Antique Edwardian Sterling Silver Hatpins Still on Original Card Old Store Stock Pierre Balmain This is a beautiful piece

This is a beautiful piece - I’ve included extreme close-ups

The blouse is made in a “shirt” style with cuffs and very long pointy collar

although it still functions

The Parallele label was Ungaro’s pret-a-porter line

I’ve read that a copyright symbol was used in the signature after 1955 - although there is no copyright symbol on the signature on this brooch

Antique Edwardian Sterling Silver Hatpins Still on Original Card Old Store Stock Pierre Balmain This is a beautiful pieceThis is a pair of sterling silver hat pins that I acquired from an old general store. The pins are still on their original card, so were never used the card is printed at the top with Hall Marked Silver. The hallmarks on the pins include the lion, denoting sterling silver quality, the anchor, which stands for the Birmingham assay office, the date letter of m, which stands for the year 1911 and the makers mark of P&T, which stands for Pearce &