Archeological-revival hat pin, ca. 1880, Italian, Rome, Gold and steel, confirmed: 3/4 × 3/4 × 9 3/4 in. (1.9 × 1.9 × 24.8 cm), Metalwork-Gold and Platinum, Castellani, This hat pin is formed of a steel shaft ending in a gold finial shaped and decorated to resemble a pine cone, with filigree to suggest the pine cone’s surface. The Castellani firm was the leading producer of archaeological-revival jewelry in the second half of the nineteenth century, and this hat pin illustrates the scope of Castellani’s production
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