Elzac Bonnet Head Pin

Elzac Bonnet Pin
Good condition, unmarked. Eliot Handler's (later created the Barbie doll) famous pins of the Forties. The designer patent # is 135,101. The face is painted ceramic with a lucite headpiece. A different version is shown on p. 190 of American Costume Jewelry, Brunialti, 2008. Still another version is shown on p. 92 of Classic American Costume Jewelry, Jacqueline Rehmann, 2009 Still another version in Collecting Costume Jewelry 202, Anne Pittman, 2007