sparkling antique paste crescent moon hat or hair pin decoration - 1800s old cut vintage scarf possibly bleach

possibly bleach

it had an edwardian watch chain/dog clip as a fastener so I have replaced with a vintage bolt ring - so sadly I'm not sure what the original fastener was to help identify or date more precisely

Slightly fitted shape

Overall length end to end 38"

The body of the dress is suspended from the shoulders using a more durable rayon type support fabric in a matching shade

sparkling antique paste crescent moon hat or hair pin decoration - 1800s old cut vintage scarf possibly bleachThis is really beautiful 19th century old foil back paste looks like an old mine cut to the stone. Its really very sparkly. Hat pin or perhaps use as hair pin? slight point but the point is fairly blunt. Crescent moon shape, with nice big stones! Measures: 15cm total height, moon is just over 3cm high Condition: Pin a little scuffed, but fairly straight. May have been silver plated as some age darkening, looks like a base metal underneath. Immediately