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Straight pin with machine-stamped head.

Copper Alloy | Object #: 1694075

Small straight pin with handmade head.

Copper Alloy | Object #: 1694076

Large straight pin with handmade head.

Copper Alloy | Object #: 1694077

Straight pin with handmade head and some tinning visible.

Copper Alloy | Object #: 1694078

Copper alloy wire mesh.

Copper Alloy | Object #: 1694344

Copper Alloy mesh loosely plaited; Wire woven into diamond pattern.

Copper alloy wire mesh.

Copper Alloy | Object #: 1694345

Copper Alloy mesh loosely plaited; Wire woven into diamond pattern.

Copper alloy wire mesh.

Copper Alloy | Object #: 1694346

Copper Alloy mesh loosely plaited; Wire woven into diamond pattern.

Copper alloy wire mesh.

Copper Alloy | Object #: 1694347

Copper Alloy mesh loosely plaited

Copper alloy clothing hook with one eye.

Copper Alloy | Object #: 1800383

Coiled copper alloy jewelry wire with suspension loop at each end.

Copper Alloy | Object #: 1849239

One suspension loop incomplete. Identical to 16th/17th century coiled wire illustrated in "Chatelaines: Utility to Glorious Extravagance" on page 28.

Small straight pin with handmade head

Copper Alloy | Object #: 1851503

This complete copper alloy straight pin was manufactured by hand, as the wound wire head indicates. In the eighteenth century pins were coated with tin alloy that would have made them shinier in appearance. Individuals in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries used straight pins for many purpo...

Large straight pin with handmade head

Copper Alloy | Object #: 1851509

This complete copper alloy straight pin was manufactured by hand, as the wound wire head indicates. In the eighteenth century pins were coated with tin alloy that would have made them shinier in appearance. Individuals in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries used straight pins for many purpo...

Small straight pin with handmade head

Copper Alloy | Object #: 1851516

This complete copper alloy straight pin was manufactured by hand, as the wound wire head indicates. In the eighteenth century pins were coated with tin alloy that would have made them shinier in appearance. Individuals in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries used straight pins for many purpo...

Small straight pin with handmade head and visible tinning

Copper Alloy | Object #: 1851519

This complete copper alloy straight pin was manufactured by hand, as the wound wire head indicates. In the eighteenth century pins were coated with tin alloy, which is apparent on this example. Individuals in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries used straight pins for many purposes. In addit...