Hats traditionally needed a hat pin to keep them from falling off your head. They also would have made a formidable weapon! Now hat pins are used more for decoration rather than function.
The top pin is 25.5 cm long, it has a white glass bead and dates from the 1800's. The second is 8cm long, has a green bakelite bead and dates from 1940's -1950's. The next two were made by a local small business, called the Pin Ladies. The fifth is the one I designed and had made for my Limpet hat, it has a sterling silver shank, a pearl, two fake pearls (well real ones that size would cost a small fortune) and a black glass bead.
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