HAT ADORNMENTS: ribbons, bows, pins, pugs, leather, etc.

[BobHufford]

Picked this glass bead and horse hair hat band up at an estate sale. Appears to have some age on it. The “center” pattern seems to have some random or substituted bead colors in there. A repair maybe?

 

[BobHufford]

Couple more from that estate sale:

This buckle set on ostrich is stamped "Sterling"

Leather with buckle set and stampede strings.

Round beaded hoop. Interesting non-PC caricature silver pin of a Native American.

Glass beaded band. Need finishing on the ends to allow some form of tying/adjusting.

Stampede strings:

 

[BobHufford]

I probably should have stayed in on this, but ... bad timing. Someone got a great deal on it at $250. This was an online auction, but was only 25 miles from me. Vintage top hat with Hudson Bay trade silver "crown" (early 1800s?).

https://media.sandhills.com/img.axd?id=6192842275&wid=&p=&ext=&w=0&h=0&t=&lp=&c=True&wt=False&sz=Max&rt=0&checksum=Yr***pI6B%2fGJm%2b86xTW0VKwh7tC34NUt

https://media.sandhills.com/img.axd?id=6192842277&wid=&p=&ext=&w=0&h=0&t=&lp=&c=True&wt=False&sz=Max&rt=0&checksum=Yr***pI6B%2fEE07wZdpVerkfdVkFrt4xA

https://media.sandhills.com/img.axd?id=6192842291&wid=&p=&ext=&w=0&h=0&t=&lp=&c=True&wt=False&sz=Max&rt=0&checksum=Yr***pI6B%2fEwWnpNU2B85A4DUTTLsuT3

https://media.sandhills.com/img.axd?id=6192842297&wid=&p=&ext=&w=0&h=0&t=&lp=&c=True&wt=False&sz=Max&rt=0&checksum=Yr***pI6B%2fGzAWXGVjEhaUgDNR3tyXsZ

Some others for reference:

http://www.metismuseum.ca/resource.php/14985

https://ciscosgallery.com/products/hudson-bay-beaver-felt-top-hat-r468

https://ciscosgallery.com/collectio...roducts/hudson-bay-company-white-top-hat-r469

https://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-HUDSO...-FUR-TRADE-BEAVER-HAT-ATL-03323-/183948970477

https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/13085939_256-6-beaver-tophat-with-trade-silver-crown

http://www.americancenturies.mass.edu/activities/dressup/notflash/1800_wob_woman.html

http://rarenativeamerican.com/tag/ultra/

https://courses.ecuad.ca/mod/book/tool/print/index.php?id=64385#ch22338

 

[RossRYoung]

After first seeing this pin on the Ripleys 7x CB hat, I was on the hunt for one my NRA tagged 5x CB. Don’t exactly know how old they are, and I don’t believe I’ve seen another on the lounge.

 

[RossRYoung]

‘Best in the world’ pin arrived yesterday with perfect patina to match my ol #1

Here’s a few other that my wife and I sport on our Stetsons.

 

[quikrick]

‘Best in the world’ pin arrived yesterday with perfect patina to match my ol #1
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Here’s a few other that my wife and I sport on our Stetsons.
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Very cool Ross, every one of them.

 

[RossRYoung]

Very cool Ross, every one of them.

Thank you, Rick. The second one is a personal fav, as I embellished it to try and match my initials RRY.

 

[BobHufford]

Picked up an old beaded band. I need to replace the lacing.

 

[TheGuitarFairy]

That's sweet, Bob!

This band lived on a 30s BOP so I'm assuming it was made then too. I like it better on this 40s Nutria Quality. I keep an eye out for old horse hair bands but they're far and few between.

 

[BobHufford]

I asked the "Quiet Lady" in Caufield, Missouri (who I've purchased several beaded hat bands from) to make up one for me based on a pattern from a 1938 Indian bead loom kit pattern (with a bit of pattern from a fob to break up the repeating pattern).

I wanted the blue birds and flag pattern on the black background, but didn't want the birds wings touching when the pattern repeated.

Here is the result mounted on a black leather strip with a figure-eight and beaded "bead" closure. She called this closure "southwestern". I could have gone with "continental" (continuous beaded loop) but it would have to be the exact size as the exterior circumference of the hat crown and I knew I would be moving this band from hat to hat (sharing it with my wife who's hats are smaller).

I'll trim the ties back a bit.

I think it pays homage to the original (and saved me much eye strain and struggles with trying to work with tiny beads). Very happy with her work (and price!).

 

[BobHufford]

Found my Grandpa’s box ‘o beads and **** in a storage build we were cleaning out to move. He taught crafts for the Chicago Parks Dept. in the 1930s. Among some vintage jewelry making tools and supplies were these bead looms and assorted beads. I plan to organize these enough for my local bead lady to make a hat band for me.

 

[Hurricane Jack]

Wile E. Coyote & his '57 Chevy?

 

[BobHufford]

I can’t seem to visit The Quiet Lady (Lyn Barnes, Caulfield, MO) with out buying a beaded hat band.

 

[BobHufford]

This beaded hat band was attached to a wool cowboy hat on Goodwill.com. I took a chance that the quills were real and bought the hat cheap. I asked that they keep the hat and ship just the band (adjusting the shipping accordingly). My wife (a Native American) pronounced it the real deal.

 

[DaveProc]

My father's brother-in-law Ray Cappelli passed away last year far too young. He was a police Captain, my next door neighbor and friend, he and collected pre-WWII hat pins that commemorated States, Towns and local attractions. His widow didn't want any of the pins, so they ended up at my father's house
I was given the opportunity to go through 6 trays of NOS salesman samples and found this very cool Gloucester Massachusetts boat pin that now lives on my straw Stratoliner.

 

[BobHufford]

Saw this ...

And got a wild hair so I asked The Quiet Lady if she could do something similar in beads (the above is printed on grosgrain).

 

[RossRYoung]

Looks great Bob, I love it!

 

[BobHufford]

Looks great Bob, I love it!

Thanks Ross!

 

[belfastboy]

I can’t seem to visit The Quiet Lady (Lyn Barnes, Caulfield, MO) with out buying a beaded hat band.

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Does she have a website? I doubt, sadly, I will find my way to MO anytime soon!

 

[BobHufford]

Does she have a website? I doubt, sadly, I will find my way to MO anytime soon!

No website — here is her contact info: