sparkling antique paste crescent moon hat or hair pin decoration - 1800s old cut vintage scarf Decorated with cut steel bead

Decorated with cut steel bead work

all of which are unseen when worn anyway but mentioning for accuracy

so it may yet rise up a little if it contains a few more curves

Measures: Approx a modern UK8

possibly bleach

sparkling antique paste crescent moon hat or hair pin decoration - 1800s old cut vintage scarf Decorated with cut steel beadThis 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