Hat pin
India
Baroness Edmond de Rothschild was a keen collector of buttons, lace and fans, and she also acquired hat pins, which were necessary and extremely fashionable because of the large hat styles of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Earliest Rothschild collector: Adelheid, Baroness Edmond de Rothschild; b.1853, d.1935
Credit: Waddesdon (Rothschild Family)
c 1890-1910
Gilt steel, gold foil and enamel
4084
Image and text © Waddesdon Manor, 2019
Where you'll find this
Waddesdon Manor
Permanent collection