Extra Long Victorian Aesthetic Milk Glass Globe Hat Pin with Crystals, 1900s

A necessity during the Victorian Era, hat pins not only balanced precarious hats atop piles of hair but also moonlighted as weapons against overzealous gentlemen. Though teetering hats are no longer de rigeur, glorious century-plus-old pins such as these can be pierced through modern hats as statement accessories or even arranged in the hair like chopsticks. This extraordinary example combines a translucent milk glass globe shouldered by five faceted crystals atop a silver stem to create an accessory worthy of standing on its own. 9” hat pin with silver stem; milk glass globe finial atop a cluster of five clear faceted crystals. material: silver, milk glass, crystals noteworthy: gently clean with damp cloth repairs: none condition: very good with light tarnish on stem measurements: length: 8 ½” (stem), ½” (finial) finial diameter: ½” signature: no signature present