Hat pin consisting of a round gold-colored metal button embossed with the letters "S S H" arranged around the image of an anchor mounted atop long gold-colored metal pin.
hatpins
accessories
metal
plating (metal coating)
embossing
Pin, Clothing
Hatpin
Brass
Hatpin
Embossed on back of brass button: ""BARNUM & CO./ NEW YORK""
Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),
Barnum & Co. (Maker)
New York, NY, USA
10.25 (H), 0.875 (diameter) (inches)
Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker
1998.4947
New York state (United States)
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