‘Numbers of

dangerous’ ‘implements

. protruding. from the

hugée* “hats. ~ “of.

f hionable | ladies.”

oS ie London Daily Mail
, . December, 1908

‘Accidents did happen. But

not all: the abrasions, gashes. —
“and ‘more: serious © wounds ;
‘caused” by  hatpins were
-accidents. Ladies of the late
. Victorian, Period often used
“the pins for protection when
7 ‘annoyed or threatened bya

‘manor a dog. ‘Many an

“ardent ‘‘swain’’ lost interest _
-after being painfully stabbed.

Hatpins evolved over. the

_ last. two decades of the 19th — .
century as means of securing -

the variety of large, fashion-

able hats onto .the massive;

‘upswept hair styles - -of the
period, In order to fulfill their

purpose, many~‘of the pins. os
had shafts up to 30: am em. (12.

in.) long.

Though usually made of

steel, ‘some. hatpins were
made entirely - of sterling

_ Silver or of gold. Others had

steel shafts fitted with heads
of precious. metals.

Because ‘they were consi-
dered high fashion” items,
actually a form of jewellery,

hatpins exhibited great in-.
-genuity in shape, composi- ~

tion and decoration of their
heads. Designs included
fans, flowers, butterflies and
birds, Art Nouveau, military

_and naval motifs.- Materials

ranged from papier mache,
feathers, cloth and woven
straw to enamel, porcelain,
tortoise shell and gemstones.

Some of the heads were
homemade, often by convert-
ing buttons, but most were
manufactured. One of the
leading English manufact-
urers was Abel Morrall Ltd.
of Redditch.

Morrall’s main products
were needles, but the com-
pany also produced bead
headed hatpins by twisting
heated giass rods onto steel
shafts. Other types of hatpins
merely were assembled at
the factory, the heads being
purchased from different
suppliers.

Sometimes hatpins .were
made to match a lady’s other
accessories. For example,
one British shop offered a
waterproof parasol handle

top in rock crystal with
hatpins ‘to match, while
another featured buckle,

button and hatpin sets.

Such sets were very
popular as gifts and frequen-
tly were encased in oblong
leather or fabric boxes with
hinged lids, usually marked
with the distributor’s rather
than the maker’s name.

As the number of com-
plaints about the dangers of
hatpins increased, pin point
**guards’’ or ‘‘protectors’’
were developed. Some were
simple knobs in which the
pointed end of the shaft
could be = sheathed, but
others were designed to
match the ornate heads.

these

AL “few. “manufacturers

t ary - produced ‘hatpins_ modelled
“has” heen- {instituted by:

the - -newsp a per S. is “and safety: -pins; .. however,
“Belin.

‘or’ less” ‘serious.

along the lines of hairpins

. these: designs proved to. be

unsuitable. a

By the end of the World

War I, in.1918, plainer. hair

styles. and closer fitting hats

: became fashionable, abolish-
’ ing the need. for hatpins with

extremely long — _ shafts.

‘During’ ‘the Roaring "20° 's, the
'. pins. lost «their : place in

- fashion, although” more dis-
- creet examples continued to

be. worn ‘and — Yemain in
limited, use ‘today. oo

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: In recent years, decorative
-hatpins have again become
; popular—this time as collec-

tors’ items., Many collectors
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\ hich. individual ins 3
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may be inserted.

. Both pins and. stands may -~
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rummage sales. _ Prices,
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