Historic New England

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell hair comb in a lyre shaped with carved and pierced floral and foliate decoration, six teeth.

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103026

Accession Number: 1937.895

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell back comb with crown shaped top, carved rosette and flower design, and a border of inset faux pearls, thirteen teeth.

Date: 1850-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103027

Accession Number: 1920.528

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell back comb with an abstract fleur de lis shaped top, ten teeth.

Date: 1830-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103028

Accession Number: 1920.530

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell hair comb with pierced and carved top featuring two peacocks and a floral border, thirty-five teeth.

Date: 1820-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103029

Accession Number: 1920.536

Hair Comb

Horn back comb with a pierced trellis design top terminating in a crown of carved balls, eight teeth (one missing).

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103030

Accession Number: 1922.183

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell hair comb with a carved and pierced scroll loop design at top, ten teeth.

Date: 1840-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103031

Accession Number: 1922.673.1

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell hair comb with a carved and pierced scroll loop design at top, ten teeth.

Date: 1840-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103032

Accession Number: 1922.673.2

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell hair comb with a pierced and carved top featuring a frieze of flowers and a abstract foliage border, forty-one teeth.

Date: 1810-1840

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103033

Accession Number: 1924.178

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring a row of leaves framed by a circle border, six teeth.

Date: 1840-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103034

Accession Number: 1924.672

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring a linked chain design, eight teeth.

Date: 1870-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103035

Accession Number: 1928.256

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell hair comb with a carved and pierced top featuring a row of roundels with small pierced stars, nine teeth.

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: tortoise shell

GUSN: 103036

Accession Number: 1928.936

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell side comb with a carved and pierced top featuring an abstract scroll of foliage design, fifty-two teeth (two missing)

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

Material: tortoise shell

GUSN: 103037

Accession Number: 1928.937

Set of Hair Combs

Three tortoiseshell side combs, two big one small, all feature a serpentine shaped top with a border of carved balls, all have twenty-three teeth.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103038

Accession Number: 1935.250a-c

Hair Comb

Horn back comb with a serpentine shaped top, twelve teeth.

Date: 1860-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103039

Accession Number: 1930.1687

Hair Comb

This tortoiseshell back comb is decorated with a carved and pierced top featuring a scrolled trellis design with foliage.

Date: 1850-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103040

Accession Number: 1931.1579

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring a double loop design, nine teeth (two missing)

Date: 1850-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103041

Accession Number: 1934.1225

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell back comb with a carved and pierced round top featuring a vine of grape bunches and leaves, eleven teeth (three missing)

Date: 1850-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103042

Accession Number: 1934.1226

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring a continuous loop design, eight teeth (two missing).

Date: 1850-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103043

Accession Number: 1934.1227

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring a twisted foliate scroll design, ten teeth.

Date: 1850-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103044

Accession Number: 1936.816

Hair Comb

Horn back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring a berry and leaf design, dyed with red stripes to imitate tortoiseshell, two teeth.

Date: 1820-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103045

Accession Number: 1935.1037

Hair Comb

Celluloid back comb with a carved and pierced top featuring two rows of a baluster design, eight teeth.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103046

Accession Number: 1935.1038

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell back comb with a curved carved and pierced top featuring a scrolling floral design, seven teeth.

Date: 1830-1860

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103047

Accession Number: 1935.1531

Hair Comb

Tortoiseshell side comb with a pierced and carved top featuring a scrolling foliate design, thirty-two teeth (one missing).

Date: 1830-1850

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 103048

Accession Number: 1935.1532

Hatpins

Pair of gilt brass hatpins with round heads consisting of woven strips of twisted rope, each has a smaller ball suspended from a chain.

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 102599

Accession Number: 2007.15.109ab

Hatpins

Gilt brass hatpins with heads of ridged ribbons woven into a ball, each has a smaller ball suspended by a chain.

Date: 1870-1900

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 102600

Accession Number: 1932.90ab

Gilt brass hatpin with three metal rings looped together, one is plain, one has rows twisted wire, and the last is set with a row of pastes with a twisted wire border, smaller ball set with pastes is suspended from shaft by a chain.

Date: 1870-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 102601

Accession Number: 1929.1512

Hatpins

Pair of gilt brass hatpins with round heads of abstract foliate openwork.

Date: 1870-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 102602

Accession Number: 1929.1511ab

Hatpins

Pair of hatpins with painted gold ball heads.

Date: 1875-1925

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 102603

Accession Number: 1969.2401.1-2

Hatpin

Hatpin with a gilt metal flower head set with pink glass and faux pearl beads.

Date: 1850-1880

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 102604

Accession Number: 1928.237

Hatpins

Pair of hatpins set with bunches of faux pearls set in gilt brass scroll openwork mounts, each features a chain of pearls attached at the top of the head and at the shaft.

Date: 1850-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 102605

Accession Number: 1940.591ab

Hatpin

Pair of hatpins set with faux pearls with a collar of colorless pastes.

Date: 1890-1910

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 102606

Accession Number: 1928.603ab

Hatpins

Pair of hatpins with large Roman pearl head, each feature a Roman pearl crescent attached to a chain and three pearls on chains attached to shaft.

Date: 1850-1870

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 102607

Accession Number: 1923.421ab

Hatpins

Pair of hatpins with faux pearl heads.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 102608

Accession Number: 1928.607ab

Hatpin

Hatpin set with a Roman pearl wrapped in a brass serpent, two smaller Roman pearls on chains are attached to shaft.

Date: 1850-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 102609

Accession Number: 1948.95

Hatpin

Hatpin with Roman pearl head mounted in gilt brass scrolled terminals enameled red and blue, small Roman pearl on chain attached to shaft.

Date: 1850-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 102610

Accession Number: 1931.56

Hatpin

Hatpin with faux naturally shaped pearl set in a metal mount in the shape of leaves.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 102611

Accession Number: 2007.15.108

Hatpin

Hatpin with faux pearl head.

Date: 1850-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 102612

Accession Number: 2007.15.117

Hatpin

Hatpin with a fleur de lis head painted gold.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 102613

Accession Number: 2007.15.114

Hatpins

Pair of hatpins each set with one small and one large faux pearl with gilt metal terminals, each has two chains of three pearls suspended from the shaft.

Date: 1850-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 102614

Accession Number: 1927.755-756

Hatpin

Faux pearl hatpin with gilt metal terminals and a fringe of pointed metal tassels.

Date: 1850-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 102615

Accession Number: 1929.1513

Pair of Hatpins

Pair of hatpins with faux pearl heads mounted in gilt brass floral openwork, each have smaller matching ball suspended on a chain from the shaft.

Date: 1850-1890

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 102616

Accession Number: 1941.1044AB

Hatpin Protectors

Three metal hatpin protectors, two made of brass, one is gilt metal.

Date: 1913

Maker: unknown

Material: brass (alloy)

GUSN: 102617

Accession Number: 1938.1191a-c

Hatpin

Gilt bronze hat pin with a cast scroll head decorated with flower buds and set with two faux pearls.

Date: ca. 1890

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material), bronze (metal)

GUSN: 102618

Accession Number: 1929.503

Hatpins

Pair of hatpins with round glass heads decorated with gold paint and applied glass flowers.

Date: 1880-1920

Maker: unknown

Material: glass (material)

GUSN: 102619

Accession Number: 1928.602ab

Hatpin

Hatpin with a teardrop-shaped tortoiseshell head with gold piqué point decoration.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 102620

Accession Number: 2007.15.115

Hatpin

Tortoiseshell hatpin with teardrop head and twisted tortoiseshell shaft.

Date: 1850-1900

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 102621

Accession Number: 1922.186

Hatpins

Pair of vulcanite or hard rubber hatpins.

Date: 1870-1890

Maker: unknown

Material: vulcanite, rubber (material)

GUSN: 102622

Accession Number: 1934.1289ab

Hatpin

Pair of round tortoiseshell hatpins with piqué posé inlaid bird and flower design, each has smaller tortoiseshell ball with matching design on a chain attached to the shaft.

Date: 1860-1880

Maker: unknown

GUSN: 102623

Accession Number: 1924.99ab