Spare cash before Christmas? Treat yourself to a stylish brooch at auction
17 December 2021 With perhaps fewer Christmas parties this year you might have a bit of spare cash to treat yourself at an auction next week.
This Egyptian goddess in the Art Deco style in silver with black and coral enamel is estimated at £100-200.
If so, a stylish brooch might just be the thing for you.
According to a recent article in the New York Times, although brooches were previously “considered stodgy and trite” and “seriously out of fashion ever since the power-suit-ridden ‘Dynasty’ years” they are now in fact making a comeback and the “brooch is ripe for a revival”.
From Lady Gaga to diplomat Madeleine Albright, brooches are back on the lapels of the rich and famous and now you can bid for your own.
Here are six options coming up at auction next week at Special Auction Services December 22-23 Antiques & Collectable sale.
1. Egyptian goddess brooch
This Egyptian goddess (top) in the Art Deco style is certainly eye-catching. It is silver with black and coral enamel. At 4in (11cm) across it is estimated at £100-200.
2. Sapphire brooch
A 14ct sapphire and seed pearl triangular brooch estimated at £70-100.
Continuing on the Art Deco theme, this continental 14ct sapphire and seed pearl example is in a triangular shape and estimated at £70-100.
3. Edwardian brooch
Edwardian silver and enamel forget-me-not brooch estimated at £120-180.
For a brooch slightly earlier in date, this Edward VII silver and enamel forget-me-not brooch has stylised leaves. It is by the company Charles Horner (named after and founded by the eponymous Art Nouveau jeweller). The brooch has hallmarks for Chester 1906 and is estimated at £120-180.
4. Georg Jensen brooch
Georg Jensen silver grape and vine brooch estimated at £180-220.
Examples by Danish jewellery and silverware company Georg Jensen are timelessly popular. This silver grape and vine brooch is marked as no 217 and designed by Harald Nielsen for the Scandinavian firm. It is estimated at £180-220.
5. Norwegian brooch
Norwegian star brooch estimated at £60-80.
Still on the silver theme, this Norwegian silver star brooch by Tone Vigeland of Fredrikstad is estimated at £60-80.
6. Costume jewellery brooch
A costume jewellery brooch modelled as a winged stag beetle by Ermani Bulatti and estimated at £40-60.
This large piece of costume jewellery is modelled as a winged stag beetle brooch. It is by the Dutch designer Ermani Bulatti and estimated at £40-60.