Beautiful Vintage Brooches - Life is made up of a few moments all strung together like pearls. Each moment is a pearl. Joyce Hifler

Diamond, pearl and gold brooch, France, circa 19th century.

An early 20th century pearl and diamond brooch. The baroque pearl set within a surround of diamond and seed pearl swags and laurels in platinum and gold

Baroque pearls are pearls with an irregular non-spherical shape. Shapes can range from minor aberrations to distinctly ovoid, curved, pinch, or lumpy shapes.

A Mabe pearl is a composite cultured blister pearl, a large half pearl of glorious nacre that is popularly used for making pearl pendants

BAROQUE PEARL, PLIQUE-À-JOUR ENAMEL AND DIAMOND BROOCH, MARCUS & CO., CIRCA 1900