This is another old pin, age uncertain but from someone's estate and in the Art Nouveau style. It has a very deeply colored round amethyst in the center, with four rhinestones along the body. I'm not sure what metal is used. It is very finely wrought with tiny beading along the edges and larger beads on the surface. I got it at A Haggle of Vendors, that sublimely named store in Grand Junction (with my collector sister urging me on).
Because this pin is so clearly from another era, I like to put it on a forties-style hat. (I am mad for 40s fashion, including shirtwaist house dresses with cap sleeves and platform shoes, and certainly wool coats and fedora and cloche hats.) So I have it here on the crown of a taupe wool shaped hat. It is placed on a sculpture of a woman's head, done years ago by another sister. I use this head sculpture, which is next to my fireplace, to hold my hats. I hope it's not too disrespectful.
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