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Brooches & Pins

Poor Mouchette | Curated Antique Jewelry, Vintage Jewelry & Engagement Rings | Portland, Oregon | An ornate, Victorian-era brooch, modeled in 14k gold, whose subject is a lyre, surrounded by grapevines. This lyre sits atop a horizontal staff, at the center of our composition, the channels of its body inlaid with heavily-figured, gold-bearing quartz. Astride it, bunches of grapes, grape leaves

Victorian Gold in Quartz Lyre & Grapevine Brooch

Antique Jewelry Portland, Vintage Jewelry Portland , Antique Engagement Rings | Poor Mouchette | A Victorian era brooch, modeled in 14k yellow gold and silver, made to resemble a wishbone that frames a pair of sweet, diamond-encrusted chicks. These chicks have chubby, silver bodies, and little gold feet— each chick has a cabochon ruby eye, and they are both covered with small, pave-set, rose cut diamonds that read like sparkling feathers!

Victorian Wishbone with Diamond Set Chicks Brooch

in 14k Gold & Silver

Antique Jewelry Portland, Vintage Jewelry Portland , Antique Engagement Rings | Poor Mouchette | An Art Nouveau era brooch, modeled as an adorable wyvern (dragon) in 14k yellow gold. Our beautiful beast is dimensional, highly stylized, and she is covered with a multitude of tiny natural pearls that represent her scales! She is winged, with two legs, a curling tail, and a vibrant green demantoid garnet eye. She hold an old European cut diamond in her mouth— a treasure that traditionally represents wisdom

Art Nouveau Pearl Wyvern Dragon Brooch

with Diamond & Demantoid, in 14k Gold

Antique Jewelry Portland, Vintage Jewelry Portland , Antique Engagement Rings | Poor Mouchette | An Arts & Crafts era brooch, imagined as a picture frame, with a 14k gold face, and a sterling silver back. This elegant rectangular frame is gathered at the north, south, east, and west, where it is embellished with notched, clip-like forms. The frames clipped corners are lightly dapped, to add dimensionality. Secure beneath the frame's softly-beveled crystal, a hand-painted watercolor miniature

Arts & Crafts Era Brooch with Watercolor Miniature

in 14k Gold & Sterling Silver

Poor Mouchette | Curated Antique Jewelry, Vintage Jewelry & Engagement Rings | Portland, Oregon | A large, Victorian era, carved coral brooch, whose subject is a cherub's head, resting between a pair of feathered wings. An ornate, celestial crown, modeled in 18k yellow gold, hovers behind the head of our resting angel. This crown's nine, tapering rays terminate in bezels that hold natural, old cut, medium blue sapphires; below these rays, a band decorated with five rose cut diamonds, set in diamond-shaped

Victorian Large Carved Coral Winged Cherub Brooch

with Gem-set Crown, in 18k Gold

Antique Jewelry Portland, Vintage Jewelry Portland , Antique Engagement Rings | Poor Mouchette | A charming Edwardian-era novelty brooch, modeled substantially in 14k yellow gold, which depicts a pair of kitties at play! These sweet cats are realistically rendered in three dimensions, with beautifully-textured fur details, and emerald cabochon eyes; each cat wears a little collar and a twisted wire leash. Our feline friends are nearly symmetrical

Edwardian Playful Cats Novelty Brooch

with Emeralds & Pearls, in 14k Gold

Antique Jewelry Portland, Vintage Jewelry Portland , Antique Engagement Rings | Poor Mouchette | A wonderful, small, Art Nouveau era brooch, modeled in 14k yellow gold, as the head of a devil, flanked by a pair of feathered wings. Our impish friend holds a small, natural, white sea pearl in his mouth, He wears a pointy, van dyke beard and mustache, along with a lively expression. His ears are pointy, and horns protrude from his head. We see Lucifer, the fallen angel, in this depiction

Art Nouveau Feather-Winged Devil Brooch

with Pearl in 14k Gold

Antique Jewelry Portland, Vintage Jewelry Portland , Antique Engagement Rings | Poor Mouchette | A rare and wonderful Georgian-era mourning locket brooch, modeled in 18k gold and decorated with a carved-and-enameled urn motif, in three colors (light blue, white, and black). This brooch opens, at the side, to reveal a hidden compartment, where one might keep a lock of hair, a scrap of fabric

Georgian Blue & White Enamel Urn Locket Brooch

A large, Georgian-era brooch, modeled in 14k yellow gold, whose subject (a dove in flight, bearing a letter) is depicted among grapevines, grape leaves, and tendrils. Our feathered friend's message is a sentimental one— "forget me not." This brooch is primarily repoussé, which means its many, highly-dimensional elements were formed by hammering a gold sheet into relief from the reverse side.

Large Georgian "Forget Me Not" Brooch

with Dove & Grapevine in 14k Gold

Antique Jewelry Portland, Vintage Jewelry Portland , Antique Engagement Rings | Poor Mouchette | An Edwardian era brooch, made by Tiffany and Co., in platinum and 18k yellow gold, featuring an exceptional, large Australian opal! The opal has light body color; it is densely populated by fire whose colors range the full spectrum— green, blue, yellow, orange, pink, red, aqua, and purple. These colors are absolutely electric, and the fire has an almost metallic, foil-like flash, in many places!

Large Edwardian Tiffany & Co. Opal & Diamond Brooch

in 18k Gold & Platinum

Poor Mouchette | Curated Antique Jewelry, Vintage Jewelry & Engagement Rings | Portland, Oregon | A Victorian-era micro mosaic brooch, modeled in 18k yellow gold, whose subject is Saint Peter’s Basilica, recreated here in the tiniest, most precise tesserae. This miraculous little Roman scene is held in an elegant Etruscan revival mount (closed-back), which also houses starry, curved tesserae panels that border the Vatican scene. This was made by the famous micro mosaic artist Cesare Roccheggiani

Victorian Saint Peter’s Micromosaic Brooch

by Cesare Roccheggiani in 18k Gold

Poor Mouchette | Curated Antique Jewelry, Vintage Jewelry & Engagement Rings | Portland, Oregon | A large, Victorian era, crescent moon brooch, modeled in 14k rose gold and silver, whose elegant, spiraling, openwork form is studded with chunky old mine cut diamonds. This crescent's spiral form is reminiscent of a twisted rope, or a unicorn's horn. The primary diamonds, here, are mounted in textured collets, and posted in the crescent's open spaces.

Victorian Diamond Set Spiral Crescent Moon Brooch

in 14k Gold & Silver

Georgian Urn & Flowers Micro Pearl Memorial Brooch

Georgian Urn & Flowers Micro Pearl Memorial Brooch

Poor Mouchette | Curated Antique Jewelry, Vintage Jewelry & Engagement Rings | Portland, Oregon | An Edwardian era pearl and enamel brooch, modeled in 18k yellow gold and platinum, depicting a trio of duck friends, inside an oval frame. These three mallards float together along a milgrained platinum wire. They are finely embellished with translucent, multicolored enamel, and each duck's wing is a tiny, white, Mississippi river pearl!

Edwardian Three Ducks Brooch

with Enamel & River Pearls in 18k Gold

Antique Jewelry Portland, Vintage Jewelry Portland , Antique Engagement Rings | Poor Mouchette | A scarce Victorian era brooch, modeled in 18k yellow gold and silver, that takes the form of two witches' hearts. These bewitched hearts overlap in a way that suggests they are bound together— one is set with natural, old cut rubies, while the other is set with glinty rose cut diamonds. A natural pearl rests at the cleave of each heart. This brooch has a long pin stem, and it fastens with a curly c-catch.

Victorian Ruby & Diamond Witch's Heart Brooch

with Pearls in 18k Gold & Silver

Victorian Lizard Brooch

Victorian Lizard Brooch

with Diamond Eyes in 14k Gold

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