Hair Pin

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Artist/Maker	Unknown
Place of origin	Switzerland (made)

Hair pin of sheet silver, partly gilded, with lozenge-shaped head. The edge of the head is bordered with small stamped domes. A lozenge of filigree curls is riveted to the head, with a small tube in the centre to hold it clear of the surface. There is a star of gilt metal in the centre of the filigree lozenge, with a pebbled dome at its centre surrounded by a ring of dark blue and white enamel domes. The stem of the pin has nicks down the sides, making a wavy pattern.

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Categories	Jewellery Metalwork Traditional Jewellery (Europe)
Object type	Hair pin
Materials and techniques	Sheet silver, partly gilded, with filigree and blue and white enamel decoration Silver Silver-Gilt Filigree Enamelling
Brief description	Silver hair pin, partly gilded, with filigree and enamel decoration, Switzerland, 1800-1870.
Physical description	Hair pin of sheet silver, partly gilded, with lozenge-shaped head. The edge of the head is bordered with small stamped domes. A lozenge of filigree curls is riveted to the head, with a small tube in the centre to hold it clear of the surface. There is a star of gilt metal in the centre of the filigree lozenge, with a pebbled dome at its centre surrounded by a ring of dark blue and white enamel domes. The stem of the pin has nicks down the sides, making a wavy pattern.
Dimensions	Length: 20.6cm Width: 5.3cm Depth: 1.9cm
Marks and inscriptions	'H' in a square frame (On front, at top of stem.) leaf (On front, at top of stem.)
Collection	Metalwork Collection
Accession number	154-1901

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Record created	June 24, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O383211/hair-pin-unknown/

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