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Confetti-lucite "Flower Brand" hair pins (amber/gold, pair), on original card

Object/Artifact

Two matching ornamental hair pins, each an elongated bar/loop of clear cast plastic with an amber-orange ground and gold (and some red) confetti flecks over a metal pin, mounted on a printed backing card now browned with age.

Confetti-lucite "Flower Brand" hair pins (amber/gold, pair), on original card Confetti-lucite "Flower Brand" hair pins (amber/gold, pair), on original card Confetti-lucite "Flower Brand" hair pins (amber/gold, pair), on original card - Image 2 Confetti-lucite "Flower Brand" hair pins (amber/gold, pair), on original card - Image 2 Confetti-lucite "Flower Brand" hair pins (amber/gold, pair), on original card - Image 3 Confetti-lucite "Flower Brand" hair pins (amber/gold, pair), on original card - Image 3
Confetti-lucite "Flower Brand" hair pins (amber/gold, pair), on original card - Image 2 Confetti-lucite "Flower Brand" hair pins (amber/gold, pair), on original card - Image 3

2025.6.12

Belonged to Mirta Suquet Martínez

The Martínez Suquet family collection

2025.6

Mirta Suquet

Gift

Shanghai Minghua Hairgrips Mfg. Co.

1980s

Shanghai

People's Republic of China

Asia

Maker: Flower Brand (花牌) — registered trademark of a Shanghai hairgrip manufacturer (Shanghai Minghua Hairgrips Mfg. Co.).

"Flower Brand" (gold script); gold flower roundel; "中国 上海"; "SHANGHAI CHINA."

2 pins, 1 card

Plastic

Metal

Cardboard

Materials: Clear cast plastic with metallic foil confetti; metal pins; printed paper card. Technique: Molded/cast plastic ornaments over metal pins; lithographed card.

Fair

Mirta Suquet

owner

Pinar del Río

Pinar del Río

Cuba

Caribbean

Central America

use, acquisition