Archeological-revival hat pin
Castellani
ca. 1880 · Gold and steel · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
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.
- Artist
- Castellani
- Date
- ca. 1880
- Medium
- Gold and steel
- Culture
- Italian, Rome
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Gift of Judith H. Siegel, 2015
