SALE Magnificent antique trio of art glass hat pins

Clothing : Antique : Hat Pins : Hatpins : Art Glass : Red : Blue : Dragon's Breath : Brass

 

Antique hat pins, a phenomenal trio of red, blue and dragon's breath art glass, measure 2-5/8", 2-5/8", and 2-7/16" respectively, and are AWESOME!

The red one has a beautiful Art Nouveau design in brass around the perimeter and swirls of gold, gray-green, and black in the glass stone. It also has a teeeeny tiny hairline crack which you can kind of see in the highly magnified pic, just above the dark spot in the center red part. I had to look at it intensely under the loupe to even determine it WAS a crack. To the naked eye it's barely visible, and because it's bezel set it's not going anywhere (but is mentioned for accuracy).

The blue one has a scrumptious Art Deco design in superbly aged brass and also has a fine hairline crack in the glass that's barely visible to the naked eye but which can be seen in the highly magnified pix. Again, the bezel setting keeps it from going anywhere. It has a luminescence that makes me think it's foiled on the back but, since it's enclosed, it's not possible to tell for sure without dismantling the piece. I'll let you tend to that if you must; it's fantastic either way.

The dragon's breath one, well, it takes your breath away! Truly!! I've taken several pix of the fiery character of the prong set glass stone so you can see what I mean (the upper left pic is taken without flash, the rest with). It, too, is set in brass, this time with a ring of flashy, clear prong set rhinestones surrounding it. Fabulous!

The red and dragon's breath both have a little tarnishing to the metal shafts, but nothing a little fine grade steel wool wouldn't take care of. Otherwise, overall condition is normal and completely consistent with age. Such a stunning trio, these! Wow, wOw, and WOW!! (Packaged weight is 2 ozs. from zip code 55409)

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