Long silver hair pin with small pointed head with impressed floral pattern. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 26/9/2005]

Collection type: Object
Description: Long silver hair pin with small pointed head with impressed floral pattern. [El.B 'DCF 2004-2006 What's Upstairs?' 26/9/2005]
Geographical reference: China
Asia > Eastern Asia > China; Sichuan Siu Fui
Person: Field collector J. Keir; PRM source J. Keir
Date / Period: Date made: Before 1907
Date collected: Purchased in 1907
Acquisition information: Donated: 1951
Materials and processes: Material Silver Metal, Process Impressed
Dimensions: Length: max 242 mm
Object numbers: Accession number: 1951.5.21
Associated publications: An image of four pieces from this collection (1951.5.1-.24) was published as a PRM postcard (number 218) in association with the Made for Trade exhibition. Caption reads: 'Dress and hair ornaments made from filigree silver inlaid with kingfisher feathers. Iridescent blue kingfisher-feather ornaments were popular among high-status women in China. They were also made for export to the West. Made in Siu Fui, Sichuan Province, China, by 1907.' (Copy of postcard in RDF.) [JC 8 8 2011]

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