Pin

Object Name:

Pin

Object ID:

1974.019 b

Date:

1900

Description:

Pin, eagle. Gold-color metal with pearl and stones. Gold spread eagle figure pin with head facing slightly left. Outstretched wings. Eagle clutching semi-circular wreath of silver-tone and rhinestone leaves. Nine leaves on each side in decreasing, graduated size. Small beads around edges of the four pairs of leaves on each side. Single rhinestone in each leaf. Between eagle's claws, single, faceted, red stone. Stem with pair of silver leaves with rhinestone in each leaf hanging from stone. Single, small, slightly-elongated, asymmetrical pearl below leaf. Small crack on back of eagle's neck so head may be bent down more than it should be. Eagle with mouth and open beak. May have been something in eagle eye sockets. Hinged pin and clasp on back. Two long, bent wires on back that might be for pendant attachment. Details to feathers on back and front. Little raised rectangular area with incised numbers on back of eagle's tail: "18 CT" (superscript and underlined "T").

Material:

Metal
Stone
Skeletal

Dimensions:

H-2.8 W-6.24 D-1.5 cm Weight-7 gr

Credit Line:

Bequest of Elsa P. Kimball

Subjects:

Eagle