SOLD A Groovy 1960s - 1970's Pink Mother of Pearl Shell on Stainless Steel Tie Tack
Here is a Tie Tack coloured burgundy deep pink it has hues of reds and white too. The square jewel has the look of mother of pearl. The jewel is modern cut in this square shape with a flat top. The jewel sits on top of a larger square of stainless steel - a popular material for costume jewellery in the late 1960s to early 1970s when many items were artisan and factory made in Sheffield, England. This is a vintage tie pin and you can wear it square or angle it to a diamond shape. It is finished in a white metal with a pin that fixes into a screw twist back where there is evidence of use. The back is connected to a chain with a bar to enable the tie pin to be further secured through a button hole. Offered in good condition the tie tack or tie pin measures 1 cm square.
JEWELLERY DETAILS
Designer or Brand: none
Country of Origin: UK probably Sheffield
Condition: Good
Style: Modern
Decade: 1960s to 1970s
Style: Classic
Item: Tie pin, Tie Tack
Material: Stainless Steel and Mother of Pearl
A potted History of the Tie Pin..................
Ties first became part of a fashionable gent’s attire in the 19th Century. Naturally since then there have been many items of jewellery introduced as tie-control devices. Some of the earlier ones were patented and some innovative ideas were introduced in the form of a pin, tack, clip, clasp, bar, slide and chain. All of these stick pins, tie pins, tie chains, tie tacks, tie clasps, tie bars, tie slides and tie clips were designed to do one simple job: to prevent a tie from flapping, falling or moving about and to ensure a neat appearance for the wearer. Tie accessories are made from all kinds of materials, predominantly metals so you find them in the precious Gold, Platinum and Silver as well as in base metal. Tie accessories are usually decorative from conservative styles to the weird, wacky and wonderful. Tie accessories follow the trends of their era so are good examples of a particular style or fashion – for example – Art Deco or the 1960s. They are often set with a precious jewel such as a pearl, diamond, sapphire or ruby; a lesser stone or often the very smart mother of pearl and onyx are favourite inlays. Tie accessories, in the same was as ties themselves, can be used to show affiliation to a particular regiment or club or activity or sport, can be commemorative tokens and souvenirs. Tie pins and clips can be made of all kinds of materials for their decorative element such as leather, wood, jet, and early plastics like bakelite, lucite and celluloid. There is generally a metal element to them in all cases so that they are easy and practical to fasten.
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