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Hatpin

Collection Type

  • Jewelry

Date

1870-1920

GUSN

GUSN-24037

Description

One in pair of hat pins decorated with heart-shaped faceted glass endcap. The cut glass is pierced in the center and attached to the rhodium or nickel-plated metal pin with a rectangular section of white metal set with clear paste stones.

Details

Descriptive Terms

hatpins
accessories
paste (glass)
white metal
plating (metal coating)
hearts (motifs)
Pin, Clothing
Hatpin
Steel
Plastic
Paste Gem
Heart
Hatpin

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Unknown

Dimensions

3.5 x 1 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.4957.1

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