Beauty itself is but the sensible image of the Infinite.
Francis Bacon
vauxhall glass crescent hair pin
An early nineteenth century hairpin of crescent form composed of deep red faceted Vauxhall glass oval links set on a brass back-plate, with similar articulating brass hair pin, unmarked, crescent 1.25 in by 1.25 in, pin length 3.5 in with 180 degrees of rotation, 4 grams, circa 1830.
Vauxhall glass, or mirrored glass, notable for its highly reflective appearance and produced in an array of colors including black, red, silver, green, purple, and blue, was produced by the Vauxhall Glassworks from the mid-eighteenth century through the mid-nineteenth century. The Vauxhall Glassworks abutted the Vauxhall Pleasure Gardens in London where jewelry was often sold as souvenirs to visitors. Later pieces may be easily identified as they were stamped on the reverse with English registry marks, earlier pieces lack such marking.