Fun fashion brooches

[Daisys and Diamonds]

Thanks for waking up this thread, @Daisys and Diamonds !
Here are some of my favorites.
The pink one is Lisner. The pearl and green enamel is Francois. The others are unmarked.


In this photo below, the golden colored rhinestone pin is Weiss, and the bow shaped pin is Miriam Haskell. It's always exciting to find pins with the good collectible names! The sterling filigree blue and white one is Delft. The others are unmarked.
I especially like the bar pins. They are over 100 years old, with paste stones.

the 9 year old me has been awakened (she was never really asleep)
i had my great aunty's costume jewlery to play with and i still love the sparkly brooches

 

[Catmom]

Oh I'm so happy to see this post alive again! The new pieces are so gorgeous! I have a few new ones to add but I am in FL until the end of February and away from the majority of my collection so if this thread is still alive will add them then. In the meantime, I will enjoy everyone else's. Please keep posting! ETA: I found an old picture of the collection. There are more since then but it will give you an idea, lol.

 

[Catmom]

so anyway ive woken this thread up

the poor old brooch is so neglected these days
it doesnt help we no longer have the Queen's weekly visits to church to look forward to either
And its always quite hard to find the right thread
i do try really hard to choose the right sub forum and abide by the rules

so anyway it took so long to get here i almost forgot to post why im here
but i have been a very bad girl
see im not a crazy cat woman
but i seem to now have my own cat colony
but ive taken a fancy to AJC's cute little cat brooches
they are much too well made to be labeled junk jewlery and from what ive seen on the internet they are collectable

AJC funny jewellery - Jewellery Kaleidoscope

AJC funny jewellery, Incorporated in 1927 in Pittsburgh American Jewelry Chain Co known as AJC ceased to exist in 1997

nasvete.com

but
well
i had a bit of a splurge
see it happened because ive gone soooooo long only buying groceries and paying bills
i needed some fun

and yes, the $$$ should be going toward pearls and all my repair and alteration list
but i worked sooooooo hard last week at work my entire body ached for days so i bl**dy well deserved it
(yes i know im ment to be saving for a new washing machine)

........ok also if i must confess the truth i also brought some small pieces of royal family commerative china .....

so back to the cats from JJ JOnnette/AJC
i brought three last xmas
2 xmas ones and one other non xmas one
i think they are puewter
not sure what the 'gold' ones are made off (gold coloured paint?)

and now i find quite a few of them on trade me (NZ Ebay)
i google to see what they are going for on etsy and never pay more
now i need to go on a diet so ill be cold this winter and want to wear coats

oh and another one is waiting for the auction to close in the next hour

These are so cute! No wonder you had to have them!

 

[Catmom]

Thanks for waking up this thread, @Daisys and Diamonds !
Here are some of my favorites.
The pink one is Lisner. The pearl and green enamel is Francois. The others are unmarked.


In this photo below, the golden colored rhinestone pin is Weiss, and the bow shaped pin is Miriam Haskell. It's always exciting to find pins with the good collectible names! The sterling filigree blue and white one is Delft. The others are unmarked.
I especially like the bar pins. They are over 100 years old, with paste stones.

Oh I love each and every one of these!

 

[stracci2000]

Oh I'm so happy to see this post alive again! The new pieces are so gorgeous! I have a few new ones to add but I am in FL until the end of February and away from the majority of my collection so if this thread is still alive will add them then. In the meantime, I will enjoy everyone else's. Please keep posting! ETA: I found an old picture of the collection. There are more since then but it will give you an idea, lol.

Yummy pins, @Catmom !