sparkling antique paste crescent moon hat or hair pin decoration - 1800s old cut 1820s or add some more symmetrical

or add some more symmetrical sunray pintucks had been my plan that I didn’t get around to executing

There are tiny breaks in the fine jet beneath the swirled crown but you don’t see this unless you look very closely

Front rise 14"

Could easily be replaced with sets of glass buttons maybe

This means there are some irregular raised fibres and loose strands when you inspect it more closely

sparkling antique paste crescent moon hat or hair pin decoration - 1800s old cut 1820s or add some more symmetricalThis 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