Posted 11 years ago
kyratango
(439 items)
First pic:
-pair of silver (unmarked) and mussel m.o.p.
- One single big mussell shell m.0.p. with rose cut rubies and demantoid garnets(?), un marked silver.
Second pic:
-2 horn insects, unsigned,
-egyptian revival horn, silver (boar's head, french), carved stone scarab,
-Mississippi pearls, marcassites, silver (unmarked)
-Metal and paste winged insect
Third & fourth pic:
Close up of the mussels
All very long except big mussel and Mississippi!
my favourite is the one on pic3, but they are all so pretty!
Thank you Newtimes, Geo and BelleEpoque for your so prompt loving!
Belle, special thank for your comment!
Think all of these long pins from 1890 to 1910 came by pair, as hats were too voluminous to be secure with only one...
They were so long that women sometimes used them as weapons! A law was voted to enjoin wearer to put an end to their pins in order not to hurt other people!
Thanks to you,Valentino, for kind comment and loving! Manikin & Leah thank you for your loves :-)
These are all wonderful Kyratango!
The engraving on the horn insects is so good and how whimsical to have a cicada and a damsel fly on your hat! Humans have also enjoyed breaking away from the serious.
Are Mississippi pearls just a freshwater seed pearl?
Great group thanks!
Hi Racer! Thanks for your interest and so kind comment!
The Mississippi pearl: This pearl grows inside the American pearly freshwater mussel, which can be found in the upper part of the Mississippi and its tributaries (Tennessee, Cumber- land, etc.). The M. pearl is rarely round, mostly baroque, wing-like and resembles a dog's tooth, a bird's wing or an animal head or body. Colours: white, pink, purple, rose-coloured, bronze, blue-violet
They are natural pearls,
What a lovely collection.
BEAUTIFUL hatpins! The little bee too in your other post. The mussel hatpins are stunning. And horn insects - so hard for hatpin collectors to come by. Am not allowed to offer to buy on this site but do please approach me if you should ever decide to sell one day. I would pay top prices for these - theyre wonderful.
Thanks for sharing - lovely collection. Have so enjoyed seeing it!
Wow, Nigella, what a warm comment!
I'm very attached to my collection, are you a hat pin collector?
I (and certainly other fellows here!) would love some of your's to see!
Thank you so much for your compliments :-))
Hi there - thanks for response. Yes I am a hatpin collector. I dont blame you for being attached to your collection! - its beautiful; the offers just there if you should ever want it.
Yes - have only just discovered this site, but must make some time to post pics of some of my own hatpins for you to see. Watch this space....
I follow you, so I will rush to see ;-)
wow!!! stunning!!
Thank you sooo much, sweetie Sean ;-)
Vintagelamp and DrFluffy thank you for your lovely visit ;-)