A pair of figural pins shaped as a fork and spoon, each handle carrying a fine scroll pattern and a single clear rhinestone. A 1950s novelty style, the kind of playful pair meant for a collar or lapel rather than a formal occasion. Sold as a set, each with its own pin back.

Materials
Gold-tone metal, clear rhinestone accents

Details

• Era: 1950s
• Style / design notes: Fork and spoon novelty pin set, scroll-detailed handles
• Stone or material notes: Clear rhinestone accent on each piece
• Color: Gold-tone
• Function: Pair of pin-back brooches
• Condition: Good vintage condition, please see images

Collected by Mineral and Matter

A carved white cameo profile sits against a brick-red ground, framed by a heavy rope-twist gold-tone border set with small clear rhinestones at each compass point. Convertible from pin to pendant with both a pin bar and a bail on the reverse, this piece has real weight and texture — the kind of substantial mid-century costume brooch that reads more expensive than it is.

Materials
Gold-tone metal, resin cameo, rhinestone accents

Details

• Era: 1960s–1970s
• Style / design notes: Rope-twist oval frame, convertible brooch/pendant with pin bar and bail
• Stone or material notes: Carved white cameo on coral-red ground, clear rhinestone accents
• Color: Gold-tone with white, coral, and clear accents
• Function: Converts from brooch to pendant
• Condition: Good vintage condition, please see images

Collected by Mineral and Matter

Part of Sarah Coventry's celebrated "Masterpiece" series, this 1970s brooch sets a miniature reproduction of da Vinci's Mona Lisa inside a sunburst frame ringed with faux pearls. It converts from pin to pendant, one of Sarah Coventry's more collectible novelty pieces from a company whose Mona Lisa line became a signature seller. Signed on the reverse, complete with both a pin bar and a bail.

Materials
Gold-tone metal, faux pearls, printed portrait cabochon

Details

• Era: 1970s
• Markings: SARAH COV
• Style / design notes: Convertible brooch/pendant, sunburst faux pearl frame, printed portrait medallion
• Color: Gold-tone with cream pearls
• Function: Converts from brooch to pendant
• Condition: missing a few faux pearls, please see photos 

Collected by Mineral and Matter

A textured gold-tone poodle sits mid-turn, its nugget-finish coat giving real dimension against the smoother collar and paws. Ruby-colored rhinestone eyes catch the light without tipping into costume-jewelry sweetness. A 1950s–1960s figural brooch, the kind sold by the boxful in mid-century department stores and still charming decades on.

Materials
Gold-tone metal, rhinestone eyes

Details

• Era: 1950s–1960s
• Style / design notes: Figural poodle brooch, textured nugget finish, safety-catch pin back
• Stone or material notes: Ruby-colored rhinestone eyes
• Color: Gold-tone
• Condition: Good vintage condition, please see images

Collected by Mineral and Matter

A tiny cherub takes flight in miniature, cast in gold-tone metal with a clutch-back closure meant for a lapel, collar, or hat brim. This 1970s-era figural took real detailing at a small scale, wings and limbs fully rendered rather than flattened into a silhouette. A quiet, sentimental piece equally suited to everyday wear or a keepsake gift.

Materials
Gold-tone metal, clutch back

Details

• Era: 1970s
• Style / design notes: Figural cherub/angel lapel pin, tie tack style clutch back
• Color: Gold-tone
• Condition: Good vintage condition, please see images

Collected by Mineral and Matter