Big-hat hatpins
Porcelain, hand-painted
Violet floral porcelain hatpin
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This porcelain blue floral is 1 3/4" at its longest point, and 1 1/4" at its narrowest. Rod length 10". Porcelain is a ceramic that has been fired at high heat, to give it a glassy quality. See ://www.madehow.com/Volume-1/Porcelain.html.
The flat brass backer here is a perfect fit with the porcelain head.
We can't tell a hand-painted porcelain from a transferred image yet.
Howard C. Scharfe and Marjorie Scharfe Hatpin Collection, portrait, porcelain
The head on this portrait-type porcelain hatpin is circular, 7/8" diameter. Rod 6 1/2".
Its brass backer is a perfect fit with the porcelain head.
Rose floral porcelain hatpin
Backer, rose floral hatpinThis floral, one red and two pink roses, is a repair job. Not by us, but the backer does not quite fit the size of the porcelain.
We read somewhere that this means a recycled head, not meant for that backer. So, the first one broke? Life happens. The floral head is 7/8" in diameter.
The rod is 8".
Oval, four roses porcelain hatpinHere is an oval floral, four roses. It is 1" x 3/4". Rod 7 3/4"
None of these have any markings on the backers.
Porcelain, hand-painted
Violet floral porcelain hatpinWe are trying smaller pictures so they will load faster.
This porcelain blue floral is 1 3/4" at its longest point, and 1 1/4" at its narrowest. Rod length 10". Porcelain is a ceramic that has been fired at high heat, to give it a glassy quality. See ://www.madehow.com/Volume-1/Porcelain.html.
The flat brass backer here is a perfect fit with the porcelain head.
We can't tell a hand-painted porcelain from a transferred image yet.
Howard C. Scharfe and Marjorie Scharfe Hatpin Collection, portrait, porcelainThe head on this portrait-type porcelain hatpin is circular, 7/8" diameter. Rod 6 1/2".
Its brass backer is a perfect fit with the porcelain head.
Rose floral porcelain hatpin
Backer, rose floral hatpinThis floral, one red and two pink roses, is a repair job. Not by us, but the backer does not quite fit the size of the porcelain.We read somewhere that this means a recycled head, not meant for that backer. So, the first one broke? Life happens. The floral head is 7/8" in diameter.
The rod is 8".
Oval, four roses porcelain hatpinHere is an oval floral, four roses. It is 1" x 3/4". Rod 7 3/4"None of these have any markings on the backers.
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