Hatpins - Our pins are very versatile; they will go with any hat you wear...Besides being used as hatpins, they can be worn as scarf pins, wrap or shawl pins, or hair ornaments. A safety clutch is included. Hand made. The pin is silver-plated or gold-plated...and 8.0 inches in length. All original - intricate - embellished - designs...Made mostly with beautiful older glass beads, carved ivory beads, spacer beads, motif beads, acrylic beads & gemstone beads.

MOST OF OUR LARGE MAIN ADORNMENT BEADS & MANY OF THE SMALLER ONES - MANY OF THE FINDINGS ARE VINTAGE/OLD...THE SHANK IS ALWAYS NEW OR NEWER AND STRAIGHT. - EMBELLISHMENTS HAVE BEEN NEWLY PUT TOGETHER/DESIGNED - NEWER BEADS COME FROM MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD... - WORD OLD OR VINTAGE - MEANS THAT THE MAIN OR MAYBE ALL OF THE EMBELLISHMENTS ARE OLD, BUT THE SHANK IS ALWAYS NEW...UNLESS, OTHERWISE STATED.

"Prized by antique collectors today, hatpins were commonplace and controversial. They ranged in size between 6 and 12 inches long depending on the size of the hat they needed to secure to a woman’s head. They were fancy or practical, made from every available material ranging from precious metals to gemstones to plastics and paste. Hatpin makers marketed their products to the various levels of society, ranging from the extremely ornate and expensive to the simple and functional. The heyday of the hatpin was between the 1880's and 1920’s, after which hair styles became short and the hats became smaller making the pins unnecessary." Today they are used as a - Fashion Statement - & very Collectible.