✅ SOLVED Need help identifying this brass piece

[Justice70]

This was found in woods just a few feet from a pre- CW B&Burnham button.

Immediately I thought it was a bridal rosette but upon closer inspection of the back of it,

their is only the remnant of what looks like a single post coming from the center. I included

the B&Burnham button I found in the picture as well as a quarter for size reference.

It is also 2 pieces, unlike any rosette I've seen. If you look closely at the obverse picture you can see where it is dented on the edge

and tell that it's a 2 piece

 

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[ARC]

Screw back brooch... perhaps lapel or hat.

 

[tamrock]

Im thinking later Victorian costume jewelry. Which was much better made than today's costume jewelry. Probably had a gold wash plating when new. I'm with what Double A, RC says of it's intentional design. Something pretty and made to be noticed.

 

[DCMatt]

It's the top of an Edwardian hat pin. Circa 1900.

 

[tamrock]

It's the top of an Edwardian hat pin. Circa 1900.


Perfect!

 

[Gene Mean]

Wow beautiful! Love to see color.

 

[Tpmetal]

Great find and nice id!

 

[Rookster]

Great find. Great ID DCMatt

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Aren't the guys here simply amazing!
Great relic find, even better now that you have an I.D. for your piece.

Dave

 

[ARC]

Great find. Great ID DCMatt

Its not a pin.

As the OP stated... its TWO pieces.

 

[DCMatt]

Its not a pin.

As the OP stated... its TWO pieces.

Well, it's not a pin anymore. The pin is broken off.

He means two pieces like a "two piece button" or two pieces put together. Do a search on Victorian or Edwardian hat pin and look at the pictures. Many of the tops are made from two (or more) pieces.

 

[ARC]

Wellllll... I stated it was probably a hat pin.... screw back though...

BECAUSE... if you look at the OPs picture 1... it is in fact 2 separate pieces.

AND the OP stated such.

 

[ARC]

PS... I was leaning more towards a tack rosette originally because of this.

 

[A2coins]

Awesome I'd you guys are good lol

 

[fyrffytr1]

Wellllll... I stated it was probably a hat pin.... screw back though...

BECAUSE... if you look at the OPs picture 1... it is in fact 2 separate pieces.

AND the OP stated such.

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Not taking sides in this but the two items you show in the picture you re-posted are two separate finds. The small one is a button found near the large one. The OP stated that the larger item was two piece because you could see the seam near the dent in the back picture. I can see where you are coming from with "2-pieces" as the OP stated but he also said it was a "2-piece" item.

 

[Hawks88]

Nice save. Quick ID. Congrats to both of you.

 

[Justice70]

Wow! I think you may have nailed it DC Matt. It certainly does look like it. I appreciate all of the attention this piece garnered. I am including another picture to clear up any confusion about it being 2 pieces.

Not sure how much these hat pin tops could weigh but this piece weighs a full ounce. A few of these in your hat and it wouldn't go anywhere on a windy day...lol