Floral - peony, day lily, or iris? other

 Big-Hats Hatpins

Big Iris. This is the one on our home page.

Is Big Iris really a day lily? Here she is, posing with one.

The Big Lily hatpin, with the natural red variety, Howard C. Scharfe and Marjorie Scharfe Hatpins Collection, Florals section

Our former Big Iris, reidentified as Big Lily.

Th3 diameter 3", rod 13". Double checked the length and found typo that then just got repeated at 18".

To appreciate the length of the rod even at 13", follow that straight line behind the lily with your eye. That is the hatpin's rod. It goes on and on. Think of how large the hat was that it helped to secure, with much bunned hair beneath.
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Little Lily (in the sky) with Rhinestones hatpin, Howard C. Scharfe and Marjorie Scharfe Hatpins Collection, Florals section 

 Little Iris, now probably Little Lily, With Stones.

Reidentified as a a day lily.

This is our other Iris - Lily, shorter rod - 8". The head is 2 7/8 wide or so. We had thought this was an Iris but it may well be just a day lily - as with Big Iris above. .

These are our Theology Fleurs. Somebody tells you something all your life, that these are iris flowers, you believe it, then you dare to go off on your own and check it against real life, and find it ain't necessarily so.

The Theology Flowers.

Now: Will finding out another truth, or even the possibility that all is not as certain as they say after all, make a difference to some folks? Probably not.
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Four-petal red-stone brass hatpin, Howard C. Scharfe and Marjorie Scharfe Hatpins Collection, Florals section

Sweet little Four-Petal, with red stone in center. Glass? We can't tell what is what. And we understand that the Victorians-Edwardians mastered the art of the ersatz. Width 7/8". Rod 8".











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Brass stylized floral hatpin 

Serious looking hatpin with foliage. For a no-nonsense hat on a no-nonsense head.

Rectangular with little pleats or tucks at the corners, foliage in center. Width, 2 1/4". Rod 10". Brassish on front, but back is a whiter metal. Looks like there is some marking there, but we can't figure it out. Will try to get back to it.
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Floral brass hatpin, plain, dull, like we are some days 

Another serious flower hatpin. Functional. Six-petal, pressed. Width 1 3/4". Rod 11". See the detail on the petals. Should be a shiny brass - the protected back side is much shinier.

This would look less serious with a good polishing.








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Little peony hatpin

Little peony. This one is translucent - a lovely thing carved into a rose shape or perhaps a peony, still in bud, going from pinks to blues.

A little larger than a standard marble, Rod 8". It is surprising to see the long rods with little ornaments.

Comments

Unknown said…
Hello,
I am pretty sure that your Iris/Lilly hatpin is actually a Cattaleya Orchid. You can check on Wikipedia where they have many pictures you can check. Here is the link:
Nancy.....(:->) (also hatpin collector)
enzee@aol.com