Guggenheim Museum Picasso Woman sterling silver brooch. 1980s. Museum Replica vintage costume jewelry
Vintage Museum Replica costume jewelry
Over the past decades, since about the 1970s, it has become a good tradition for large museums to create jewelry. Traditionally, these are replicas of old jewelry, paintings and botanical illustrations from the museum’s funds. Classified as costume jewelry, these pieces have markings of these museums and are highly sought after. So, among the museums – manufacturers of high quality jewelry – MFA (Museum of Fine Arts), MMA (Metropolitan museum of art), NGA (National gallery of Art), VMFA (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts), MAD (Museum of Arts and Design), and others. However, the jewelry pieces of other museums are rare, but also highly valued. Among them are the Concord Museum, Guggenheim Museum, Mark Twain Museum, Shelburne museum, Vermont, North Carolina Museum of History, and more.
Artfully handcrafted with gilding, metal alloys, high quality enamels and art glass, this replica jewelry is a work of art in itself.
Basket of flowers brooch. Inspired by wall paper made by Moses Grant of Boston (1810s). 925 silver, 5.7 cm. 1990s. Concord Museum USA
Museum Replica vintage costume jewelry
Historic Old Deerfield. Primavera (Spring) gold plated brooch pendant. 5 cm. 1980s
HRM Heritage Museum Replica. Dragonfly brooch. Gold tone alloy, enamel, plastic, glass. 6.5 cm. 1990s
MAD Museum of Arts and Design. Antique brooch of matte gold tone. 4.7 cm. 1980s
Musée des arts décoratifs de Paris. Ribbon heart brooch pin. Gold plated metal alloy, pearl. 5 cm. 1980s
Museum Reproduction Inc. Brooklyn. Duck and Ducklings Vintage brooch based on a bronze sculpture located in Boston Park. Brass colored metal. 5.2 cm. 1980s
NCMH North Carolina Museum of History. Teapot brooch of matte gold tone. 5 cm. 1980s
Twain’s Cat brooch pendant of gold tone, art glass. 4.3 cm. 1980s. Mark Twain Museum
Antique brass relief brooch. Replica by Newport Historical society. Metal alloy, bronze plated. 6.3 cm. 1990s
Avant-garde black and white face brooch. Gold plated metal alloy, enamel. Victoria & Albert Museum
Shelburne museum, Vermont. Sleigh brooch of gold tone. 5.5 cm. 1990s
SPNEA (Society for the Preservation of New England Antiquities). Angel with baby gold plated brooch. 5 cm. 1980s
VMFA (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts). Owl brooch, copper tone metal alloy. 4.5 cm. 1989