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Stickpin

Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

Date

1860-1880

GUSN

GUSN-102537

Description

Stickpin with a circle of jet set in the center with a seed pearl.

Details

Descriptive Terms

stickpins
Pin, Clothing
Stickpin
Stickpin

Additional Identification Number

1988

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

7/16 x 5/16 (WxD) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Morse Jones and Miss Eleanor Hooper Jones

Accession Number

1935.262

Reference Notes

For more information on jet jewelry and imitations see Bury, Shirley, "Jewellery, 1789-1910" v. 2 (1991): 657-709; Cooper, Diana and Norman Battershill, "Victorian Sentimental Jewellery," (1972): 19-30; Dawes, Ginny Reddington and Corinne Davidov, "Victorian Jewelry: Unexplored Treasures," (1991): 125-130; Fales, Martha Gandy, "Jewelry in America, 1600-1900," (1995): 125-126, 254-256; Phillips, Clare, "Jewels and Jewelry," (2000): 94-95.

Related Items

Title Gilt Buckles Accession Number 1934.2737 ab
Title Ribbon belt with silver buckle Accession Number 1934.2769
Title c - Set of shell jewelry Accession Number 1935.231 a
Title White beads with cross pendant Accession Number 1935.232
Title Ostrich feather & aigrette hair ornament Accession Number 1935.247
Title Jet hair ornament Accession Number 1935.248
Title Two jet bands Accession Number 1935.249 ab
Title c - Set of combs Accession Number 1935.250 a
Title Pair of hair pins Accession Number 1935.251 ab
Title Shell hair pin Accession Number 1935.252
Title I - Assorted hat pins Accession Number 1935.254 a
Title Gun metal chain Accession Number 1935.256
Title Gun metal hair pin Accession Number 1935.258
Title Gilt metal hair pin Accession Number 1935.259
Title Gold ring with rhinestone Accession Number 1935.260
Title Spider brooch Accession Number 1935.261
Title Jet stick pin Accession Number 1935.262
Title Gun metal earrings Accession Number 1935.263 ab
Title Tortoiseshell earrings Accession Number 1935.265 ab

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