Brooches

An antique silver crescent moon brooch with niello, scattered with little stars picked out in rose gold. The warm gold shows up clearly against the near black finish. The back is plain silver, stamped 800, the silver standard used across mainland Europe. Crescent moons were a favourite brooch design in the late 1800s, this is a later piece which still carries the same appeal and charm as its Victorian predecessors. Wear it on a coat lapel, a scarf or a jacket collar, for a more unusual and contemporary look pin it through a chain for some added texture and colour in a stack.

A silver brooch set with a large oval of Blue John, framed by a border of raised silver roses and flowers each set with marcasites. The stone shows the classic banding, deep purple stripes running across a honey yellow ground, every piece of Blue John is completely unique. Blue John is a rare fluorite found only in Castleton in Derbyshire, so this is a real piece of British geology. It's been mined there for centuries and only small amounts come out each year, which makes Blue John jewellery a lovely thing to own.

Brooches are making a real comeback, not just in the traditional sense either. The 'in thing' is to use them as chain extenders and the shape of this brooch lends itself to this trend extremely well. This 9ct gold seahorse brooch is set with a cabochon Sapphire eye, the level of detail and weight of this piece really speak to its quality and the skill of its maker. At 8g of 9ct gold it's an impressive weight.

An antique 9ct gold safety pin brooch set with an oval turquoise cabochon in a rub over setting, the stone a soft greenish blue. Safety pin brooches were a popular Victorian and Edwardian accessory, used to hold scarves and shawls in place or simply worn as a pretty detail. The warm gold and the green of the turquoise work beautifully together. Wear it on a lapel, use it to hang charms from or to extend a short antique chain.