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The tear drop shaped glass top on this authentic Victorian silver hatpin is a beautiful teal color. One can see within it all of the little bubbles and swirls that occur when glass is created. It is just gorgeous when held up to the light! The stem tests positive for silver but is not marked sterling. Condition of the stem and glass is excellent with only tarnish to the stem and no fleabites or chips to the glass. Victorian hatpins were very long in order to hold the large hats of that era on the heads of their owners. Sometimes, three and four of these long beauties would be used to hold a hat in place. I have a link on my Link Exchange page to an interesting article written by Maureen Timm and published in The Antique Shoppe newspaper on the history of hatpins.
(Item #10101)
- Circa: 1900-1920
- Composition: Silver & glass
- Length: 10 1/2"
- Glass Top: 5/8" long x 3/8" wide at widest part of teardrop
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Price: SOLD
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