2-1/2". View #Y27480 |
RED rhinestone butterfly 2-1/3" pin and 1-1/4" earrings. View #Y26847 | WHITE Regency style but unsigned black, white and japanned large butterfly brooch, 3-5/8". View #Y29399 | RED aurora faceted glass beads 2-1/4" butterfly brooch. View #X27969 |
BUTTERFLY Czech style red, green, blue and clear rhinestone set in gold tone butterfly pin, 1-5/8". View #Q29670 | SILVER Art Nouveau style etched wing butterfly in with purple and green rhinestones, 3". View #N29668 | SILVER 800 filigree butterfly brooch, 2". ViewView #N27996 |
SPINGARN poured glass blue and green butterfly pin in gold tone setting, 2-1/4". The maker is Andrew Spingarn from Providence, Rhode Island. View #Y29969 | BLACK and white rhinestone butterfly brooch, 2-1/2". View #Y31166 | BUTTERFLY poured glass blue butterfly pin in gold tone setting, 2-1/3". View #Y29968 |
SWOBODA gem stones set in gold tone butterfly brooch, 2". View #X60305 | BUTTERFLY blue, green and peacock blue rhinestones set in gold tone butterfly brooch, 3". View #Y51073 | ALANA STEWART pink and purple enameled butterfly pin with clear, pink and purple rhinestones set in gold tone, 2-1/3". View #X60403 |
SWAROVSKI pink and jonquil (pale yellow) rhinestone butterfly brooch set in gold tone, 2-1/2". #K65264 | CINER large butterfly brooch with tan, green and red rhinestones and an imitation glass pearl all set in gold tone, circa 1990s, 3-3/4" by 2-1/2". This is a BIG brooch and for the bold jewelry lover and it shows the wonderful Ciner quality. View #K36805 | CAROLEE blue and green rhinestones and aurora borealis butterfly brooch, 3-1/4". #X65252 |
VRBA red and shocking pink rhinestones dragonfly brooch with artificial pearl eyes, 5-1/8" by 5-1/3". View #X32402 | VRBA clear rhinestones set in silver tone butterfly brooch, 3-5/8" by 3-5/8". View #X32400 | VRBA topaz colored rhinestones dragonfly brooch with artificial pearl eyes, 6-1/4" by 6-1/4". View #X32403 |
VRBA carved jade butterfly surrounded by art glass cabochons and semi-precious stones 5-strand necklace, 20" by 4-1/4" with dangle earrings 2-1/3". View View #K32959 | VRBA carved jade butterfly surrounded by art glass cabochons and semi-precious stones brooch, 4-5/8" . View #K32960 | VRBA clear rhinestones dragonfly brooch, 4-5/8" by 4-5/8". View #X32401 |
MARCASITE and enamel butterfly brooch in rhodium setting, 1-1/2". View #Y34158 | ROSE, clear and pink rhinestones set in gold tone butterfly pin, 1-7/8". View #Y60467 | KRAMER blue and green rhinestone butterfly brooch set in gold tone, 2-1/8". #Y34365 |
SIAM sterling and enamel butterfly brooch, red and blue, 1-3/4". #X60765 | MEKA sterling Denmark blue enamel butterfly pin, 1-1/8". #X60761 | SIAM sterling and enamel butterfly brooch, red, yellow, green and blue, 1-3/4". #X60766 |
DAVID ANDERSEN Norway sterling enameled butterfly brooch, deep purple , rose and green, 2-1/8". 65193 | NATACHA BROOKS bees in gilt sterling chatelaine brooches. The larger bee is 2-1/3" by 1-3/4" and the smaller bee 1-1/2" by 1′, and the chain is 5-1/2". The bees are both signed "Natacha Brooks sterling" on the back. In excellent condition, it is circa 1940. View View View #X65196 | NORWAY Aksel Holmsen sterling enameled butterfly brooch in red and white, pre-1970 mark, Sandefjord, Norway, 1-7/8" . 65197 |
BUTTERFLY blue two tone butterfly brooch, 1-7/8" and coordinating green brooch at 1-1/4". View #Y35018 | BUTTERFLY brilliant blue and aurora borealis rhinestones butterfly brooch, 3". View #Y35009 | BUTTERFLY abalone set in sterling butterfly brooch, 2-3/4". View #Y35012 |
BUTTERFLY enamel brooch with yellow, purple and green on gold tone, rhinestone accents, 2-1/4". View #Y35011 | BUTTERFLY brooch in purple and aqua rhinestones set in gold tone with dangly converted pierced earrings, brooch 2-1/4" earrings 1-1/4". View #Y35007 | BUTTERFLY LC butterfly brooch in peach and tiger eye rhinestones set in gold tone, 2-1/4". View #Y35008 |
GREEN butterfly brooch with three tones of green rhinestones set in gold tone, 2-1/2". View #Y37503 | STERLING butterfly and flowers sterling and wood pendant marked "925" on the back, pendant itself is 2-1/2" and loop is 1/2". View #N35322 | BUTTERFLY lady brooch set with marcasites and a ruby on each wing, colorful Art Nouveau and plique-style resin and silver tone, 2" by 2".
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BUTTERFLY silver filigree dangling butterfly pendant hanging from a fleur-de-lis shaped element by two chains, 2-1/2" by 2".
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| BLOCK Fred A Block sterling butterfly fur clip with unfoiled rhinestones in green, golden, pale yellow and clear, all in gilt sterling, 3-1/2" by 1-1/2". Block was a Chicago ready-to-wear maker. It is thought that his line of jewelry was made, at least in part, by the Sandor Goldberg Company of New York, hence you will see some of the same pieces marked "Sandor" as well. The Vogue company made similar pieces as well. This information, can be seen in Brunalti’s "Tribute to American Costume Jewelry" on page 141-2.
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STERLING gilt filigree butterfly brooch with marcasites, 3" by 2". Marked on the back "Germany sterling". Designer Alice Caviness had these in her jewelry line, too, also made in Germany but with her label added. This one isn’t signed by her though. On the head of the butterfly is an orange color as you can see in the photo, and the finish is a soft gold rather than a shiny finish. View #Y39358
| SABINO France butterfly opalescent set of two figurines, one 2-7/8" tall and one 3" tall. The taller one has open wings and the other’s wings are flat. They create a sense of movement together, so very nice. Both #a32937 | STERLING butterfly on branch brooch with aqua cabochon center, marked "sterling" on the back, 2-5/8" by 1-1/2".
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