Victorian Bar Pins

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VICTORIAN
JEWELRY

VICTORIAN BAR PINS

Victorian jewelry is as complex in it’s symbolism, sentiment and
design as the fashion, architecture and decor of the time. Worn as an
ornament, a love token or a remembrance, both the costume and fine jewelry
of the era not only completed the well-dressed lady’s attire but also denoted her position in society,
her marital status and her sense of self.

Since the Victorian era stretched over six decades, many types of jewelry
came and went in vogue. Mass production made jewelry available to the
widest number of buyers in the broadest range of designs ever seen
before in history. When it came to formal occasions, the "more is
better" theme of the Victorian era carried over into how jewelry was
worn by royalty and the aristocracy. Paintings of Queen Victoria and
other royals at state occasions show multiple brooches, swags, earrings,
bracelets and hair ornaments. But the jewelry of the everyday woman is
collectible, fascinating and a lesson in history that enchants us even
today.

VICTORIAN goldstone bar brooch
with cross, heart and anchor for "faith, hope and love", 1-1/3" by 1".
View #V31853

VICTORIAN bug
on a branch with flowers bar pin, 2".
View #V27733

VICTORIAN gold filled and goldstone
"Nanny brooch", circa 1880. One
end of the brooch unscrews to access a hidden compartment which holds a
sewing needle and thread. Marked
on the back "DRCM 268036", 2". See Bell’s Collecting
Victorian Jewelry page 152.
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View #V29310

VICTORIAN
lapis lazuli glass bead in yellow gold brooch, marked "Gili" on the
back, 2-1/8".
View #V28590

LADY wearing an onyx and seed
pearl earrings and brooch set and a cross pendant.
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VICTORIAN 14k tested yellow
gold, old mine cut diamond and onyx bar pin engraved "A.K.Mc to E.G. 1876". This brooch
and a ring were given to Eliza Gray by Alexander K(elly) McClure

(b.1828, d.1910), by her husband in 1876. The jewelry is engraved on both
pieces, and there is an enclosed family note to that effect as well.
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VICTORIAN lady wearing a
horseshoe bar pin for good luck and a floral bodice ornament. Carte de viste
signed "H. Walker, Bradford, 150 College Road, Manchester Rd, Bradford".
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VICTORIAN 14k bar pin, 2".
It looks like a "nanny" pin, but does not open that I can see.
View #V22953

VICTORIAN 9k seed pearl and purple amethyst bar pin with c-catch and safety, 2″.
View #V23373

VICTORIAN BAR PIN
with red and blue stones and pearl, 2 1/4″ wide. An etched scene
adorns the front of this marvelous piece.
View. #V5154

VICTORIAN sterling
silver bird, heart, flowers and leaves pin, hallmarked circa 1890, 1-5/8".
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View #V27908

VICTORIAN sterling silver hallmarked 1894 bird brooch with floral and leaf
design, 1-7/8". View
View #V29132

VICTORIAN sterling
bird bar brooch hallmarked Chester 1892, 1-7/8".
View #V28800

VICTORIAN
lady wearing a bar pin and a neck chain with rings as ornaments.

VICTORIAN gold filled hallmarked bird and leaves bar brooch, 1-3/4".
View #V28858

VICTORIAN gold filled Mizpah brooch with paste stones, 1-1/2".
View #V28859

VICTORIAN gold filled
heart brooch with etched flowers design.
View #V29579

VICTORIAN 15 karat yellow gold
bar pin with gypsy set greenish aqua stone, marked 9ct on the hinge, 1-1/3"
wide. View
#V37141

VICTORIAN gold filled
bar pin with compass pendant, 1-3/4" by 2-1/8".
View #V28335

VICTORIAN 9 karat yellow gold
bar pin with pale aqua stone, marked 9ct on the back, 2".
View #V37209

VICTORIAN 9 karat yellow
gold pin with a purple center stone and seed pearls, marked 9ct on the
back, safety chain, 2".
View #V37148

VICTORIAN Halley’s Comet brooch,
1". Halley’s comet passed over in both 1835 and 1910, and I have always
suspected the comet jewelry was made in other years as well. Victorian had a
real fascination with celestial things, and these are an example of that hobby. View
#V37365

VICTORIAN 9 karat yellow gold
bar pin with faceted tiny amethyst, marked on the back 9ct, loop for a safety
chain, circa 1900, 2". View
#V37147

VICTORIAN 14 karat yellow
gold bar pin with large clear faceted paste stone, marked 18k but tests
14k yellow gold, 2-1/4". The stone has many facets and tests in the
quartz range, but I am not a gemologist so cannot call it anything but
paste.
View #V37142

VICTORIAN gold tone Mizpah double hearts brooch, 1-1/3".
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#V28862

VICTORIAN yellow
gold bar pin with chain design,
1-3/4". View
#V37143

A.C. Becken 1902 Catalogue

EDWARDIAN sterling silver "Jane" name brooch, hallmarked "WL,
Birmingham, 1907", 1-3/4" by 5/8".
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"Best quality gold filled and solid gold front engraved pins."
Sears 1897 Catalogue, page 427

VICTORIAN
sterling bar pin with forget-me-nots motif, 1-5/8".
View #V29240

VICTORIAN yellow gold filled eye-shaped brooch with clear rhinestone
center and beaded edges, 1-3/4". View #V31344

VICTORIAN
sterling silver "regards" brooch, hallmarked back, 2".
View #V28593

VICTORIAN baby pin gold tone with black enamel, 1-1/8".
View #V32196

VICTORIAN "Baby" pin in gold tone with blue enamel, 1-3/4".
View #V29872

VICTORIAN 9ct gold
tiny pin with raised letters "BABY",
1-1/8". View
#V28778

VICTORIAN gold
filled engraved "baby" pin, 1-1/4".
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#V23865

VICTORIAN baby pin
with green enamel, marked "silver" on the back, 1-1/8".
View #V29479

14k & AQUA ENAMEL tiny delicate lingerie pins
with tiny forget-me-nots. They came to me in this box,
but I do not know for sure that it is the original one.
View #Q19842

VICTORIAN mother and child. The mother wears a vulcanite hair comb, a bar
pin and a cameo slide necklace and holds a purse.

VICTORIAN lady wearing a key
brooch. View

MIZPAH in gold tone with rare artillery badge from WWI brooch, 1-1/3".
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View #V31339

Victorian photograph of a young girl wearing an ornate
book chain criss-cross necklace with a cameo and a bar pin, circa 1890.

VICTORIAN carte de visite of a lady wearing a bull’s eye brooch,
2-1/2" by 4". "The Bath Photographic Studio, 14 Argyle Street".
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View #Vkph41

VICTORIAN gold tone Mizpah
garter or buckle pin with etched sentiment "May the Lord watch
between me & thee when we are absent one from another", sterling with 14k gilt,
marked on back "H&N", 375 for 9ct gold, and Chester 1887, 1-1/4" by 3/4", slight
damage to the letter "M" visible under 10x magnification.
View #V32222

VICTORIAN carte de visite of a lady wearing bull’s eye brooch and
locket. "By appointment to her Majesty, Hills & Saunders Photographers", 2-1/2"
by 4". View
View #Vkph9