ANTIQUE, HAT PIN COULD BE AMBER ? BUT MORE LIKELY TO BE CELLULOID, PRETTY !!.

                                  ANTIQUE HAT PIN

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THIS IS POSSIBLY A LATE EDWARDIAN HAT PIN, USED FOR LARGER HATS,   WITH A CELLULOID HEAD. LENGTH  13cm.

THE FASHION OF THE EDWARDIAN PERIOD INCLUDED VERY LARGE HATS AND VERY LONG HAT PINS....HOWEVER IT COINCIDED WITH THE WOMANS SUFFRAGE MOVEMENT. FEARING THAT WOMEN MAY USE THEIR LONG HAT PINS AS WEAPONS AS THEY FOUGHT FOR THE RIGHT TO VOTE, STATES PASSED LAWS TO LIMIT THE LENGTH OF HAT PINS AND ALSO STATED THAT HAT PINS HAD TO HAVE THE SHARP END COVERED WITH A SAFTY GUARD.