Hi I am trying to get an approximate date for this hat - My feeling is 1930's- 1940's but I could be completely wrong, so any help would be greatly appreciated ..There is a small label with size but no other , ..Thank you !
Hi, I tried enlarging the size label, what are the complete details on it other then the size? Did the hat pin come with the hat or something you added?
Thank you - The pin came with the hat ..Here is a full size pic of the label but all it has is 22 - I need to check what else is written there as I cant make it out either ,.,
The little hatpin is a standard glass head hat pin, probably not original to the hat and will not help with dating. The lady may have added a veil to the hat and so needed the hatpin. Do you see and remains of a veil on the underside? The little initials on the tag is just confirming that the size "22" is standard milliner sizing. I forget what it stands for, something like Millinery Sizing Counsel/commission, etc. You do not see them much on hats at all, not after the early 1950s. But I dated it based on the style and materials used. It could be later 1950s but would not be the latest style for that time period in millinery, it would seem a little matronly.
Ah, I have not seen those initials before, what was the " Millinery Sizing Counsel " or perhaps a better question, the reason for their existence/purpose? I thought later 50s due to the top finish, a little flirtish. Like the bejeweled headband, bow could do with reforming or could the hatpin have been used to keep that together and attaching something else to it?
