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Hairpin

1644-1911 (made)
Place of origin

Silver hairpin with a gilt filigree head. The head consists of a group of flowers and leaves with a crayfish and a dragonfly supported on a coil of wire above a pomegranate.

Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Silver and gilt filigree.
Brief description
Silver hairpin, Chinese, with a gilt filigree head
Physical description
Silver hairpin with a gilt filigree head. The head consists of a group of flowers and leaves with a crayfish and a dragonfly supported on a coil of wire above a pomegranate.
Object history
Purchased from George Eumorfopoulos (M.94 to 128-1938)
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
M.128FF-1938

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Record createdJuly 5, 2000
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