Hair Pin
1800-1867 (made)
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| Place of origin |
This necklace was bought as part of the Castellani collection of Italian Peasant Jewellery at the International Exhibition, Paris, 1867.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Silver containing a ball of red silk |
| Brief description | Silver hair pin with openwork head enclosing a ball of red silk, Salerno (Italy), 1800-1867. |
| Physical description | Silver hair pin, with a twisted stem of square wire and a spherical head made from two curved rosettes of thick plain wire joined together at their edges. The head contains a ball of red silk which is held in place by a vertical pin, and which fills the interior space. |
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| Summary | This necklace was bought as part of the Castellani collection of Italian Peasant Jewellery at the International Exhibition, Paris, 1867. |
| Bibliographic reference | 'Italian Jewellery as worn by the Peasants of Italy', Arundel Society, London, 1868, Plate 10 |
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| Accession number | 240-1868 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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