Below are some examples of fairy brooches from designers and retailers such as Van Cleef & Arpels and Gustav Gaudernack.
Gustav Gaudernack: A Norwegian enamel panel brooch The polychrome enamel panel of hexafoil outline, depicting a kneeling fairy in riverside scene, signed ‘G.G.’ and stamped ‘925 S N.M.’ length 6.7cm.
Sold for £ 125 inc. premium at Bonhams in 2015
TWO RETRO DIAMOND, RUBY AND GOLD FAIRY BROOCHES Comprising two brooches, each designed as a fairy, the single and circular-cut diamond bodies extending openwork polished gold wings, the lower part of the wings backed with polished platinum panels, and the open upper part set with circular-cut rubies or diamonds, circa 1940, 2 3/4 ins. and 3 1/8 ins., mounted in gold and platinum One brooch signed Flato for Paul Flato
Sold for USD 25,000 at Christies in 2017
Gold, Moonstone and Diamond ‘Fairy’ Brooch, Van Cleef & Arpels 18 kt., the dancing fairy centering one oval cabochon moonstone face, with wand tipped by one round diamond, signed VCA, no. SU0282, with maker’s mark, approximately 9.6 dwts.
Sold for $5,625 (includes buyer’s premium) at Doyle New York in 2018
DRAGONFLY FAIRY BROOCH ATTR. TO DUVALET/JOHN RUBEL
A dimensional diamond pave platinum body and textured 18k yellow gold wings with fancy yellow diamonds, approx. 3.76 cts. TW throughout. Ca. 1944. Unmarked. 3″ x 2 1/4″. 15.0 dwt. Note: Maurie Duvalet collaborated with John Rubel on a series of fairy and ballerina brooches for Van Cleef & Arpels. Those brooches, while strikingly similar to this example, feature rose cut diamond faces. Very similar cherubic features can be found on a gold cupid brooch by Van Cleef & Arpels, Primavera Gallery.
Sold for $5,000 at Rago Arts and Auction Center in
Brooch, Fairyland lustre, designed by Daisy Makeig-Jones, made by Wedgwood, 1918 to about 1929
Bone china, printed in brown, painted in underglaze colours with sponged decoration and mother-of-pearl lustre glaze with gold print and edge.
Reference: © Victoria and Albert Museum
