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| Step through the rose arch, push open the gate, stroll down the rose alley and feel warmly welcomed to a garden of flowers…. in jewelry! Flowers, leaves, bouquets, and baskets are all wonderful when fashioned out of rhinestones and metals. I have a weakness for enameled jewelry in particular. It started with my grandmother’s late Victorian and early Edwardian tiny translucent floral pins and lavalieres and moves through the wonderful 1940s DeRosa enamels and up to the glossy Swarovski jewelry of the 1990s. |

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FLOWER BROOCH Victorian 14k gold 2-1/4 inch oval pin with Persian turquoise flowers on chalcedony framed in beautiful blue enameling, circa 1840-50. (Seen in Christie Romero’s "Warman’s Jewelry, 3rd Ed, page 41.) ViewView #V14952 | EMBOSSED FLOWERS locket in heavy relief gold filled set with rhinestones. VIEW | PIETRA DURA 1-1/3 inch brooch with a pink rose, lily-of-the-valley, forget-me-not and morning glory! Brought back from Italy by my Grandfather to my Grandmother circa 1918. (Seen in Christie Romero’s "Warman’s Jewelry, 3rd Ed, page 66.) |
FLORAL CAMEO set in a 14k frame, it is 2-1/3 inches across and beautifully detailed, circa 1920. VIEW | EDWARDIAN ENAMELS came in all varieties of floral motifs, and are delicate beauties. Circa 1910. | SHAMROCKS… do they count as flowers? Probably not, but aren’t they lovely! Circa 1910. |
ENAMELED 14k violet pin with seed pearl, 2/3". The tip of one flower petal has a tiny enamel loss. #Q10025 | ART NOUVEAU pearl and enamel lily-of-the-valley pin. #Q9809 | CORAL and seed pearl pin. #Q13052 |
14k ENAMELED and pearl 1-1/16" violet pin, marked on the catch with an arrow through a heart mark, circa 1910. This pin has slight enamel loss. #Q11738 | 10k ENAMELED and pearl flower and leaf pin, 1-1/4". #Q12739 | ENAMELED and pearl flower pin and matching earrings. View View #Q14507 |
BAKELITE FLOWERS translucent green carved 3" double flower brooch from the 1940’s. View #B17730 | HAND PAINTED porcelain bar pin with pink roses, 2". View #Y25829 | ENAMEL on sterling oval brooch with pastel green border, pink roses motif. View #Y25901 |
MB Boucher clear rhinestones flower pin, 4-1/8". View #M23566 | BOUCHER advertisement showing the fuchsia brooch at left, 1948 RHINESTONE pave flower brooches. View | MB (Boucher) pave fuchsia flower 3-1/2" pin set in silver tone, circa 1948. View View #M21885 |
FLORAL pale yellow unfoiled rhinestones with clear rhinestone accents and green enameled leaves in rhodium plated base metal, circa 1940, 3-3/4". This lovely brooch was featured in the May 2008 edition of "Country Living Magazine" on page 74. View #Y32323 | CLEAR rhinestone pave floral brooch with rhodium plated base metal setting, circa 1940, 3-3/4". View #Y32324 | JELLY belly Lucite double flower brooch with clear rhinestone accents, green enameled touches, 4-1/2", circa 1942. Shown in Brunialti’s "Tribute to America" on page 139. View View #Y34235 |
ENAMELED floral brooch with pink glass cabochons, clear and red rhinestones, and pink and green enameling all set in silver pot metal, circa 1940, 2-3/4" by 1-3/4". This has a couple of pin pricks of missing enamel, as seen in the photo. View #Y19207 | ENAMELED pink, green and blue floral bouquet brooch with glass buds. View View View View #Y19268 | ENAMELED floral brooch with center pastel green rhinestone and pink, rose, yellow and plum colored flowers nestled into green leaves and tiny blue forget-me-nots, all set in gold tone metal, circa 1940, 2-1/2" by 1-1/2". View #Y19270 |
FLOWER pink rhinestone and enameled flower brooch with glass pearl stamen and a green stem, a large 4-1/4" by 2-1/2". The enamel is missing at the very edge of a few petals, but it is hard to see without very close examination. Some is also missing on the stem. This is a well made heavier brooch made in layers for more dimension, circa 1940.
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| FLOWER brooch with pink and blue enameled flowers, clear rhinestones and imitation pearls set in gold tone with green enameled stems, 3-1/2" by 2-1/8". View View #Y36623 | FLORAL bouquet brooch with lavender, pink and blue enameled petals wrapped around red and green cabochons, blue rhinestones and artificial pearls all set in gold tone with green leaves, 4" by 2-1/3". View #Y66192 |
DUJAY unsigned flower and leaves brooch with rich purple glass beads center, clear rhinestone accents and translucent green enameled leaves, just fabulous. It is a large 4-1/2" by2-1/2" brooch with a gilt finish, circa 1940. A few of the clear stones have grayed over time, and there is very light wear to some of the finish, but it is otherwise in excellent condition, a true treasure. While it is not signed, I believe it is by DuJay, and it has the pin stem that opens only 45 degrees, typical of that maker as well.
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View NOTE: This is how the brooch looked before the lights faded it. #Y20383
| DUJAY Here’s how the brooch shown at the left looked after is was enameled again in 2020. Much to my surprise, the enamel work had all faded off entirely while under the lights in my show cases, and that’s why I had it done again.
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| PEARLIZED flower brooch with double pastel flower hanging down and a big square purple unfoiled center rhinestone, set in a gold colored metal, circa 1930’s, 3-1/4" by 2-1/2". This is a very unusual brooch, and I had not seen one like it in 25 years in this business!
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FLOWER brooch with glass oval cabochons, clear rhinestones and green enamel stems with gold wash leaves, silver tone back, 3-1/2". View #Y34881 | ENAMELED blue, rose and green enameled buds brooch with green cabochon ends and clear rhinestones, 3-1/2". Coro also did a brooch similar to this, but the one I know of was signed. View #Y25387 | |
DEROSA floral fur clip with cream, blue and green enamel, red glass bead centers and clear rhinestones accents, light enamel wear, 3-5/8". View View #d34536 | DEROSA enameled thistle brooch with clear and purple tiny rhinestones, light enamel wear, 3-5/8". View View View #Y34547 The DeRosa design art work shown makes me attribute this brooch as an unsigned DeRosa. |
DEROSA unsigned enameled thistle brooch with translucent green leaves and clear and purple rhinestones, circa 1940, very light enamel wear, a nice large 3-5/8".
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ENAMELED green-aqua and red flowers and berries 4-1/8" brooch. View View #Y23340 | ENAMELED flower brooch with peacock blue glass round center stone, clear rhinestone accents and artificial pearls, probably an unsigned DuJay, circa 1940, 2-7/8". View #Y21189 | GOLD TONE 4" floral brooch with green and clear rhinestones flower and accents. View #Y23344 |
ENAMEL enameled lavender flower brooch with lavender glass cabochons and clear rhinestones set in gold tone, circa 1940. Marked on the back "S" in a star, an unknown maker, 3-1/8". View View #Y61161 | PINK plastic moon glow cabochons flower brooch with green enamel and clear rhinestones set in gold tone, 3-1/2". View #Y35567 | PINK and blue enamel flower fur clip with red stamen and clear rhinestones, 2-5/8". View #Y60978 |
FLOWER brooch in pink and green rhinestones flower and leaves set in gold tone, 2-3/4" by 1-1/2". It also has a red baguette stem, a nice detail. View #Y66593 | FLOWER Lily-of-the valley brooch with glass pearl flowers, green enameled leaves and clear rhinestone accents set in gold tone, a nice large 4-1/2" by 1-1/2". View #Y66592 | TREMBLER blue, brown and green enameled flower brooch with trembler stamen in the center, 3-1/2" by 1-1/2". Circa 1940, it is set in pot metal and has aqua and clear rhinestone accents. Very good condition! View #Y41171 |
STARET 4 inch enameled rhinestone floral brooch, circa 1940. View #S16702 | McCLELLAND BARCLAY sterling roses 7 inch long bracelet and 1-1/3 inch brooch, circa 1940. #X14946 | ENAMELED lily brooch with trembler stamen, circa 1940. View View View #Y19127 |
STERLING vermeil flower brooch with large purple unfoiled rhinestone and clear accents, 2-5/8". The purple rhinestone is set on an angle which adds to the dimension of this pin. View #Y19135
| STERLING vermeil flower brooch with large purple rhinestone and clear accents, 2-5/8". The purple rhinestone is set on an angle which adds to the dimension of this pin. View #Y19135 | FLORAL brooch in clear rhinestone and faux pearls, circa 1940’s. View #Y5479 |
GOLD TONE 4" floral brooch with colored glass ball stamen and rhinestones. View 23341 | Flower brooches shown together for scale. | GOLD TONE 3-7/8" floral brooch with clear and green rhinestones. View #Y23342 |
DUJAY unsigned pair of trembler flowers dress clips with clear and red rhinestones with green and brown enameling, each 2-3/4" by 1-1/2", each has a flower that trembles on a tiny spring, but each one also has professionally done cold soldered point that keeps one of the flowers on each unable to tremble. Circa 1940, these are both in excellent condition otherwise.
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| | CORO clear and red rhinestones trembler flower bouquet brooch set in silver tone, a nice long 4" by 2-1/3" wide and circa 1940. Both flowers tremble on tiny springs, the rhinestone are in very good condition with only very slight graying, and the pin back functions perfectly.
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GOLD TONE leaf with silver tone accents and clear and red rhinestone flowers, a large 4" brooch. View #Y23339 | TRIFARI silver tone 4" fur clip with clear rhinestones. View #T20939 | RED rhinestone rose buds 4" brooch with clear rhinestone accents, all set in gold tone. View #Y20902 |
DeROSA red "carved" petals floral 2-3/8" clip with a glass opalescent center. View View #d21163
| DeROSA red roses 3-1/8" clip with enameling and rhinestones. View View #d21162
| DeROSA red floral and berries clip. View #d21164
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ENAMELED flower brooch with pink flowers, green leaves and red and clear rhinestones, slight enamel loss on the black detail, set in gold and silver tone, 3-3/4". View #Y36516 | ENAMEL pansies bracelet with rose colored glass cabochons and purple, green and yellow enameling on gold tone, wonderful detail, 7" by 1". This is in excellent condition.
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| FLOWER artificial pearl, clear rhinestones and honey glass flower brooch set in gold tone, as is with solder point where the stems join at the bottom, barely visible, 3-1/8". View #Y34699 |
GREEN enameled floral spray with rose cabochons and clear rhinestones, 3". Possibly a DuJay. View View #X23054 | FLORAL brooch with two large 1-1/4" green rhinestones set in gold tone with clear rhinestone accents, 2-7/8". View 23343 | LILY-of-the-VALLEY brooch with glass pearls and green enameled leaves on gold tone metal, 4" by 2-1/4". The green enamel has some chipped places and some rhinestones are grayed, but the pin is still lovely and wearable.
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DEJA cream and green enameled floral brooch with clear rhinestones and a red glass drop, 3″. Enameling shows light wear, but the brooch is still lovely. View #X24781 | FLORAL pale blue and green enameled on gold tone brooch with pink and clear rhinestones, 3-1/4" and very three dimensional. View #Y22400 | PERFUME pin with purple and yellow enameled blossoms set in gold tone, 2-3/4". On the back is a tiny "cage" where a puff of scented cotton would make the flowers smell good. View #Y36521 |
IRIS enameled flower fur clip with blue glass balls as stamen, 2-7/8". View #Y22109 | DOUBLE gold tone double flower brooch with clear rhinestones and blue glass stamen, 2-1/2″. View #Y26186 | ENAMEL cream and green flower brooch with blue glass stamen and clear rhinestones, 3-5/8″. This lovely brooch was featured in the May 2008 edition of "Country Living Magazine" on page 74. View #Y26185 |
FLOWER gold tone leaves and clear rhinestone paved 3-D flower pin with green rhinestone stamen, 3-1/4". View #Y21841 | PINK rhinestones 3" flower pin set in gold tone, circa 1940. View #Y21200 | FLOWER 3-1/3" brooch in gold tone with green enameled leaves and glass ball stamen. View #Y21843 |
B. BLUMENTHAL & Co. Inc. antiqued gold tone flower brooch, 4-3/4". View View #X31794 | STERLING and rhinestone flower and leaves pin 3-3/4". View #N22189 |
GOLD tone textured round brooch sporting an applied flower with a lavender rhinestone center, 2-1/8".
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TRIFARI red lily-of-the-valley two-pronged 3" clip circa 1940. #T11175
| TRIFARI red poppy 3" fur clip. #T12296
| TRIFARI red poppy 3" fur clip circa 1941. (Seen in Christie Romero’s "Warman’s Jewelry, 3rd Ed, page 195.) #T12295
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TRIFARI red floral 3" fur clip circa 1940. #T14044
| TRIFARI red floral 1-7/8" pin circa 1960. #T13066
| TRIFARI red floral 3" fur clip circa 1940. (Seen in Christie Romero’s "Warman’s Jewelry, 3rd Ed, page 195.) View View #T19134
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TRIFARI blue lily-of-the-valley two-pronged 3" clip circa 1940. #T13723
| TRIFARI enameled yellow and green poppy 3" fur clip circa 1940. #T18245
| TRIFARI yellow floral 2-7/8" fur clip circa 1940. (Seen in Christie Romero’s "Warman’s Jewelry, 3rd Ed, page 195.) #Ttrifylw |
TRIFARI pastel floral clip circa 1940. (Seen in Christie Romero’s "Warman’s Jewelry, 3rd Ed, page 195.) #T12689
| (Seen in Christie Romero’s "Warman’s Jewelry, 3rd Ed, page 192.) | FLOWER 4" pin with green and clear rhinestones and enameling on the stems, circa 1935-40. There is a small area of enamel loss where each stem crosses the ribbon. This piece is the one seen in Christie Romero’s "Warman’s Jewelry", 3rd Ed, page 192. View #Y20487 |
FLOWER pin with purple and clear rhinestones and green and brown enameled stems, circa 1940, 4". This lovely brooch was featured in the May 2008 edition of "Country Living Magazine" on page 74. This same piece is the one seen in Christie Romero’s "Warman’s Jewelry", 3rd Ed, page 192. View #Y20486 | FLOWER 4" pin with purple and clear rhinestones and enameling on the stems, circa 1935-40. This same piece is the one seen in Christie Romero’s "Warman’s Jewelry", 3rd Ed, page 192. View #Y20488 | FLOWER 4" pin with purple and clear rhinestones and enameling on the stems, circa 1935-40. View #Y22895 |
Trifari rosebud 1" earrings | Trifari brushed gold tone 3-1/4" rose pin and 1" earrings with a very three-dimensional construction. #T6162 | Trifari rosebud 1" earrings |
CORO pink enameled floral Duette marked "Coro Duette, Pat’n 1798867" and is 3-5/8" by 2-1/3", similar to the Day & Night set. Patent issued to Adolph Katz in 1939. View #C13105 | CORO unsigned "Day and Night" pieces. The earrings are 1-1/8" and the bracelet is 7" by 1-1/4". They are beautifully enameled, and the flower petals move to open and close the flower. ViewView View View "Day and Night" unsigned bracelet. Each flower on these pieces opens and closes. They are enameled on both sides, and the underneath each are round glass beads and rhinestones. View View View | CORO unsigned Blue set day and night style. The necklace is 16-1/4" and 6-1/2" by 1-1/3" (front width), the pin on the top left is 3-1/4" and the clip is 2-1/2". View #C14732 |
FLOWER red and blue unfoiled rhinestone flowers fur clip with clear rhinestone accents, all set in silver tone, 2-5/8". View #Y62743 | FLOWER pin with many petals of clear rhinestones and a center of a topaz rhinestones all set in silver tone, 1-3/4". View View #Y15616 | MASTERCRAFT flower brooch of green, clear and yellow rhinestones set in pot metal circa 1940, 2-5/8". View View #X61050 |
CARNEGIE 2-3/4" seed bead flower. View #C18598
| CARNEGIE beaded flower pins and earrings circa 1950. VIEW | HASKELL daisy-bright floral necklace and earrings circa 1950. VIEW |
CINER jonquil rhinestone pave huge 6-1/2 inch flower spray all set in gold tone! Circa 1996. View View #K15835 | CINER pave flowers tied with a ribbon of black enameling, 3 inches across, circa 1996. #K2353 | VRBA Morning Glory 6 inch brooch which is so dimensional it does everything but bloom! Larry Vrba made this for me from my logo at Christmas of 1998. View #K20122 |
PALE yellow unfoiled and clear rhinestones set in silver and gold tone brooch, 3-1/8". View #Y26172 | ENAMEL floral trembler brooch with artificial pearls, red cabochons and clear rhinestones, 3-1/3" View #Y26579 | SILVER and silver tone leaves and flowers pin with purple stone bug, 5". View View #Y26164 |
CORO lavender and green with clear and purple enameled flower brooch, 3-7/8". View #C26749 | BRILLIANT sterling vermeil flower pin with faceted topaz-colored crystal balls, 3-5/8". View #Y20888
| MORNING GLORY 4" brooch of blue and green plastic.
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TRIFARI floral brooch Sorrento "baby tooth" baroque pearls 3" brooch and 1" earrings 1959. View #T26619 | DEROSA red enameled roses fur clip in gold tone with green enameled leaves, 3-5/8". View #d26352 | AMOURELLE white glass seed bead flower brooch with green enameled leaves, 3-1/2". View View #X26796 |
HASKELL white glass flowers petals, yellow and green glass accents daisies daisies and leaves pin with horse shoe mark, 2-1/4". View #H25039 | DAISY bracelet, Haskell brooch and screw back earrings. | DAISY white glass bead and flower petals coil bracelet with yellow and green glass accents. View #H28054 |
ENAMELED 2-3/4" rose brooch circa 1940. View #Y21850 | LILAC mother-of-pearl floral and butterfly pin 4-1/2". I have been told that this wonderful brooch was made by a company called "Ocean’s Treasures". View View #Y21881 | PURPLE gold tone mesh with purple rhinestones flowers brooch with pressed leaves, circa 1940, 3-1/2". View #Y26801 |
ORANGE, brown, clear and aurora borealis flower brooch, 4-3/4″. View #Y26913 | BETTINA Von Walhof red glass petals earrings. View #X26802 | RED faceted crystals on long gold tone stems trembler brooch with bow, 4-1/3". View #Y24303 |
PINK floral brooch in pink rhinestones and clear rhinestone accents, set in gold tone, light enamel wear, 4". View #Y35556 | PINK enamel and clear rhinestone large orchid fur clip set in pot metal, light wear on the enamel ridges, 2-3/4". View #Y35569 | PINK purple, blue and green glass flowers 1-5/8" pendant on a sterling 24" chain. #Y28339 |
BOUQUET pot metal floral brooch with white plastic rounds, clear rhinestones and white enamel bow and ribbons, circa 1940, 3". View #Y61244 | FORGET-ME-NOTS enamel brooch and screw back earrings in gold tone with blue and green enamel, real pearls, delicate brooch at 1-1/2" earrings 1". #Y61927 | DEROSA sterling vermeil floral fur clip with oval red rhinestone center and clear rhinestone accents, circa 1945, 3". View #d34190 |
ORCHID Coro style unsigned orchid brooch with lavender and purple enamel and clear rhinestones, graying, trembler stamen, 4". View #Y63030 | BLUE and white enamel on gold tone flower brooch with clear rhinestone accents, 3". This has four pin-prick sized missing spaces in the enamel, barely visible but mentioned for accuracy. View #Y34719 | FLOWER brooch with green glass leaves, red rhinestone center and clear rhinestone accents, 3-1/3". View #Y625161 |
FLOWER jade flower and leaves. View #Y62705
| IVORY carved flower brooch marked "silver" on the back, trombone catch, 2-1/8". View #B63051 | |
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