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Hatpin

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Collection Type

  • Clothing and accessories

GUSN

GUSN-102893

Description

Metal hatpin with an eagle with splayed wings perched atop a rectangle engraved with "S.P.Q.R." .

Details

Descriptive Terms

hatpins
HATPIN

Inscription

"SPQR" (Engraved)

Associated Building

Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),

Additional Identification Number

2346

Maker

Unknown

Location of Origin

American [use]

Dimensions

13/16 in x 1/8 in (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation

Accession Number

2006.44.360

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