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What’s the difference between pins and brooches?
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The main difference between pins and brooches is style. Both items slide through fabrics and secure in the back with some type of fastener. Brooches are always decorative, but some pins are made only to secure materials together or to hold a garment in place. All brooches are pins, but not all pins are brooches. On 1stDibs, shop a collection of brooches.
1stDibs ExpertMay 5, 2023
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Located in New York, NY
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Materials
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Located in New York, NY
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Located in Sammu shi, JP
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Located in Litchfield, CT
orangey brown), black enamel, and a 1.50 carat emerald, this fashionably refined 150-year-old Bee brooch
Category
Antique 1880s Brooches
Materials
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Two-Tone Diamond Bee Brooch Pin
Located in Palm Desert, CA
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Category
1990s American Retro Brooches
Materials
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Vintage Herbert Rosenthal Coral & Diamond Bee Brooch
By Herbert Rosenthal
Located in San Francisco, CA
This 18k gold bee brooch, by Rosenthal - one of the best of the 1970's - is a hard-to-find coral
Category
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Materials
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